Classroom Ideas…

Big Cat, Little Fox is getting read in classrooms! This is exciting for me, as there’s nothing like the energy of a classroom!  The students bring this story to life as they learn many literacy and life skills!

This book can be used for…

  • Character traits, and how the character changes through the story.
  • Beginning, middle, end
  • Problem, solution
  • Self-esteem
  • Synonyms
  • Art – this is a fun book for students to illustrate their own version of some pages. The illustrations themselves are a study of art and movement, realism.
  • Classroom movement – there are a lot of ways in which to build movement into the reading of the book, increasing engagement and comprehension of higher level vocabulary.
    • descriptive vocabulary
    • music vocabulary
    • dance vocabulary
    • animal movement vocabulary (turkey strutting, etc.)
  • Story Theater – This book lends itself well for students to write a story theater due to its repetition and multiple characters with easy lines.  Students can make their own masks, etc.