Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House

Henry and Mudge and the Tall Tree House by Cynthia Rylant has Henry and his sidekick Mudge excited to get their very own tree house. Your students in First Grade and Second Grade will LOVE Henry and his big dog Mudge as they get a new tree house. This fun book, paired with these book companion activities, helps students practice important literacy and reading comprehension skills in an engaging way!

HENRY AND MUDGE AND THE TALL TREE HOUSE BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

Uncle Jake stops by for a visit, and has all the tools and lumber they need in his pickup truck. It's time to build! As Uncle Jake gets to work, Henry started to worry. How was Mudge going to get up into the tree house with him? Suddenly Henry wasn't so excited to have a tree house after all.

Henry didn't want to hurt Uncle Jake's feelings, so he pretended to like his new tree house. But he really felt disappointed that he had to leave his dog, Mudge, behind. Every so often, Henry would come down from his tree house and go inside the house to see Mudge. He missed his friend.

Uncle Jake came up with a new plan. He put the tree house in Henry's bedroom! Now both Henry and Mudge could enjoy the tree house. And, best of all, they got to be together.

This book study unit is packed with fun activities that will help your First Grade and Second Grade students with story elements, making predictions, character traits, making text to self connections, author's purpose, main idea, making inferences, vocabulary, writing, giving opinions and advice, problem and solution, story retell, reading comprehension, and much more!

These activities can be used for whole class instruction, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!