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Mother’s Day MicetheBased on the story of the same name by Eve Bunting

Language Arts Activities . . . and more!

by Mary Hopkins

For Grades 2 & 3

Description Page

Teacher’s Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3&4Mother’s Day Mice - Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Descriptive Details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6Mother’s Day MiceSpelling List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7Finger Puppets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8Finger Puppets Poem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9Poem Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10Who Said It? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11Paper Brad Puppet 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12Paper Brad Puppet 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13You’re A Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14Make A Cartoon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15Word Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16A Page to Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Book Report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183-D Mother’s Day Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 20 & 213-D Mother’s Day Card Sample Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22Answer Key - Who Said It. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23Answer Key - You’re A Composer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24Answer Key - Word Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

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The Mother's Day Mice

Teacher's Page

Dear Teacher,

With this exciting Mother's Day unit, your students will learn language arts skills, aswell as enjoy art activities and puzzles while being charmed by this Mother's Day children'sclassic by Eve Bunting—Illustrated by Jan Brett. Clarion Books c. 1986. Be sure to obtain acopy of before starting this unit.

Available at Amazon.com:

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or your school or local public libraryISBN = 0-89919-387-0

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This can easily be made into a week-long unit. Begin by reading byEve Bunting. Ask comprehension questions, for example: “What was dangerous aboutHoneysuckle Cottage?” (A large cat lived there.)

Duplicate the summary. After you have readthe book aloud to the children, pass out the summaries and read together as a class. Thechildren can re-read the summary later with a reading partner. The summaries can be read athome by the children to their parents as a homework assignment. Have students keep theirsummary throughout the course of the unit to help them complete worksheets.

Use the as a whole group activity.Children volunteer details about the story to enter in the boxes. For example, “Middle mousebrought Mother a strawberry.” Etc.

Introduce spelling words on Monday, review daily, and test on Friday.Duplicate spelling words for students to study at home.



NOTES

The Mother's Day Mice—A Summary (p. 5)

Mother's Day Mice Descriptive Detail worksheet (p. 6)

Spelling Words (p. 7)

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Memory and Recitation

construction paper card stock

Mother's Day Mice paper brad puppet

Finger Puppets

3-D Mother's Day Card

Special Instruction for 3-D Mother's Day Card

Introduce the poem (p. 9) on Monday. Review daily inclass. Duplicate the poem so students can study at home. Test kids individuallyon Friday, using the grade sheet (p. 10)

Duplicate the following pages on or for greaterdurability:

: Be sure to duplicate pp. 19and 20 BACK-TO-BACK with p. 19 being upside down as shown so that the cardwill read correctly. See photos of completed card on page 22. Children candraw a picture of their mother, write her a greeting, and color the card to finish it.NOTE: let students color with markers because they will bleed through.They should use crayons or colored pencils.

Mother's Day Mice Poem Test

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Other teaching ideas

Topics for class discussions or story starters

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: Divide (fold) copy paper into 4 sections. Use a separatesection to draw each person in your family. Next to each person,students can draw 2 or 3 gifts that that family member would like toreceive on their birthday or special holiday. Label the gifts.

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HAVE FUN WHILE TEACHING THIS ENGAGING UNIT!

Pick-a-gift

The best surprise I ever gave/got…Make up your own adventure about little mice.

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The Mother's Day MiceBy Eve Bunting

A Summary

1 Once upon a time in a little house under a big tree in the forest, there lived three mousebrothers, Biggest Mouse, Middle Mouse, and Little Mouse.

2 Early on Mother's Day morning, the three brothers quietly left their little house to searchfor gifts for their mother. They had to hurry—only two hours until Mother would be getting up!

3 As they walked through the forest, each mouse held tightly to his brother's tail. Theypassed a fox and an owl, but safely went on unseen until they reached a strawberry patch.Middle Mouse picked a big red strawberry as his gift for Mother.

4 Passing through the meadow, Biggest Mouse found a dandelion fluff ball which hepicked for Mother. She could use it to make a Mother's Day wish.

5 Littlest Mouse wanted to go on to Honeysuckle Cottage, a little yellow house withbeautiful honeysuckle flowers growing outside. How lovely they smelled! What a good gift,BUT…a large black cat lived there! Would he dare go to pick a honeysuckle?

6 As the three brothers watched the cat from afar, they could hear someone insideHoneysuckle Cottage playing the piano. The song was “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”.

7 Little Mouse started creeping toward the house, but his brothers pulled him back by thetail. “You might be eaten!” they warned. “You will have to forget the honeysuckle flower. Youcan find something else for a gift.”

8 On the way home, Biggest Mouse and Middle Mouse told Little Mouse to bring Mother adaisy or a rock. But Little Mouse had come up with his own secret idea.

9 Finally, they arrived back home. Mother Mouse saw her gifts. “Happy Mother's Day!”the three mice shouted. Mother blew apart the dandelion fluff ball and made a wish. She cutthe strawberry into four pieces, one for each of them. She said that the first strawberries taste ofsummer coming.

10 Little Mouse called, “Now for my gift!” He had made up a song to go to the tune of“Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, and he sang it proudly as HIS Mother's Day gift.

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11 Mother was so surprised and happy. She said, “All my surprises were lovely. You eachbrought me something different and you each brought me something the same. Do you knowwhat that was?” All three brothers knew that Mother meant they had all brought her their love.And, of course, that was the best gift of all!

We have brought a song to say,Happy, happy Mother's Day.No one's mother is so nice,

Love from all your little mice.

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Mother’s Day Mice Spelling ListStudy these words for your next spelling test.

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Mother’s Day is here at last,

To find a gift we’ll hurry fast,A fluffy dandelion would be nice

For Mother — from her little mice.

A strawberry — all juicy red,

I’ll pick it from its meadow bed,The berries grow where bees are humming,

The first ones taste of summer coming.

A honeysuckle smells so sweet,

A lovely gift — a special treat,But I know something better yet,

A song that Mother won’t forget.

The gifts you brought were ‘specially fine -

As different as each mouse of mine,Yet each one gave the same, I say -

Each brought their love this Mother’s Day.

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Who said it?

“There’s my surprise for Mother - a strawberry.”“My present is a dandelion fluff ball.”“All of my surprises were lovely.”“I want to give Mother a honeysuckle.”“My gift is big, round, and yummy.”“You each brought me something different, but the same.”“Mother can use my gift to make a wish.”“We have brought a song to say ‘Happy, happy Mother’s Day’.”

Name: ___________________

Copy the quotes from the bottom of the page onto the

lines below the correct mouse who said them in the story.

Mother Mouse Biggest Mouse

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When he was near Honeysuckle Cottage, Little Mouse heard someone playing“Twink le, Twinkle, Little Star” on the piano. It gave him an idea to write specialsong for his mother - using the same tune.

See if you can use “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star” and write a special Mother’s Daysong for your own mother!

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ee You’re A Composer xYou’re A Composer

Some rhyming words you might use -day - saysong - longbest - rest

What other song did you learn in kindergarten thathas the same tune as “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star”?

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