Lesson Plans and Teaching Resources for If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Use If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

If you give a mouse a cookie, he'll ask you for a glass of milk to go with it. If you give a mouse a glass of milk, he'll ask you for a straw to go with the milk. And so it goes in this cause and effect story, which is the perfect resource for early readers who are practicing making predictions, retelling and summarizing, and asking questions to enhance comprehension.

Explore lesson plans and activities to help you teach with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie in the drop down below.

Asking Questions with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Asking Questions with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

This book works well with a lesson on asking questions because readers will actively wonder what the mouse might request next and why. And, as the story unfolds, readers can answer the questions they asked on the previous pages.
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Making Predictions with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Making Predictions with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie is the perfect picture book to use for a mini lesson focused on making predictions. Early readers will be able to use the distinct cause and effect text structure to predict each of the mouse's requests and whether the boy will fulfill those requests.
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Retelling & Summarizing with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Retelling & Summarizing with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie pairs perfectly with a lesson on retelling and summarizing. This book works particularly well because readers have to focus on the sequence of each event in order to accurately retell and summarize the story.
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Understanding Text Structure with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Understanding Text Structure with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

This lesson plan is helpful for developing readers who are working to identify and understand different text structures. Students will learn how to comprehend two different types of story structures when reading this book: cause and effect and sequence of events, which is demonstrated primarily through the book's pictures.
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Vowels with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Vowels with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff as a springboard for instruction focused on mixed short vowels.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how short vowel sounds are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with words.

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Vocabulary Connections with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Vocabulary Connections with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

This set of vocabulary development resources for If You Give a Mouse a Cookie highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

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Running Record with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Running Record with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

Cause and Effect Matching with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Cause and Effect Matching with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Read If You Give a Mouse a Cookie then have some fun matching cause and effect sentences from the book. By using these cause and effect cards, students will demonstrate both their comprehension of the text and their understanding of cause and effect relationships in hands-on and interactive way.

This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. Each cause card is marked with a square and each effect card is marked with a circle, making it easy to support students who struggle with matching cause and effect relationships.

Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of If You Give a Mouse a Cookie includes several examples of cause and effect relationships, making it easy to use as a springboard for modeling or independent practice.

This simple resource includes four sentence stems. Each sentence stem presents an effect. Students will use what they know about the book to fill in the cause of the effect.

Writing with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

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Writing with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.

Asking Questions with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Spanish)

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Understanding Text Structure with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Spanish)

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Writing with If You Give a Mouse a Cookie (Spanish)

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Title: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Author: Laura Joffe Numeroff
Genre: Fantasy
Themes: Laugh Out Loud
ISBN: 9780064434096
Publisher's Summary:
If a hungry little mouse shows up on your doorstep, you might want to give him a cookie. And if you give him a cookie, he'll ask for a glass of milk. He'll want to look in a mirror to make sure he doesn't have a milk mustache, and then he'll ask for a pair of scissors to give himself a trim....
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