| STANDARD 1
(READING COMPREHENSION) Construct a chart. On one side of the chart, draw pictures of the different animals or people mentioned in the book. Have students draw pictures on the right side of the chart, showing who or what each of the animals saw. |
| STANDARD 2
(WRITING PROCESS) Have students rewrite the story, using their own characters. |
| STANDARD 3
(WRITING/GRAMMAR) Have students match color words to animals. |
| STANDARD 4
(SPEAKING/LISTENING) Have students act out the story. |
| STANDARD 5
(INFORMATION SOURCES) Have students observe pictures of real animals. Then have them state whether or not the animals in the story can be real ones. |
| STANDARD 6
(LITERATURE) Compare this book to another book written by Bill Martin, Jr. |
| STANDARD 7
(REASONING AND PROBLEM-SOLVING) Give students pictures of animals and people in the story. Have them put them in order of their appearance in the story. |