The Krazees

Lesson one of two:

*The students will listen to The Krazees, written by Sam Swope and illustrated by Eric Brace, Mary Livingston's brother. Iggie and her jellybean-nosed tiger cat approach boredom on a rainy day. The silly, rambunctious creatures enter her home with a rhyme, "plipple, plop bim bango!" A herd of striped, checked, polka- dotted, pop-eyed Krazees spring from the drawers, cupboards, and other hiding places to gambol destructively about the house. She can't help getting a bad case of the crazies herself. They make a mess and then they vanish--"poof!"--just as the rain stops and the sun pokes its way out of the clouds. This picture-book comes to life with Eric Brace's vivid, hysterical, high-kinetic pictures.

*The students will retell the story in sequence using a three part story organizer. Sequencing is one of many skills that contributes to students' ability to comprehend what they read. Sequencing refers to the identification of the components of a story - the beginning, middle, and end - and also to the ability to retell the events within a given text in the order in which they occurred. The ability to sequence events in a text is a key comprehension strategy, especially for narrative texts. Sequencing is also an important component of problem-solving across subjects.

Lesson two of two:

*Share your homework page about how you felt and what you did on a rainy day!

*Retell the story while looking at the pictures and using the Story Champ story element icons. They are in your lit bag for retell at home as well.