Muncha! Muncha! Muncha! is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!" by Candace Fleming is a delightful children's book about a group of hungry bunnies and a determined gardener. Mr. McGreely plants a beautiful vegetable garden, but the bunnies can't resist the tasty treats growing there. Determined to protect his garden, Mr. McGreely builds fences, walls, and even a moat, but the bunnies always find a way to sneak in. As the bunnies continue to munch on his vegetables, Mr. McGreely grows more frustrated. In a surprising twist, the bunnies outsmart him by building their own bridge to reach the garden. Eventually, Mr. McGreely realizes that sharing his garden with the bunnies might bring him unexpected joy and a newfound sense of companionship.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Cause and effect can be a difficult skill for students. This book is a perfect mentor text for teaching this skill.
- Practice making predictions throughout the book. Encourage students to check and see if their predictions were correct.
- Have students sequence the important events in the story. This is an important skill when it comes to retelling a story.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Teach a lesson on multiple meaning words using examples from the story.
- Lead a class discussion on goal setting.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- Kamala and Maya's Big Idea by Meena Harris
- The Curious Garden by Peter Brown
- The Gardener by Sarah Stewart
- Those Pesky Rabbits by Ciara Flood
- Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
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