The
Wolf is Coming
by Elizabeth MacDonald, Illus. by Ken
Brown, Dutton, 1998
Activities ©1998 Nancy Polette
| ABOUT THE BOOK The wary rabbit family is first to notice a crafty intruder on their quiet hillside, and they hurry to warn others: "The wolf is coming! The wolf is coming!" The chase begins, and the comedy grows as an ever-expanding band of noisy animals flees before the hungry wolf. In a last attempt to escape from him, the enormous crowd of farmyard friends- quite by accident- finds the perfect way to terrify the wolf into leaving the farm forever.  |
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| BEFORE READING 1. Brainstorm all the animals one might find on a farm. Create verses about each animal and the sound it makes by using this pattern. Encourage children to make up rhyming names. I had a cow and her name was SUE I don't know why but she loved to MOO. I had a pig and its name was _______ I don't know why but it loved to ______ |
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| AFTER READING 2. Play "Farmer In the Dell" using the farm animals in this story.. Put the children in a circle with the wolf in the middle. Children sing: The wolf is on the hill, The wolf is on the hill, Tell the others and run away The wolf is on the hill. While singing the wolf runs around the circle and touches a child to be a rabbit. The wolf changes places in the circle with the rabbit and the children sing while rabbit touches someone to be the hen. The rabbit tells the hen The rabbit tells the hen Cluck, cluck, cluck and run away The rabbit tells the hen Continue with: The hen tells the pig (oink, oink, oink and runaway) The pig tells the cow (moo, moo, moo and run away) The cow tells the donkey ( hee haw, hee haw run away) Last verse: They all were in the shack They all were in the shack Then they sneezed and fell on their knees And that was the end of the shack. |
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| 3. Writing Patterns List the animals on the board or chart paper-- wolf, rabbit, hen, pig, cow, donkey Find two that are alike in some way and one that is different. Example: A rabbit has four legs A wolf has four legs A hen does not have four legs. OR A cow can make a loud noise A donkey can make a loud noise A rabbit cannot make a loud noise |
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| THE WOLF DATA BANK Use the information in the simple research reporting pattern below.
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| London Bridge Song Crafty wolves have _______ and ________ ________________ and ___________________ _______________and ____________________ Crafty wolves eat _______ and __________ And they like to ______________________ |