Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Grumpy Monkey Party Time will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of advocacy and resiliency, this Grumpy Monkey Party Time! picture book by Suzanne Lang is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with Grumpy Monkey Party Time Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Grumpy Monkey Party Time!. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with Grumpy Monkey Party Time! reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
GRUMPY MONKEY PARTY TIME! SUMMARY
Jim Panzee is having a perfectly pleasant day until he gets an invitation to Porcupine’s party. Norman tells Jim that he will have to dance at the party, and even though Jim tells the other animals he can’t dance and doesn’t want to dance, the animals still try to teach him.
Jim dances with a lot of animals to practice for the party, and when the party comes, all the animals want to dance with Jim.
Finally, Jim has enough and says he hates dancing and is going home. When he says this, he learns that there are other animals that don’t like dancing either. Porcupine tells Jim that there are other things he can do at the party, and Jim ends up having a good time.
GRUMPY MONKEY PARTY TIME LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based Grumpy Monkey Party Time! reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing character
- author’s purpose
- summarizing/retelling
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- advocacy
- resiliency
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- common and proper nouns
- contractions
- quotation marks
GRUMPY MONKEY PARTY TIME ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for Grumpy Monkey Party Time!?
- Lexile® Measure: AD510L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 24
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.7
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Suzanne Lang. It was illustrated by Max Lang.
What genre is Grumpy Monkey Party Time!?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 44 pages long.
