Gregory, the Terrible Eater

Mitchell Sharmat

Book Description:

  • Gregory is a young goat who worries his parents by being a fussy eater.

Academic Objective(s):

  • ELA2R4h: The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. The student makes connections between texts and/or personal experiences.
  • ELA2R4e: The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. The student summarizes text content.
  • ELA2R4b: The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. The student makes predictions from text content.
  • ELA2W4: The student uses a variety of strategies to gain meaning from grade-level text. The student begins to create graphic features (charts, tables, graphs).

Brilliant Star Objective:

  • Physical: Students will be to analyze appropriate food choices and the consequences of food choices that are not helpful in keeping their bodies healthy.

Readability Level:3.3

Vocabulary:

  • average, develop, unhappily, revolting, rubbery, condition, moaned, groaned, evening, healthy

Questions:

Before Reading:

  • What can you tell about the title from the cover?
  • Why do you think Gregory is called a terrible eater?
  • What do you think is going to happen with Gregory in the story?

During Reading:

  • What did Gregory think about how he ate at the beginning of the story?
  • What kind of food did Gregory like to eat?
  • What kinds of food did Gregory’s parents eat?
  • Who was eating foods that were going to keep you healthy?
  • What happened to Gregory when he ate the foods that his parents ate?
  • What kinds of foods did Gregory find made him feel the best?

After Reading:

  • What kinds of foods do you think goats are supposed to have?
  • What kinds of food choices were ones to keep your body healthy?
  • What do you think Gregory learned about food choices and eating healthy?
  • What do you think Gregory’s parents learned about food choices and eating healthy?

Follow-Up Activities:

  • Have students cut out pictures of good food choices from magazines to create a collage of healthy foods.
  • Have students create a plate of their favorite foods and have them put the foods in the categories of healthy and unhealthy. We all have foods that we like that are both healthy and unhealthy, which will allow them to determine what food choices they are making.
  • Present math lesson on fractions.

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