Many authors have portrayed mice with human qualities and lifestyles in various forms of literature. Here is a treasury of more than 50 activities that can be used with any kind of literature about mice. Designed to enrich any reading program, these activities promote skills in reading comprehension, creative thinking, word study, research and drama. Also included are tips for teachers to make implementation easy.

Enjoy this tale of friendship and adventure, a new take on family vacations. Get your students thinking and predicting with the use of before and after you read questions. Answer opinion questions to set up the reading. Understand difficult words that will be used in the book. Use proof from the novel to find out why Ralph liked motorcycles so much. Students describe an exciting adventure they were a part of. Create new idioms like "quiet as a mouse". Identify problems Keith encounters in a flow chart, leading to how he solves each problem. Aligned to your State Standards and written to Bloom's Taxonomy, additional crossword, word search, comprehension quiz and answer key are also included. About the Novel: Meet Ralph, the perky and reckless mouse that lives at Mountain View Inn. Vacationing boy Keith Gridley brings out his motorcycle, and through the mouse hole, Ralph falls in love with it. They become friends and share the motorcycle. Ralph gets into many entertaining situations. While on an errand to find an aspirin for his sick friend, Ralph gets caught by two teachers. Eventually Ralph escapes and finds an aspirin, which he brings to Keith. Now that Keith's family’s vacation is coming to an end, he wants to bring Ralph home with him. Ralph, however, wants to stay at the Inn, since this is his home. Keith gives his motorcycle to Ralph to enjoy as the two part ways.

Mice have captured the hearts of many through their roles that are presented through children's literature. Let your students be entertained as they enjoy reading selections from the world of mice. This package contains individualized activity cards that can be used with mice novels and stories. The activities focus on these skills: creative, comprehension and word use.

Enrich your reading programs with activities that can be used with any kind of literature about dragons. This resource provides more than 50 reproducible activities for independent or group work in reading comprehension, creative writing, vocabulary, research and more. Also included are tips for teachers to make implementation easy.