Respond to Reading:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
In this lesson set, we are listening and responding to the short story ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’ by Dr. Seuss. This is a handy short thematic story to use around Christmas time. It follows the familiar story of the Grinch and the Whos of Whoville. The ‘Respond to Reading’ tasks are set for the entire story, with a choice of 3 respond to reading tasks. You will find everything you need to get started with this station down below.
Station Resources
Book Availability
I used an audio version of this story rather than the physical copy. Either will work well. You can find ample audio readings on YouTube of this story. You can also download the PDF version of the story down below.
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Station Instructions
You can download the instructions sheet that accompanies this station. I usually stick this inside the A4 plastic organiser boxes that move with each station. The W.A.L.T is useful to keep the children focused on the station.
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Lesson Plan
Everything you need to give this lesson a try. On the left side we have our lesson objective, in the middle is the activities and on the right is the assessment tools!
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From the Curriculum
Strand: Reading
Elements:
-Comprehension
-Response and author’s intent
-Engagement
Elements:
-Comprehension
-Response and author’s intent
-Engagement
Curriculum Objectives
1) Through appropriately engaging learning experiences, children should be able to:
- Compare and select comprehension strategies flexibly and interchangeably and use background knowledge to engage with text in a variety of genres independently or collaboratively.
-Compare, contrast and critically reflect on the intent of different authors and discuss various interpretations of text in a wide range of genres.
-Develop their interest in and enjoyment of literature and reading in a variety of genres across the curriculum.
-Engage with texts of increasing complexity and discover and explore texts in various languages.
- Compare and select comprehension strategies flexibly and interchangeably and use background knowledge to engage with text in a variety of genres independently or collaboratively.
-Compare, contrast and critically reflect on the intent of different authors and discuss various interpretations of text in a wide range of genres.
-Develop their interest in and enjoyment of literature and reading in a variety of genres across the curriculum.
-Engage with texts of increasing complexity and discover and explore texts in various languages.