City Mouse

In this modern twist from Maggie Rudy on the classic tale of the city mouse and the country mouse, Will and Tansy meet and become friends. But Will loves the bustling city and Tansy loves the quiet country. Will these two friends find a way to live mousily ever after?

This reader's theater script builds fluency through oral reading. The creative script captures students' interest, so they will want to practice and perform. Included is a fluency lesson and approximate reading levels for the script roles.

Act out the story of two cousins, the town mouse and the country mouse in this Spanish-translated script. When the country mouse visits the town mouse, the two get into all sorts of trouble. The mice just want to feast on a family's leftovers, but a hungry dog and cat find them and start to chase them around. Before long, the country mouse wants to go back to his peaceful home in the country and learns that there really is no place like home! The six roles in this script match different reading levels, enabling teachers to use differentiation strategies in their instruction. These strategies allow all students to engage in the same activity, regardless of their current reading level. All students can feel successful and can gain confidence in their reading fluency. Students can also practice reading aloud, interacting cooperatively, and using expressive voices and gestures while performing the story together. An accompanying poem and song give readers additional resources to practice fluency in an engaging way. This dynamic, Spanish script is the perfect tool for a classroom or varied readers!

Learning With Literature: Town Mouse & Country Mouse - Pre-Writing (Lower Case) Children learn better when they enjoy what they are doing. Teach specific skills that promote readiness for reading, writing, and math while opening the door to the kingdom of children's classic literature. A full page read-aloud story delights children as they begin 36 pages of pre-reading and pre-writing skills along with critical thinking and discussion questions, activities and classroom games.

The classic tale of “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse” highlights that one can live in peace and happiness in a poorer home—and appreciate it! It also shows the virtue of knowing yourself and in what environments you thrive. Such lessons can be hard to learn without living through them, but Aesop’s fables present them to readers in an understandable, lively way. Colorful illustrations spark readers’ imagination as they absorb each lesson through terrific, succinct storytelling like “The Peacock and Hera” and “The Farmer and Fortune.”