Stories: Supplemental Guide 7A | The Story of Jumping Mouse, Part I 123 Show image 7A-1: Jumping mouse and the far-off land
- Tell students that this is the beginning of the story.
- Point to Jumping Mouse. Have students say Jumping Mouse with you.
- Tell students that Jumping Mouse lives in the brush. The brush is a
group of bushes and other plants growing close together. The brush
is part of this story’s setting.
Show image 7A-2: Jumping Mouse and the frog
- Ask students to identify another character—the frog.
- Tell students that there is something special about the frog. This frog
has special, magical powers.
Show image 7A-3: Jumping Mouse and the frog leaping across the
river
- Ask students what the characters are doing.
Show image 7A-4: Jumping Mouse jumping high across the
landscape
- Ask students to describe what is unusual about what the mouse is
doing.
Show image 7A-5: Jumping Mouse and fat mouse
- Ask students to compare the two mice.
- Ask if they think the two mice will become friends.
- Give students Response Card 7 (The Story of Jumping Mouse) from
Instructional Master 7A-1. Tell students that the setting in this picture
is the desert.
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Journey- In today’s story, Jumping Mouse takes a journey to a far-off land.
- Say the word journey with me three times.
- A journey is a long trip from one place to another.
- Heidi and Sergei took an imaginary journey into space on their
spaceship made from cardboard boxes. - Tell your partner about what you think of when you hear journey. Use
the word journey when you tell about it. Each person gets three turns.