AGES 5-6
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
by Laura Numeroff
Food, home & cause and effect
Vocabulary
Mouse
Cookie
Milk
Straw
Mirror
Scissors
Crayon
BlanketSentence practice
First he wants a ___.
Then he wants ___.
- First he wants a cookie.
- Then he wants milk.
- Then he wants a straw.
Before reading
- Look at the cover. What do you see?
- What do you eat with cookies?
- What happens when you are thirsty?
After reading
- What did the mouse want after the cookie?
- Why did he need a straw?
- What did he want at the end? Why?
- What would you give the mouse?
How to teach it
- Open the PowerPoint. Ask the "before reading" questions and teach the new words with the flashcards.
- Hand out one flashcard per child. Read the book aloud. Children hold up their card when they hear their word.
- Practise the sentence pattern together, then play the picture game in the slides.
- Ask the "after reading" questions.
- Finish with the printable project: What Does the Mouse Want?.
Book not included. These lessons are SimpsonESL originals and aren't affiliated with the author or publisher.