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July 14
Author Laura Joffe Numeroff was born in 1953.
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| Grades | 3 – 8 |
| Calendar Activity Type | Author & Text |
Circle this date on your calendar! Picture book author Laura Joffe Numeroff was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1953. Her books, such as If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Moose a Muffin, rely on circular plot structure to tell their stories.
Because of their circular plot structure, Numeroff's books are natural resources for classroom activities on cause and effect and making predictions. Using one of Numeroff's books as a model, students can use the circle plot structure as a culminating project for nearly any unit of study. For instance, consider such project titles as the following:
- If You Tax Our Tea, for a unit on colonial America
- If You Recycle an Aluminum Can, for a unit on the process of recycling
- If You Visit a Rainforest, for a unit on the plants and animals in a rainforest
The online Circle Plot Diagram can help students gather their ideas, and then they can publish their work with the ReadWriteThink Printing Press.
- Laura Numeroff Website
The author's website includes biographical information, coloring pages, and a whole list of story ideas. Have your students try writing "If You Give a Turtle a Taco."
- Cycles of Nature
This extensive collection from the Utah Education Network provides links to water cycles, energy cycles, life cycles, seasonal cycles, planetary cycles, and much more.
- Circle of Stories
This PBS website uses documentary film, photography, artwork, and music to honor and explore Native American storytelling, including the importance of circles and cycles in Native American stories.
- Author Study: Laura Numeroff
This page from e-MINTS offers links for teachers to resources related to Laura Numeroff and her books. Included are links to biographical information about Numeroff, as well as lesson plans and activities for several of her books.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Using Prediction as a Prereading Strategy
Students learn about and apply the prediction strategy while reading a trade book. They use response journals to record questions and responses based on prereading predictions.
Grades 3 – 5 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Unwinding A Circular Plot: Prediction Strategies in Reading and Writing
Students use graphic organizers to explore plot in circular stories while focusing on prediction and sequencing. After exploring the features of circular plot stories, students write their own stories.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan | Standard Lesson
Getting the ig in Pig: Helping Children Discover Onset and Rime
Students will need their language-building hard hats as they construct words using onset and rime, building vocabulary and phonics comprehension.
Grades K – 2 | Lesson Plan
Integrating Language Arts: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
This lesson integrates reading, writing, listening, and speaking to boost students' comprehension skills. Students explore Laura Joffe Numeroff 's If You Give a Mouse a Cookie using a variety of techniques, beginning with a picture walk and ending with the creation and publication of their own versions of the text.
