CHALLENGING WORDS
axle
dirty
engine
machines
muddy
puddles
soapy
stuck
water
waterproof
SUMMARY
Can we get muddy? Yes, we can!! Travis gets stuck in the mud, and its up
to Muck to pull him out. When Muck finally gets Travis out, mud platters
everywhere! Before too long Dizzy, Spud, and Muck find themselves in one
messy mud fight! But when the machines return to the yard, Bob, Wendy,
and Farmer Pickles have a soapy surprise for them.
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--- Conversation Questions---
(1) Retell the story in your own words.
(Answer) Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) What was your favorite part?
(2) Imagine you were Travis, how did you get stuck?
(Answer) Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) Do you think you will get out?
(3) Imagine you were Muck, Do you like being muddy & having to pull Travis out?
(Answer) Any logical answer
(Follow Up) Why?
(4) Remember a time you or someone you know was stuck, how did you or they get out? Who will go them out?
(Answer) Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) Were you or that someone scared?
(5) Define “stuck”
(Answer) To be somewhere and not being able to get out.
(Follow Up) Use the word stuck in a sentence.
(6) Who was stuck and Muck had to pull him out?
(Answer) Travis.
(Follow Up) How did he get stuck?
(7) Who was at Farmer Pickles’ house repairing gutters and his roof?
(Answer) Wendy.
(Follow Up) Who is Wendy?
(8) What did Bob tie around Travis’ axle to get him out?
(Answer) A rope.
(Follow Up) Why?
(9) Who was helping Wendy work on the farmhouse?
(Answer) Lofty.
(Follow Up) What is Lofty?
(10) What did all the machines get when they got back to the yard?
(Answer) A soapy bath.
(Follow Up) Why?
Activities
1. Draw and label Bob and his crew.
2. Draw and label Muck and Dizzy being muddy.
3. Write about a time you got stuck somewhere and had to have someone pull you out.
Introduction
1. Have a dump truck on the table. Ask the children if they ever watched Bob the builder on T.V. Discuss. “Today we are going to read about Muck’s Muddy Day.”
2. Show the cover of the book and ask the children if they think they know what the book might be about. Discuss “Today let’s read Muck’s muddy day and see if you are right.”
Book Title: Muck’s Muddy Day
Author: Lauryn Silverhardt / Illustrator: Diane RedmondISBN: 0-439-53921-8 / # of Text Pages: 22
Building Oral Vocabulary
2 / gutters / 3 / drainpipe / 6 / apron
Prediction Questions
2 / What will they do?
6 / Will they get him out?
8 / What will they get when they return to the farmhouse?
This resource is provided by KYREADS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service.
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