Henry & Mudge
and the
Great Grandpas
A wonderful story about grandparents and older family members that have wonderful stories, wisdom, and love to share. Spending time together creates special memories that families treasure for a lifetime.
Follow this same routine for most books. This book has 3 chapters. I recommend reading one chapter each day, you'll also receive a page of dog bones—one bone for each chapter in the book. ( For this book introduce suffixes.
Day 1
Cut out 4 dog bones for each person, write a small number in the top corner of each bone. For example: 1…..2…..3…..
Do the Preview in the booklet
Read Chapter 1 ( you can shadow read or take turns reading you read the left page and your child can read the right page. Help with the words you know they don’t know but encourage them to read the words they do know.
Answer the question for the preview page and chapter 1 in your booklet.
Write one sentence about this chapter on bone #1 (For many children—especially reluctant writers—writing on a fun shape feels much less intimidating than writing on a lined page.
Save each completed dog bone until you've finished the entire book.
Day 2
Read Chapter 2
Complete the comprehension questions
Write one sentence about this chapter on bone #2
Day 3
Read chapter 3
Complete the comprehension questions
Write 1 sentence on bone #3
Day 4
Read chapter 4
After finishing the book, open to the next clean two-page spread in your Reading Response Journal.
At the top of the right-hand page, write the title of the book.
For example:
Henry and Mudge: and the Great Grandpas is a __________________ book.
(Let your child choose the describing word. (fun, exciting, happy, good, cool)
Teacher Tip: This is also a great opportunity to remind children that book titles capitalize the important words.
Glue the dog bones underneath your writing in chapter order.
Decorate your Skivvies (underware)
Cut out your decorated skivvies and glue it on the left side of response journal. Write the word Skivvies with a colorful marker.
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