One of my favorite lessons I ever taught was using the book, The Gruffalo, which is why we are spotlighting it on the blog this week. My students and I adored this book! It was such a great way to hone in on my young readers’ visualizing skills. The first time we read it, I didn’t show them the pictures. This forced them to make a picture of the Gruffalo in their mind, which was so engaging! Some of my students had already seen the short movie about this book, making it a great opportunity to compare and contrast the two. The Gruffalo is the type of book all your students will love and remember. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
The Gruffalo, by Julia Donaldson, is about a small mouse who goes for a walk through the forest. During his walk, the mouse runs into several larger animals that want to make a meal of him. The clever mouse tricks each animal by saying he is off to have lunch with a gruffalo, a made up creature that scares each animal off.
To the mouse's surprise, he encounters the gruffalo on his walk. With quick thinking, the mouse takes the gruffalo on his walk and introduces him to the other animals. In the end, the mouse scares the gruffalo off and is able to enjoy a snack.
Students will love this quick thinking mouse and his ability to trick the larger animals. The story has great rhythm, and students will enjoy listening to the rhyming words throughout.
The Gruffalo can be used to teach many skills, in addition to visualization and comparison. Teachers can use this book to teach writing, grammar, comprehension and vocabulary. It is the type of book you and your students can keep going back to because there is so much to uncover.
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