The Great Fuzz Frenzy 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
"The Great Fuzz Frenzy" by Janet Stevens is a delightful and humorous picture book that centers around a mysterious fuzz ball that falls into a prairie dog tunnel. When the prairie dogs discover the fuzz, chaos ensues as they all try to capture the fuzz so they can have it all to themselves, leading to a hilarious frenzy. As the prairie dog's fight over the fuzz a big eagle flies down making the situation becomes even crazier, but teaching the prairie dog's a valuable lesson. In the end, the animals eventually learn the value of cooperation and sharing, leading to a heartwarming and happy resolution. Through vibrant illustrations and witty storytelling, the book, "The Great Fuzz Frenzy" offers valuable lessons about teamwork, collaboration, sharing, and the joy of coming together as a community.
 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 inferences throughout the story and after reading.
- Practice making predictions throughout the book. Encourage students to check and see if their predictions were correct.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Explore what onomatopoeia is and how authors use it in their writing.
- Discuss the importance of teamwork and what a good teammate looks like.
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.
- It Fell From the Sky by The Fan Brothers
- The Donkey Egg by Janet Stevens
- Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
- The Tortoise and the Hare by Janet Stevens
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