Mamma Llama Mad At Mama

Mamma Llama Mad At Mama by Anna Dewdney

Dewdney, Anna. Mamma Llama Mad At Mama.  Penguin Young Readers Group. New York:  2007.

Lexile Level:370 Guided Reading Level L

Grades: K-3 (1st grade lesson activity)

Summary:  This is a story about Llama Llama going on shopping trip with his mother and he is not happy.  They go to the Shop-O-Rama where there is yucky music and great big feet, and ladies smelling way too sweet. He is forced to try on itchy clothing and wait while Mama deliberates over food items. Llamma gets so upset he lashes out in tantrums only to have his mother help him realize that shopping can really be a fun thing!

Selling Tool: READ ALOUD

Learning activity for the book:

Students will read this book and make text-to-self connections of details in the story to real life examples ow how they cope with their own problems. We will discuss different emotions we may experience in life like boredom, anger and disappointment. Students will choose one detail from the story  to draw, then write a sentence of how they would feel if they were in that same situation. We would discuss their answers and talk about different ways to cope with those same problems.

Here is the Worksheet they will use for their detail

Learning Goal: Students will be able to identify a detail from the story to make a sentence applying a text to self connection.

Objectives	Assessments
Students will be able to identify a detail from the story and write one sentence of how they would feel to make a text-to-self connection.Cognitive).	Text-to-self Worksheet
Students will discuss their detail and text to self connections as a whole class. Then they will give one example of how they would cope with that situation (Psychomotor, Affective)	Teacher observation of student discussion

Learning Standards:

Common Core Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.3

Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

Information Fluency Continuum:

1.1 Share what is known about the general topic to elicit and make connections to prior knowledge.

American Association School Library:

4.1.5 Connect ideas to own interests and previous knowledge and experience.

3.1.3 Use writing and speaking skills to communicate new understandings effectively.

Work Cited: 

Moritz Fine Designs. Llama Llama Has Feelings. 2012. Retrieved on September 30,2017 from from http://www.thecurriculumcorner.com/thekindercorner/wp-content/pdf/authorstudy/llama/llamafeelings.pdf