Tuesday, September 6, 2011

If You Give a Cat a Cupcake


Title: If You Give a Cat a Cupcake

Author: Laura Numeroff was born on July 14, 1953. She is an American author and illustrator. Laura enjoys meeting new people and going to museums and looking at the dinosaur bones.

Publisher: HaperCollins (2008)

Genre: Fiction

Grade Level: K-3

Brief Synopsis: This story is about a cat who gets a cupcake that takes you on a journey of what the cat will ask for next to go with the cupcake. Some places the cat goes is to the beach, karate class, and the park.

Theme/Skill: Imagination and Creativity/ Language Arts

Pre-activity: Have the students imagine they are a cat for the day. Have them give you some ideas of what they would do throughout the day being a cat. List these ideas on the board.

Post-activity: Have the students create a timeline and pretend they are the cat. Have them use their imagination and describe what they think the cat should ask for next using the places the cat goes throughout the story.

My Refection of the book persuading people to read it:
I really enjoy these serious of books! I think it brings out the creativity and imagination in children. I enjoy listening to the children's ideas of what they think will happen next. I feel this story builds on imagination for children.

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