Tha Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse Week 6 Activity Book

Edusense Week 6 Make Reading Fun

The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse Thornton Burgess

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The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse

Activity Book Week 6

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Index

Book Club

Table of Contents History ……………………...1 Culture …………………….2 Research……………………...3 Copy …………………...4 Textures…………………………5 Frog bones …………………...6 Instructions ……………………..7 Copy …….…..8 Nature art …..9 Fun facts…..10 Poster ………...11

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Stacey’s Book Club The book that we’ll be focussing on for the next seven weeks: The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse by Thornton Burgess Week 5 Read chapter 16-18 to your children.

Learn about toads and frogs.

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History Read about the discovery of America.

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The discovery of America Christopher Columbus is the explorer who is credited for discovering America. Of course, there were already people living in America at the time. There was even a European, Leif Ericsson, who had been to the Americas before. However, it was Columbus' voyage that started the exploration and colonization of the Americas.

Copy this word.

Christopher Columbus

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Culture

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Glue pencil shavings to the tepee picture.

(Pencil shavings are the same colour as the leather used by the Native Americans to cover their tents.)

Native Americans People lived in the United States long before the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the Europeans. These people and are called Native Americans. They lived in makeshift homes called tepees.

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Research

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Use the internet/history books to do research on the Native Americans. Write down interesting facts here:

Native Americans

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Copy Colour the picture on the right so it looks like the one on the left.

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Read this excerpt from The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse, then write the word on the provided name.

Old Mr. Toad looked up sharply when Danny mentioned homely and ugly looking people, but Danny was gazing far out across the Green Meadows and looked so innocent that Mr. Toad concluded that he couldn’t have had him in mind.

Old Mr. Toad

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Textures

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Glue various textured items to these cards.

Be creative! Find smooth/soft/feathery items and attach them to the indicated areas.

Soft like a rabbit

Furry like a fox

Feathery like an owl

Smooth like a snail

Bumpy like a toad

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Frog bones

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so it doesn't just flop around like jellyfish.

The skeletal system provides strength and rigidity to the animal’s body

All the bones in a toad’s body are called the skeletal system.

Skeletal system

Laminate this page then ask the learner to create a frog shape and place it over this skeleton picture.

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Instructions

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One of these creatures is a toad. He won a frog and toad swimming competition. In order to figure out who the winner was, read through the clues and instructions.

Which frog/toad won the race? 

Circle the pink and black frog.

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Cross out the frog with two lines running over his back and face.

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Draw a square shape around the frog with the two blue cheeks.

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Draw a straight line beneath the blue frog.

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Draw a triangle shape around the black and red frog.

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The toad that’s left is the winner!

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Copy

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Read this excerpt from the Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse and copy the sentence in bold.

The conversation “No,” replied old Mr. Toad. “No, I don’t wonder that you are afraid. It must be dreadful to feel hungry eyes are watching for you every minute of the day and night, too.”

“Oh, it’s not so bad,” replied Danny. “It’s rather exciting. Besides, it keeps my wits sharp all the time. I am afraid I should find life very dull

indeed if, like you, I feared nothing and nobody.

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Nature art Use nature-items (leaves, shells, stones) to round this rabbit/mouse off.

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Fun facts This is a picture of a toad.

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Prints

Read these fun facts.

Fun facts 

A toad is a type of amphibian.

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Toads look like frogs, and they belong to the same animal group.

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All toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads. Toads have rough, brown skin.

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Toads lay eggs in strings attached to rocks, unlike true frogs which lay eggs in a jelly-like mass.

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Toads generally have shorter legs than frogs and fatter bodies.

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Toads have paratoid glands behind their eyes which are used to make poison. The poison is not harmful to humans.

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Poster

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