Webbing into literacy good night gorilla book

Over the course of a school year, we will be exploring some. Good night, gorilla is the quintessential first book for very young children 6 months through to approximately 3 years. Good night, gorilla book by peggy rathmann 1994 themes. Hed rather follow the zookeeper on his rounds and let all of the other animals out of their cages. Her second book, good night, gorilla, was an american library association notable childrens book and her third title, officer buckle and gloria, allowed rathmann to walk off with the. Handson literacy and math activities, printables, and books for learning about zoo animals. Good night, gorilla story sequencing by teach me teach. Next time you visit a zoo, take the book and some sticky notes with you. Thank you for downloading my goodnight gorilla file. Every family will bring home their favorite books to read. Now is perfect time to cozy up with your favorite book.

Good night, hyena this well loved board book ships immediately. Books help children learn new vocabulary, and help them with. In a lengthening parade that includes a mouse first seen taking one of gorillas bananas, they pad along behind the keeper like faithful dogs, enter his house, and curl up to snooze in his bedroom. Take a trip to a zoo and try to find some of the animals in the book. A zookeeper says good night to the animals, not realizing that the gorilla has taken his keys and let all the animals out. Introduce the reproducible predictable story who is. This is a storytellers book, mostly images, which allows both the reader and the listener to improvisationally enter into the hilarious imaginary, nocturnal world of a small zoo as its caretaker shuts it down for the night, trailed by a funloving, trickster gorilla who not only spoiler alert tiptoes behind the zookeepernight watchman as. Concepts that go along with the book are trick, steal, tiptoe. Literature guide for good night, gorilla by peggy rathmann. Everyday book box 2 k2 literacy place levelled libraries k6 sprints 23 independent reading classroom libraries. Irrepressible fun for any time of day, good night, gorilla is a gem of a picture book from an awardwinning author and illustrator. Good night, gorilla, book by peggy rathmann paperback. Lesson plan printable activities for peggy rathmanns book good night, good night, gorilla activity card pdf format only webbing into literacy kids printable shoe size chart some good books rigby books spring printable pics rigby literacy printables. The end of any good story features a gorilla reading a book.

Books and bingo family literacy night donorschoose. Expand product details in this practically wordless bedtime story, a weary zoo keeper bids good night to his charges and then goes home to bed. In the fall of 2012, we will be kicking our school year off with our second annual books and bingo family literacy night. Ask students to state who they make sure to say good night to before going to bed.

Practically wordless yet full of expressive art and hilarious, adorable detail, this. When you get home, encourage your child to make her own good night animal book based on the animals she saw on her visit. Books help children learn new vocabulary, and help them with imaginative play as. The activities are intended for preschool and kindergarten aged students. But tiptoeing right behind him, is a precocious little gorilla who manages to unlock each cage. Whos that short furry guy with the mischievous grin. Good night, gorilla picture book lesson plan activities and crafts for preschool and. Explore classroom activities, puzzles, teacher resources and enrichment pdfs for this book. As the sleepy keeper bids him good night, gorilla snitches his keys. Hey diddle diddle rhyme sheet printable from webbing into literacy. Good night, gorilla, says the weary watchman as he walks by the gorilla cage on his nightly rounds at the zoo. In 1991 she published her first book, ruby the copycat, and was immediately hailed by publishers weekly as a promising new author.

Good night, gorilla by peggy rathmann summary of the story. Goodnight moon by margaret wise brown companion poem. The gorilla answers by quietly pickpocketing the guards keys, stealthily trailing him, and unlocking the cages of every animal the oblivious fellow bids goodnight to. See more ideas about book activities, good night and preschool books. The list of acronyms and abbreviations related to wil webbing into literacy. I am so excited to share our good night, gorilla preschool curriculum. This means you may use it with your child or classroom, but you may not give it away on your blog or resell the file or any images included.

Good night, gorilla paperback children are able to retell this story and learn about different story elements in this classic picture book. Good night, gorilla activity card pdf format only webbing into literacy. Animal sorting, gorilla puppets, and sequencing would all be good activities to use with this book. Little night owls can sneak along with gorilla and see who gets the last laugh in. This product contains three main story stretchers for the popular childrens book good night, gorilla as well as several extension ideas and a two paged handout. Good night, gorilla printables, classroom activities, teacher. Language activities with the good night, gorilla book. There are a few printed words in the book, goodnight, and the animals names, but no tier ii words. Little night owls can sneak along with gorilla and see who gets the last laugh in this riotous goodnight romp. He follows the zookeeper on his rounds and has a lot of fun along the way.

