Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for One Is A Feast For Mouse 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 gratitude and problem solving, this One Is A Feast For Mouse picture book by Judy Cox 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!
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ONE IS A FEAST FOR MOUSE SUMMARY
One is a Feast For Mouse is a Thanksgiving story about a mouse living in a family’s home. After Thanksgiving dinner, when the family is resting and playing, the mouse makes his way to the dinner table.
He finds all the leftover food and is happy to see a pea and thinks a pea is a feast for a mouse. However, as he makes his way home across the table, he is enticed by all the other delicious foods. Each time he tries to carry more food and his pile grows bigger and bigger.
Eventually, the mouse has a run in with the family’s cat and ends up dropping all the food! There is a big crash and the mouse runs back to his house. After all the excitement, the mouse finds a pea made its way into his home. He is grateful for the pea and considers it a feast.
ONE IS A FEAST FOR MOUSE 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 One Is A Feast For Mouse reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing setting
- point of view
- cause and effect
- identifying genre
- sequencing
- identifying theme, message, and moral
- rhyme | rhythm | repetition
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- gratitude
- problem solving
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- action verbs
- verb tense
- adjectives
- prepositions
ONE IS A FEAST FOR MOUSE 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 One Is A Feast For Mouse?
- Lexile® Measure: AD680L
- Guided Reading Level: L
- DRA Level: 20
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3.6
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Judy Cox. It was illustrated by Jeffrey Ebbeler.
What genre is One Is A Feast For Mouse?
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 32 pages long.
