The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear

This week during our writer's workshop block we read this book, The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry, and the Big Hungry Bear. Together, we wrote a letter to the bear to tell him to stop eating Mouse's strawberries. The students were surprised and completely delighted to find that the bear had left letters in their writing folders in response. They were so excited to rip open their envelopes and discover what the 'bear' had written! We read the letter together and responded in our writing folders. We will continue to refer back to this book throughout this week. We will be talking about our sense of taste, and will make a list of our favorite foods.