JUST ONE BOOK JIGSAW #1

‘Mrs Mole, I’m Home!’ By Jarvis Publisher: Walker ISBN: 978-1-4063-7243-4 Suggested age group: Year 1

As Writers we will: As Mathematicians we will:

 Write an information booklet about one of the  Count and record the different animals
animals in the story mentioned in the story – how many owls are
 Create a new scene for the story – which there? How many more rabbits than owls are
other animals could Mr Mole meet on his there?
journey?  Make worms out of plasticine – which ones
 Act out the story, thinking of different voices are the longest? Shortest? Can we use a ruler
for the different animals to measure them to the nearest centimetre?
 Identify spellings with the suffixes ed (popped,  Identify the 2D shapes used to create the
spluttered, burrowed) pictures e.g. triangles for the crocodiles’
teeth, circles for Mr mole’s glasses
As Geographers we will: Themes to discuss:
As Readers we will consider:
 Draw a map of all the places Mr Mole has  Journeys
visited  Homes  The puns and humour e.g. ‘No Diving’,
 Family ‘Owliver Twist’
As Scientists we will:
 Being lost  The repetition e.g. ‘Up he popped!’, ‘And off
 Find out about the different animals in the he burrowed’
Companion books:
story and their habitats  How does Mr Mole feel when he finally
 Use our different senses to identify materials  ‘Lost and Found’ by returns home?
and objects – what happens when we can’t Oliver Jeffers  Do you think Mr Mole will lose his glasses
see?  ‘Can I Join Your Club?’ again?
 Sort and group the animals into mammals, by John Kelly and Steph  Who is the most unfriendly out of all the
reptiles, amphibians etc Laberis animals and why?