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Teacher Edition

The GrizzlegrotsWritten by Sue Whiting Illustrated by Alex Stitt

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Text highlights• Humorous rhythmic and rhyming poem

• Colourful illustrations extend the text

• Illustrations feature speech exclamations that

add to the story line

VocabularyGrizzlegrots, grizzle, grumble, moan, groan

How to use this bookBefore reading: TalkthroughTalk through the book with the children. Encouragethem to predict the text from the cover and thepictures, and to think about the information theyprovide. Direct the children’s attention to aspects ofthe text that may challenge them. Support the childrento deal with these challenges by asking theTalkthrough questions on each page.

During reading: Observe and supportObserve the children as they read. Encourage them tomonitor their own reading as they comprehend thetext. As needed, support children by assisting them todiscover and use reading strategies and cues to solveproblems and respond to reading challenges that arisein the text. Interruptions to the child’s reading shouldbe minimal and focused on a specified learning need.

After reading: Comprehension, returning tothe text, responding and writing links To further develop children’s understanding of thetext, select from activities found on page 12 and theinside back cover. These whole text, sentence and wordlevel activities reinforce the teaching focus of thisbook. Assessment ideas are provided to assist withplanning for further teaching.

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Developed by Eleanor Curtain PublishingText: Elizabeth GoldingConsultant: Susan HillDesigned by Alexander StittProduction by Publishing Solutions

Printed in Hong Kong

ISBN 0 7253 2827 4Pack ISBN 0 7253 2762 6(6 Student Books + 1 TeacherEdition)

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Setting the contextWrite the words ‘grizzle’ and‘grumble’ on the board. Ask:What do these words mean?How does your voice sound ifyou grizzle? How does itsound if you grumble?Take time to allow thechildren to briefly role-playsome situations wherepeople grizzle and grumble.

Introducing the bookThis book is called ‘TheGrizzlegrots’. It is written asa rhyming poem. It tells usabout a family of mice whogrumble and grizzle frommorning to night.

Front coverWhat kind of family are the Grizzlegrots?What sort of things might they do?

Title pageThis is the title page. What kinds ofinformation do we find on this page?Read the title, and the name of the authorand the illustrator.


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Written by Sue Whiting Illustrated by Alex Stitt

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The Grizzlegrots Pages 2–3

TalkthroughRead the text to the children.What do you notice about the way this page sounds?Draw out that the text rhymes.Which two words rhyme on this page? (know, go)Read the page again with the children emphasising therhythm. Stress that the children will find this on eachpage of the text.

Observe and supportCan the child identify the rhythm in the text?Can you read this page stressing the rhythm of thelanguage?

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We are the Grizzlegrots. How do you know?

We grizzle and grumble wherever we go!

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TalkthroughWhat do the Grizzlegrots do at breakfast? What do they doat lunch?Turn to pages 6–7.What extra information about the Grizzlegrots do you getfrom the illustrations?

Observe and supportCan the child read the text expressively?I like the way that you read that. It sounded really exciting.

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We grizzle at breakfast.

We grumble at lunch.

We're the grizzly,grumbly,Grizzlegrot bunch!

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We hate to smile,or laugh,or play.

We’d rathermoan and groanall day.

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TalkthroughRead the text carefully and see which words rhyme.What kinds of things do they grumble about? Do you think itis reasonable to grumble about these things?

Observe and supportCan the child identify words that rhyme?Tell me two words that rhyme on this page.

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We grumble at presents.We grizzle at treats.

My hat is too new!This chocolate’s too sweet!

The sky is too blue!I want the back seat!

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TalkthroughCarefully read the extra comments that the Grizzlegrots aremaking in the illustrations. What else do these comments tellyou about the Grizzlegrots?

Observe and supportCan the child use their knowledge of the ‘gr’ blend toassist them with the text?What do you notice is the same about the words ‘grumble’and ‘grizzle’? Do you know any other words that start likethis?

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We grumble at bedtime.We grizzle all night.We grizzle and grumble until it is light.

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We get out of bedin the morning and then …

We grizzle and grumble all over again!

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TalkthroughWhy do you think that the Grizzlegrots grizzle and grumble allof the time?Turn to page 16 and see if the children’s predictions areright!

Observe and supportCan the child interpret the text?What does the last page tell us about the Grizzlegrots?

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Grizzlegrots grizzleand grumbleall day.

We do it because …

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we like it that way!

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The Grizzlegrots

Being a meaning makerEncourage children to support theiranswers with evidence from the bookas they discuss these questions:What do the Grizzlegrots like to do?Why do they like to grizzle and grumbleall day?What might the Grizzlegrots do ifsomeone did something nice for them?What might they say?

Being a code breakerExplore the following languagefeature:• Words that rhyme: day/way,know/go, lunch/bunch, play/day,sweet/seat, new/blue, night/light,then/again.

Being a text userWhat kind of book is this? Fiction orinformation? How do you know?Did you like the book? Why?Who do you think the book was writtenfor?

Being a text criticThe illustrator has drawn theGrizzlegrots as mice. How would thestory change if the Grizzlegrots werepeople?Are there really any people who grizzleand grumble all day?

Responding to textChildren work in cooperativegroups to record a choral

reading of the book on an audio-tape.Encourage the use of sound effects,such as a rhythmic chant betweeneach stanza:Grizzle, grizzle, grumble, grumble,grizzle, Grizzlegrot.

Children list rhyming wordsfrom the book. These lists could

be extended by listing rhyming wordsfrom known songs and poems.Children then write their owncouplets that rhyme. These could bemade into poems or a class book ofrhyming couplets.

Children could list words withthe ‘gr’ blend.These words

could be written on a large chart anddisplayed in the classroom for futurereference.

Writing linksShared writingCreate an innovation on the text.Children write a further verse bycontinuing the pattern of thelanguage of ‘The Grizzlegrots’. Thesecould be illustrated and collated intoa class book, e.g.,We grizzle in the classroom,We grumble in the yard,We never smile or giggle,We think it’s too hard.

Independent writingCreate your own version of the bookwith a new title. Children could workin pairs to write their own versesusing the ideas of rhythm and rhymein language.

AssessmentCan the child:• Identify rhyming words in the text?• Read the text to show the rhythm implicit in the text?• Read the text expressively?

whole text activity sentence activity word activity


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Topic: AttitudesCurriculum link: EnglishText type: PoemReading level: 13Word count: 119Vocabulary: Grizzlegrots, grizzle, grumble,moan, groan

Possible literacy focusExploring rhyme in poetry.Exploring rhythm in poetry.Reading with expression.

SummaryThis book is a humorous rhythmic and rhymingpoem about a family of mice who grizzle andgrumble about everything.

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