Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth, by Barbara Park

 

Author:  Barbara Park

Genre: Realistic Fiction

Lexile Level: 420L

ISBN: 978-0679844075

Grades:  1-4

Summary:  Junie B. Jones is in kindergarten with her friends Grace and Lucile. She is trying to be a good girl but sometimes can’t help but “shot off her mouth” when someone disagrees with her. And of course, that gets her in trouble. There will be a job day in her school soon and since Junie B wants to have many professions she has trouble picking just one. Finally, to her mom’s surprise and her classmates’ astonishment, a great idea comes to her to combine all of them into one career that she will show to her class.

Book Talk: Gotta Love Junie B. with her too honest statements! This book will surely get some laughs from the reader, no matter the grade level.  Junie B is in kindergarten but she knows how to express herself and sometimes she gets in trouble for her “big fat mouth”.  Plus, there is a job day coming up and after thinking very hard and long, she finally figures out what she wants to be when she grows up. Yeah, except not everyone is excited as she was at her announcement…

Activity: A teacher will read aloud the book to the students. Afterwards, the students will be asked to recall some of the things Junie B. does or the phrases she uses. The students will then write out the popular Junie B. phrases and expressions and write them on a head band that they will make out of paper. They also have to include 2 pictures on it, which could be printed off of internet. or drawn by hand.

Standards:

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.8
Recall information from experiences or gather information from print and digital sources; take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.

Goal:  Students will recognize the main character’s behaviors and vocabulary

Objectives:  

·         Using the book, students will write out Junie B. Jones phrases and use them to make Junie B. Jones mask.

·         Students will have at least three expressions and two pictures on their mask.

Materials: Book “Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth, paper, pencils, colored pencils, glue

Outcome: Students will learn one way to present a character from a book by creating a Junie B. Jones themed head band

Works Cited:

Park, Barbara. Junie B. Jones and Her Big Fat Mouth. Random House Books for Young Readers. 1993.

https://www.amazon.com/Junie-Jones-Her-Big-Mouth/dp/0679844074

https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/junie-b-jones-lesson-plan/