Introduction
This little mouse has never been to school before. In this story, you will see all the adventures and actions this little mouse will take while he is attending school with you. He will need help to know what is right and wrong to do at school and what actions are okay to take. You may question again if you should take a mouse to school with you. He will try and do all things you are to do throughout your school day.
Task
After reading "If you Take a Mouse to School" you and a classmate will be writing and finding all the things the little mouse did while he was at school. You two will also be creating your very own mouse, and explain what he will be doing while at school with you.
* You will make a list of things the mouse in the book did throughout the day.
* You will include actions that he took that weren't the best choices.
* You and your partner will create your own mouse using colored pencils or crayons and paper.
* You will write a short story about your mouse and include what he does with you and your partner if you took him to school with you two.
* Draw and describe your main character
* You will also then create and diagram of good and boy things he does throughout the day while with you.
* You and your partner will then show and describe your mouse to the class.
Standards:
2.RF.2.2 Students are expected to build upon and continue applying concepts learned previously. K.RF.2.2 Recognize that written words are made up of sequences of letters.
2.RF.2.3 Students are expected to build upon and continue applying concepts learned previously. 1.RF.2.3 Recognize the components of a sentence (e.g., capitalization, first word, ending punctuation).
2.RF.2.4 Students are expected to build upon and continue applying concepts learned previously. 1.RF.2.4 Learn and apply knowledge of alphabetical order
Process
This video above will be showed to the classroom after your teacher has read the book out loud. This video will not only give you a refresher but also get you prepared to make lists about the story you just read and the steps needed to take in creating you very own story and mouse. This will also give you another point of view from another reader and help you determine who did a better job at reading the story and what your teacher and the other reader can improve on.
Step 1: You first activity will be making lists of what the two main characters did throughout the story. This can include what things you think were fun and you remember and things that could cause issues at school that the mouse did that were not the best things to do in the school atmosphere. Not only did the story include actions the mouse took throughout the day but you got to see the effects it caused to the student while he was at school. Making a list will then prepare you to present information you have about the story to your classmates.
Step 2: The next step you and your partner will be taking will be in creating your own mouse. You should both be creating this mouse together and including clothes, shoes and other objects that you would like your mouse to have. This will give you mouse some character and make yours unique.
Step 3: You and your partner will not be creating your own little story book with at least five pages of information and what your mouse and you will be doing throughout the school day. Make this fun and interesting so your classmates will be interested in your story. You story should include:
-A title page with authors and illustrators
- Images of your mouse and you doing things at school with little captions.
- Different subjects that you go through out the day.
- LOTS OF COLORS AND DRAWINGS.
Evaluation
This will be one of your final tasks for this WebQuest you will be presenting to the class. You will talk about the book to the class and give examples of what the mouse did and information about the two main characters. Then after completing this you will then move on to telling the class about your very own mouse and what he accomplishes throughout your story and what characteristics you mouse has and you will even show the class what your mouse looks likes. This will be a fun and everyone will be looking forward to seeing every ones mouse and hearing about the adventures he taken when you bring him to school.
After watching the video on YouTube you and you classmates can discuss how well the reader in the video did with reading it out loud compared to how your teacher does. This can give you teacher feedback on what they think you did good at and what you could've improved on as well as the reader on the video.
Conclusion
Congratulations, you have completed and successfully accomplished all the steps in this WebQuest. You now know about the story If You Take A Mouse To School and have even created your own mouse and little story about the mouse you'd take to school. You and your partner should be excited to know you wrote your own very story and now the your classmates get to read yours and learn about the things your mouse accomplished while at school.
Credits
Teacher Page
This is a fun and exciting story and even the activities for this WebQuest make it unique and has students retell what they've learned and even give them an opportunity to tell their very own story!! This uses artistic skills, spelling skills, and even comprehension skills.
