Henry and Mudge and the Starry Night

by Cynthia Rylant

Reading Routine:

Read • Think • Write • Create

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.

‍ ‍Day 1

  • Cut out 3 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

  • 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 Starry Night 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.

  • Create your Starry Night activity and glue it on the left side of you pages.

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How to create your Starry Night:

  • cut a 4×4 inch square or 3 × 4 rectangle from a piece a piece of white construction paper.

  • draw random section to divide your paper into individual sections

  • color each section a different bright color ( avoid dark colors like black and brown) color the spaces heavily, press hard to make the colors thick.. the harder you press the better

  • with a black crayon color over all the colors you just colored.. again press hard so that you can’t see the colors underneath very well.

  • when everything is completely covered, with a pencil or pen draw stars all over the night sky. ( if the kid do not know how to make stars they can make an x and then make 2 more lines between the x. they can also make a moon if they like.