Grumpy Monkey activities and lesson plan ideas

Our Grumpy Monkey Activities are now digital for distance learning with editable teaching slides and worksheets based on Suzanne Lang’s book. Read aloud the picture book then use the printables or go paperless with Google or Seesaw to practice standards-based skills.    THIS READING UNIT FOCUSES ON USING THE MENTOR TEXT TO TEACH: ◼️ READING STRATEGIES ☐ analyzing character ☐ analyzing illustrations ☐ making connections ☐ asking and answering questions ☐ sequencing ☐ identifying theme, message or moral   ◼️ SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING TOPICS ☐ feelings ☐ taking ownership ☐ empathy   ◼️ GRAMMAR & LANGUAGE CONCEPTS ☐ proper nouns ☐ contractions ☐ verb tense   SUMMARY OF THE MENTOR TEXT: Jim Panzee wakes up one morning feeling grumpy. He is very confused and doesn’t know why he feels this way. The other animals in the jungle try to cheer him up, but Jim keeps insisting that he is not grumpy. Eventually, the other animals push Jim too far trying to make him happy, and he explodes and runs