The Gruffalo Resources

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 The Gruffalo Word Mat
Gruffalo Treetop house

Little Brown Mouse Logpile house

Owl Stream

Fox Gruffalo’s Child

Underground house Snake

Deep dark wood Nut

Print out the cards below, laminate (or
print onto card), cut out and place
onto lollipop sticks. Pupils can retell
the story using the characters. The
other set can be printed as a
word/picture matching task. Focus on:
● Using time openers (first, next…)
● Correct sequence
● Adding adverbs describing ‘how’ the characters
did something
 Gruffalo
Little Brown
Mouse Owl

Snake
Gruffalo’s
Fox Child
 Treetop
House
Logpile
House
Stream
Underground
House

Deep Dark
Wood Nut
There is no such thing
as a Gruffalo?
Prove it!
Other books by Julia Donaldson
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Who are the main Where do all the Describe the
characters in the characters live? gruffalo.
Gruffalo?

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Why was the List the adjectives What does the
mouse in the deep used to describe Gruffalo like to
dark wood? the Gruffalo. eat?

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Why is the mouse Why does nobody Make a list of the
making up a story know who the synonyms for
about a Gruffalo? Gruffalo is? “went” in the text.
L.I.: We are learning to show our understanding by asking and answering questions.

What questions would you like to ask the Little Brown Mouse and the Gruffalo?
L.I.: We are learning to select relevant information from a text.
Describe the image in detail using vocabulary from the text.
L.I.: We are learning to select relevant information from a text.
Describe the image in detail using vocabulary from the text.