CHALLENGING WORDS
birdbath
black
dogs
grass
skunk
smells
sniff
stuck
wind
SUMMARY
Zip and Zap are going for a trip in the van. Something happens while they are in the van and something happens when they are out of the van that make them fell funny.--- Conversation Questions---
(1) / Retell your favorite part of the story.(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Why was this your favorite?
(2) / Guess how you would feel if you got sprayed by a skunk.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / How would you get the smell out?
(3) / Imagine you had to take your dogs on a trip, how would that be?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Where would you go?
(4) / Compare a trip you’ve taken to the one they took in this story.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Where did you go?
(5) / Explain what this story is about.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Did you like this story? Why/why not?
(6) / Name the title of the book.
(Answer) / A Trip in the Van.
(Follow Up) / What would be another good title?
(7) / Look for the names of the 2 dogs.
(Answer) / Zip and Zap.
(Follow Up) / What’s your dogs name?
(8) / Hunt for what smelled bad to the dogs
(Answer) / A skunk.
(Follow Up) / What does a skunk do to protect himself?
(9) / Find where they took Zip and Zap to get the smell out.
(Answer) / To the vet.
(Follow Up) / What else will get the smell out? (tomato juice)
(10) / Search for what happened at the beginning of the story to the van.
(Answer) / It got stuck.
(Follow Up) / How else could they have gotten unstuck?
Activities
1. / List the different events that took place in this story.
2. / Tell something else that could take place on a trip like this.
3. / Make and invitation inviting a friend to go on a trip with you. Tell where your going, when your leaving, when you’ll return.
4. / Draw the dogs and skunk. Label everything.
Introductions
1. / Show the cover of the book. Ask the children what they think is going to happen on this trip? Today we are going to read A Trip in the Van. Let’s read and see what happens.2. / Have a stuffed skunk on the table. Ask the children what is this? What are they known for? Today we are going to read A Trip in the Van. Let’s read and see what this animal had to do with the trip in the van.
3. / Have a picture of 2 dogs, a van and a skunk. Ask the children what do you think all of these have to do with the story? Today we are going to read A Trip in the Van. Let’s read and see what happens.
Book Title: A Trip In The Van
Author: John Shefelbine / Illustrator: Jackie SniderISBN: 0-590-37337-4 / # of Text Pages: 14 AR: N/A LEX: N/A
Building Oral Vocabulary
3 / sniff / 5 / stuck / 9 / skunk
Prediction Questions
3 / Why do dogs like to sniff the wind?
7 / What will they get here?
11 / What will they do with Zip and Zap?