If You Give a Mouse a Cookie & Other Story Books

A sparkling musical revue based on popular children’s books! When a boy shares his snack with a demanding mouse, he learns a hilarious lesson about cause-and-effect in the popular “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” written by Laura Joffe Numeroff. Also see Amazing Grace in her attempt to break stereotypes in her school play; “Borreguita and the Coyote”, a classic Mexican tale of a little lamb and a hungry coyote; “Imogene’s Antlers”, about a girl who wakes up with antlers; “Master Man,” about a man whose muscles are as big as his ego; “Math Curse” which playfully depicts the subject of math; and “Owen,” a boy who just can’t bear to part with his beloved blanket.

California Content Standards easily applied in your classroom:

• K.EN.RE.3.3: Identify characters, settings, and important events.
• 1.EN.3.1: Identify and describe the elements of plot, setting, and character(s) in a story, as well as the story’s beginning, middle, and ending.
• 2.EN.RE.2.6: Recognize cause-and-effect relationships in a text.

LESSON PLAN IDEA: Students research a fable or folktale and illustrate the story.

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