We love the book The Wolf's Chicken Stew, it has an adorable message about friendship. This makes a great mentor text for teaching repetition and sequencing. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
The main character of The Wolf’s Chicken Stew is a very hungry wolf! He has a craving for chicken stew and is pleased when he sees a chicken walk by him. He decides that this chicken will be perfect for his stew, but first he needs to fatten her up.
The wolf brings the chicken pancakes, doughnuts, and a cake. He leaves them at her door. When the wolf decides the chicken must be fattened up, he goes to eat her.
When wolf gets to the chicken’s house, she opens the door and brings the wolf inside. She tells her chicks that the wolf brought them the food and they jump on him with joy and thank him. The wolf does not eat the chickens, and instead has developed a friendship with them.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
The Wolf's Chicken Stew lends itself to teaching so many different skills.
- Discuss the character traits that best describe the wolf.
- Pause during the reading to make predictions about what might happen next.
- Engage students in descriptive writing activities.
- Have students write their opinions on foods specific to the text.
- Teach a lesson on plural nouns and adjectives.
- Practice using quotation marks and contractions.
- Have a class discussion on patience and kindness.
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
- 30 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
Our Starts With a Story Book Companion is the only resource you’ll need to teach meaningful and engaging lessons with The Wolf's Chicken Stew. You will definitely want to add this resource to your classroom!
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