Mortimer Mooner Stopped Taking a Bath

• set up a one week diary for Mortimer. Record, as if you were him, what you did (or did not do) each day: ie. "On Tuesday I stopped wearing shoes."
• Mortimer's hooves are called "trotters." Rename his ears, nose, eyes and tail
• brainstorm "Dirty Words" to describe Mortimer
• draw before and after pictures of Mortimer

Margot Griffin
teacher, consultant, columnist
London, Ontario

• this is a good base for a Time unit on days of the week
• have students list chores they do each day of the week. What would happen if these chores were not done?
• older students can use the format for writing a Counting/Time/ABC concept book for a younger reading buddy

Maria, Cristina and Margaret G.
teachers
Crestview Public School
Kitchener, Ontario

Mortimer Mooner Makes Lunch

• make a list of what students would put on their sandwiches
• make a set of directions for making a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Then follow them
• make a list of reasons the frog was in the pickle jar
• have students plan a lunch they would make for themselves.

Maria, Cristina and Margaret G.
teachers
Crestview Public School
Kitchener, Ontario

Melody Mooner Stayed Up All Night

• cut and paste a Melody Mooner watch that you can wear
• compile a class book of bed-time excuses
• paint blue wash over newsprint, add sticker stars when dry, paint a night-time adventure
• make a sound-effects tape of the sounds you might hear in the dark

Margot Griffin
teacher, consultant, columnist
London, Ontario

• this is a good base for a Time unit
• write about what you might like to do if you stayed up all night. What might make you want to go to bed?
• older students can use the format for writing a Time concept book for a younger reading buddy

Maria, Cristina and Margaret G.
teachers
Crestview Public School
Kitchener, Ontario

Melody Mooner Takes Lessons

• this is a good base for studying the calendar
• write about the lessons you have taken? Did you like them? How long did you take lessons? If you stopped, why?
• older students can use the format for writing a Time concept book for a younger reading buddy

Maria, Cristina and Margaret G.
teachers
Crestview Public School
Kitchener, Ontario

Grandma Mooner Lost Her Voice

• this is a good base for studying grandparents and the family unit. Also for a comparison between elements of a story that are real and make believe
• write a story about losing something and how you looked for it
• draw a comic strip based on the pigs' search

Maria, Cristina and Margaret G.
teachers
Crestview Public School
Kitchener, Ontario