Henry and Mudge | Activities for The First Book

HENRY AND MUDGE THE FIRST BOOK

Henry and Mudge The First Book by Cynthia Rylant is a book that is also a Journeys reading program reader. It is the first Henry and Mudge story, and tells of how Mudge came into Henry's family. Your students in First Grade and Second Grade will LOVE Henry and his dog, Mudge. This book, paired with these book companion activities, will help students practice important literacy and reading comprehension skills in a fun and engaging way!

HENRY AND MUDGE BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

Henry was feeling lonely. He had no siblings and lived on a street with no other children. His parents said 'no' to a sibling, and 'no' to moving, but say 'yes' to his request for a dog.

Henry wanted to get a big dog, and Mudge grows to be a BIG dog...180 pounds!

The book has short chapters that tell of the friendship between Henry and his dog Mudge.

This book study unit is packed with fun activities that will help your First Grade and Second Grade students with story elements, making predictions, character traits, making text to self connections, author's purpose, main idea, making inferences, vocabulary, writing, giving opinions and advice, problem and solution, story retell, reading comprehension, and much more!

These activities can be used for whole class instruction, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

This Henry and Mudge book companion will save you tons of planning time, is no prep, and is great to leave for a sub!

Want to make sure you are hitting the reading standards for First Grade or Second Grade? This resource includes ELA standards charts for Common Core, TEKS and VA SOL, showing you exactly which skills your students are learning while doing these activities!

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