Good night, gorilla pictue book preschool lesson plan. Good night gorilla book companion for preschoolkindergarten. Goodnight gorilla free printable puppets and puzzles. If the child says something spontaneously about a picture, expand on it and ask the child to repeat it. Here is a 53page packet of activities to accompany the book goodnight gorilla by peggy rathmann. Books are a great way of encouraging language and reading in children. Videos you watch may be added to the tvs watch history and. Whos that short, furry guy with the key in his hand and the mischievous grin. Our goal is to celebrate reading while playing bingo with our families. You can prompt the child on every page, using the questions below. Bookbub vs bookgorilla vs the fussy librarian which is. Your class might write a story called good night pig where the pig follows the farmer around letting all the farm animals out of their pens.

Good night, gorilla big book good night, gorilla teaching guide the hilarious adventure of a mischievous gorilla who borrows the zookeepers keys, presented with rhyming text and lively illustrations from the caldecottwinning illustrator. Children are able to retell this story and learn about different story elements in this classic picture book. Good night, gorilla by peggy rathmann paperback book. Good night, gorilla by peggy rathmann librarything. Youve gotten your book on as many ebook stores as possible and worn your fingers to the bone publicising it on social media. Peggy rathmanns first childrens book, ruby the copycat, turned an embarrassing personal incident into a wellreceived story and earned the most promising new author distinction in the 1991 cuffies awards.

The zookeepers wife discovers all the animals and leads them back to the zoo all except for. Officer buckle and gloria and our book of the day good night, gorilla. Each time you see an animal in the zoo, put a sticky note on the page in the book. Whatever climate y ou live in, you can celebrate the winter season with these fun winter activities, crafts, games, and snacks frosty the snowman. Reread chartspoems from previous stories prior knowledge.

I needed a break from goodnight moon the only book my 15 month old will listen to uninterrupted, so i went in search of other goodnight books and stumbled. Perform a reading of the story using expression to make it interesting to those listening. Sneak along behind the zookeepers back, and see who gets the last laugh in this riotous goodnight romp. Good night, gorilla activity card pdf format only webbing into literacy this activity card reinforces sequence and also addresses how the printed word is read from left to write. See more ideas about book activities, preschool books and zoo activities. Goodnight gorilla is a wonderful childrens book and here you can download free puppets and puzzles to enhance learning with 7 animal puppets and puzzles my boys love the story goodnight gorilla and to help other families enjoy the story as much as we do, im guest posting with a free printable unit study on my friend tabithas blog. But mischievous gorilla isnt quite ready to go to sleep.

There are a number of promotional sites who can share the news with readers who have declared an interest in keeping up to date with the. Good night, gorilla pictue book preschool lesson plan printable. They all follow the zookeeper home and settle down in his bedroom. Ask students to share with the class things that they do to get ready for bed brush teeth, get a drink of water, put on pajamas, hug a family member, find their favorite stuffed animal, say. Read the book good night, gorilla by peggy rathmann. Books are considered not only for the quality of their illustrations, but for the way pictures and text work.

Pictures speak for themselves in this classic bedtime story. Practically wordless yet full of expressive art and hilarious, adorable. Within four years she would publish two books that have now achieved classic status. Good night gorilla story basket little worlds kindergarten, preschool literacy. Twinkle, twinkle, little star and hey diddle, diddle. Curious george good night read along aloud book duration. It has very few words only good, night, gorilla, dear, zoo and the names of the five other animals in the bookand is brief. Share a factual book showing and describing how animals sleep. Its bedtime at the zoo, and all the animals are going to sleep. Other ideas for settings are a circus or a pet store. In 2014 good night, gorilla was a runnerup honor book for the phoenix picture book award from the childrens literature association, which annually recognizes the best picture book that did not win a major award 20 years earlier. Some of the activities are directly related to the book and some could be used with any zoo animal theme. This 2 week unit will begin on august 29th and is the first book of our. Good night, gorilla printables, classroom activities.