By Joe Dumpty as told to Jeanie Franz Ransom
Publisher: Charlesbridge
ISBN: 978-1-58089-391-6
FROM THE FLAP: Private detective Joe Dumpty, Humpty’s brother, thinks Humpty Dumpty’s fall was no accident. But who would have pushed him? Was it Little Miss Muffet? Old Mother Hubbard? Chicken Little? Joe has until five o’clock to to question characters and catch the culprit.
KATE’S TAKE: Looking for a fun way to spice up a nursery rhyme unit? Don’t miss this book.
CLASSROOM WEB: Bodily/Kinesthetic and Interpersonal
Spider entraps Wolf and Muffy in her web at the end of the book. Ask the class to stand in a circle. Call out a student’s name and throw a ball of yarn to that student while you hold onto the loose end. The student holds onto her section of yarn, calls another student’s name, and throws it to him or her. Before you know it, the whole class will be wrapped up.
HUMPTY DUMPTY PUZZLES: Visual/Spatial
Give each student a bag with six puzzle pieces. Ask them to put the puzzle together. Make sure each puzzle piece has an x on the back so that students know which is the front of the puzzle piece. After they have put together the puzzle, have them transform the egg into Humpty’s face.
INTERESTING INTERVIEWS: Intrapersonal and Interpersonal.
Joe Dumpty cracked the case by interviewing characters. As a class brainstorm four simple interview questions for partners. Break the kids up into partners, have them interview one another, and present their partners to the class.
JOE DUMPTY COMIC STRIPS: Verbal/Linguistic and Visual/Spatial
Together as a class, sequence the main events of the book. Give each child a strip of paper divided into five squares and ask him to illustrate each event.
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD’S CUPBOARD: Logical/Mathematical
In a small group, give each child a small container with ten, bone-shaped dog biscuits. Do some simple addition and subtraction problems using the bones as manipulatives. Thanks to Diane Esser for this activity.
BOOK BUDDIES:
-And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
-Dear Peter Rabbit by Alma Flor Ada
-Mind Your Manners, B.B. Wolf by Judy Sierra
-The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by A. Wolf as told to Jon Scieszka
-Yours Truly Goldilocks by Alma Flor Ada
I was delighted to see my book Dear Peter Rabbit listed as one of the buddy books,
ReplyDeleteDear Peter Rabbit is part of the Hidden Forest series of books of fractured fairytales. Like the two following books, Yours truly, Goldilocks and With Love Little Red Hen it is written in letters format. The last book, so far, Extra! Extra! Fairy-tale news from Hidden Forest is written with a newspaper format. In three issues we get to read the story of the giant beean stalk and the contriversies it created as well as follow the international news of other beloved characters. Leslie Tryon created magnificent illustrations for these four books and we have had a great time imagining them. But the best part is how many children, parents and teachers love them.
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