Literature Ideas

Title:

Author:

Fiction or Nonfiction

Theme:

Reading

Phonics/Phonemic Awareness:

Word Identification:

Writing

Math

Social Sciences Other

Comprehension/Vocabulary:

Fluency

Muncha, Muncha, MunchaCandace Fleming

Fiction (fantasy)Gardening, Plants, Vegetables, Bunnies

“ch” in muncha“un” in muncha, hungry

verbs with -ed, -ing endingcontractions

Problem/Solution organizerVisual and draw

Point of view (Mr. McGreely vs. Bunny)Dialogue and tag words other than

“said”Surprise endingsHow would you solve Mr. McGreely’s

bunny problem?Write a sequel to the story using the

picture on the last page

Read the repeated parts of the story as they build (text on pocket chartand add as you read)

Create a reader’s theater of the book

gnawoutsmarthoesow

How plants grow

How to solve a problem

Feelings

Use vegetable as a manipulatives toadd, subtract, multiply, divide, pattern

Elapsed time (or telling time)

Create a pretend vegetable stand and sell the vegetables for money… have students “shop” and count money

Pair with Tippy, Tippy, Tippy, Hide, and Tippy, Tippy, Tippy, Splash (books by the same author about the bunnies)

Eat vegetables for snack