If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
By
Eliza Kraham
And
Rebecca
Roarabaugh
EDEL
177
Introduction:
You
have just read the book If you Give a
Mouse a Cookie, by Laura Numeroff.
You liked it so much you want to find out about other books that are
similar by Laura Numeroff.
The
Task & Resources:
Make
sure you have read the story, If you
Give a Mouse a Cookie. You are going
to find out information about the author and other books written by her. You are also going to find out facts about the
animals that are used in her books. Then
we want you to pick your favorite animal that she hasn’t written about and
create your own paragraph if you were to write a book like Laura Numeroff (i.e.
you gave a cat your ice cream).
1) Laura Numeroff is a well-known
author that has written over 10 different children’s books.
a.
Look at her other books at: http://www.lauranumeroff.com/books
List seven different animals she uses:
2) What animal is in the book Why
A Disguise?
3) How is If You Take a
Mouse to School similar to If you Give a
Mouse a Cookie?
How are they different?
4) Can you name two titles that
could actually happen in real life?
5) How many cookies are on the
cover of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie?
6) How many pancakes are on the cover of If You
Give a Pig a Pancake?
6) Now you can choose a picture
from the books to color. We will provide
the pictures for you and you can decide how you want color it. You can use the website http://www.lauranumeroff.com/ or the
books provided to help you.
7) Check out this website on
animals:
http://www/nationalgeographic.com/animals/
Or
http://www.animal.discovery.com/
8) Choose two Laura Numeroff
books and list two facts about each animal using the above websites
Animal:
1)
2)
Animal:
1)
2)
9) Now you are going to develop
your own paragraph about an animal that Laura Numeroff did not use. Go to the animal websites and chose an animal
you would like to write about. Then
create a title with three sentences.
Here is an example-
If you Give a Monkey a Sundae
If you give a monkey a sundae, he is going to ask you for a spoon. So you’ll give him a spoon but the monkey will still probably get himself dirty. So he’ll ask for a napkin.
10) When finished with title and sentences, draw your storybook cover.
11)List your 2 favorite Laura Numeroff books.
1)
2)
EVALUATION
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Beginning |
Almost There |
Super |
Score |
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Ability to click on a link with a mouse to get to websites |
Could not get to any Internet sites |
Had difficulty using the mouse to click on links |
Used the mouse well and was able to navigate websites |
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Ability to use two websites to identify information 1.19.e Synthesize and organize information |
Could not use both websites to identify information |
Could use websites but had difficulty identifying the correct information |
Could use websites and identify all the information correctly |
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Ability to infer from the picture the kind of animal in Why a Disguise? |
Could not identify the animal even with prompting |
Had lots of difficulty identifying the animal |
Could identify the animal |
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Ability to compare/contrast two stories 2.1 c Ask questions that compare and contrast to determine similarities and differences |
Could not compare/contrast stories |
Had difficulty comparing or contrasting stories |
Ability to compare in at least two ways and contrast in one |
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Ability to identify other Laura Numeroff books 1.19 e Synthesize and organize information |
Not able to identify any other books |
Could identify at least two books but could not write names |
Could identify all three books and write names |
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Ability to get facts from reading 1.1 c meaning and context |
Could not find facts about two animals |
Could answer one of the two fact questions correctly |
Answered both of the fact questions correctly |
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Ability to put together title and sentences based on the books |
Could not write title and three sentences |
Could write title and one of the three sentences |
Could write title and three sentences |
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Conclusion
What
title did you come up with?
What animal did you choose?
Teacher Resources
www.nationalgeographic.com/animals