Week of May 4th: The Gruffalo

This week's story is: The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson, illustrated by Axel Scheffler
Read by former First Lady, Michelle Obama

Discuss: 

1. Why do the animals want the mouse to visit? 

2. Why is the mouse surprised to meet the Gruffalo?

3. Why do the animals run away from the mouse and the Gruffalo?

Story Activity: 

Name and Design a New Creature by Combining 2 Different Animals

Gruffalo is the name of the monster in this story.  Gruffalo sounds like buffalo. What if the Gruffalo was a mix of two animals?  Groundhog + buffalo = gruffalo   Can you make a new creature from two different animals?   

1) Select two different animals.

2) Mix two different animals together to create a new animal (or monster).  Name your new animal.  Try to use letters and sounds from the 2 animals that you mixed.

3) Draw or create your new animal/monster.   You can use this handy worksheet.

Example:

1)  octopus + cat

2) an octocat

3) 

Challenge Activity:

Act out the story of the Gruffalo using  the finger puppets on the PBS  printout linked below.

https://www.pbs.org/parents/printables/the-gruffalo-finger-puppets

Email Ms. Foley a photo of your work, and I will share it on the blog.