Book Study: Henry and Mudge

Students love the characters in this Cynthia Rylant classic: Henry and Mudge! This unit is a quick, but thorough book study that creates a strong foundation for fundamental reading comprehension and response skills.

What’s Included:

1. Book Themed Activities:

-The First Book

-The Forever Sea

-The Long Weekend

-Mrs. Hopper's House

-My Pet Dog

2. Story Structure Activities:

-Story Retell with Problem/Solution

-Story Sequencing with Beginning, Middle, End

-Story Sequencing with Events

-Main Idea and

-Book Summary (somebody, wanted, but, so, then)

3. Character Analysis

-Describing the Character: Henry

-Describing the Character: Mudge

-Lesson Learned

4. Making Predictions

-What Will Happen Next?

5. Compare and Contrast

-Compare the Characters

-Compare the Stories (problem and solution)

-Compare the Stories (venn diagram)

6. Book Review

-My Favorite Part/Author’s Purpose

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For Texas Teachers, this resource relates to the following 2019-2020 TEKS:

1.6A (K.5A, 2.6A) Establish purpose for reading assigned and self-selected texts with adult assistance.

1.6C (K.5C, 2.6C) Make, correct, or confirm predictions using text features, characteristics of genre, and structures with adult assistance. 

1.6E (K.5E, 2.6E)  Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society with adult assistance.

1.7D (K.6D, 2.7D) Retell texts in ways that maintain meaning. 

1.7E (K.6E, 2.7E) Interact with sources in meaningful ways such as illustrating or writing. 

1.8B (K.7B, 2.8B) Describe the main character(s) and the reason(s) for their actions. 

1.8C (K.7C, 2.8C) Describe plot elements, including the main events, the problem, and the resolution, for texts read aloud and independently. 

1.9Di (K.8Di, 2.9Di) Recognize the central idea and supporting evidence with adult assistance.

This resource relates to the following Common Core Standards:

RL.1.2(K.2, 2.2) Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

RL.1.3(K.3, 2.3) Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

RL.1.7(K.7, 2.7) Use illustrations and details in a story to describe its characters, setting, or events.

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