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Click Clack Moo Cows That Type

By Doreen Cronin, Illustrated by Betsy Lewin

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What's not to love about typing, demanding, cows on strike? This is a hilarious book that all our readers will love!

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What caused the cows to type a letter to the Farmer? 

What effect did the Farmer's refusal to give the cows a blanket have?

What caused the Farmer to give in?

What happened with the Ducks as a result of the Farmer giving in about the electric blankets?

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Do animals on a farm type letters to farmers?

Do cows use electric blankets?

Can animals on a farm go on strike?

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P.1 — What is Farmer Brown's problem in the first line?

P.5/6— What time of day is it? Farmer Brown's shadow should give a clue.

P.24 — How do the Farmer and cows solve their problem?

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When you come across a tricky word while reading Click, Clack, Moo, try breaking it into smaller parts you already know! For example, if you see the word night, you might not know it right away. But if you recognize the word light, you can use that to help. Both words have the same “-ight” ending, so they sound alike. By looking for word parts you already know, you can figure out new words more easily and become a stronger reader.

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Students will know that characters display different points of view with their voice as well as their words. Model intonation nd fluctuation of character's voices as you read aloud.

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Discuss unfamiliar vocabulary and bring it into the student’s world.

Ask students what “strike” means and ask them, “If you told your parents that you were on strike would you be doing your chores?”

Consider bringing a typewriter into the classroom and give students the experience of hearing the click, clack of a typewriter.

Create mini dramas to allow students the opportunity to play with vocabulary words.

“The duck was a neutral party...” Have students on two sides argue while one student stays out of the argument. Students will remember the creation of the neutral party.

Display an ultimatum from the cows in the classroom and refer to it as an ultimatum. Give students an ultimatum of their own; allow them to feel how the character in the story felt.

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The teaching points for this lesson were written by Jane Kloster.

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