tales of a fourth grade nothing by judy...

Chapter 1: The Big WinnerWhat did Peter win? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What is Peter’s biggest problem? Why do you think so? ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

T-W-P-SThink-Write-Pair-Share

Do you have any little brothers or sisters that bother you? Or, are you that little brother or sister who annoys your

older sibling?

Good readers will think about what they are reading…

Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

Where does the setting for this story take place?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Strategy Focus: Extending Text For this activity, you are asked to design the front of a sweatshirt that you think one of your Peter would like to wear as a message to his younger brother to stop bothering him. Be ready to explain why your character would like to wear this sweatshirt and how it relates to the story.


Explain: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 2: Mr. and Mrs. Juicy-OMr. Yarby thinks good old-fashioned manners are very important. Give three examples of good manners and three examples of bad manners that occurred in the chapter.

Good manners from book

Bad manners from book

1. 1.

2. 2.

3. 3.

Name at least 2 problems that Fudge caused during Mr. & Mrs. Yarby’s visit.


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If you were Fudge’s parent, what would you have done to prevent

him from embarrassing your family while the Yarby’s were over?


Strategy Focus: Extending the Text

What combinations of fruits would you like to tryin your juice? Choose at least three fruits. Some examples of some common fruits are: Apple, Apricot, Banana, Cantaloupe Cherry, Crabapple, Grape, Grapefruit, Honeydew, Lemon, Lime, Orange, Mango, Papaya, Peach, Pear, Pineapple, Plum, Purple Grape, and Watermelon.


Fruit Choices: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Now create a label for your new juice that you created. Your juice bottle should be colorful and the name should be clearly identified on it.

Chapter 3: The Family DogWhat does Fudge refuse to do in this chapter?


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Why did Peter’s mother want him to stand on his head?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


What is your least favorite kind of cereal?

How about your favorite?



Strategy Focus: Extending the TextThink of a kind of cereal that you think Fudge would like. Create a cover for the cereal box below. Make sure to include a name, a colorful picture, and a short description how it would taste.


Describe how it would taste: ___________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 4: My Brother the BirdWhat did Mrs. Hatcher put Sheila in charge of?___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Have you ever babysat someone before?


Which of the three kids (Peter, Sheila, or Jimmy) do you think is best qualified to be left in charge? Why?


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While Sheila, Peter, and Jimmy are running around yelling about cooties, what is Fudge doing?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


If you had a choice, what animal would you like to be?


Strategy Focus: Making a ConnectionGood readers will make connections between what they are reading and their own lives. If you could be transformed into an animal for one day, what animal Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

would you choose? Explain the reason for your choice in at least 2 complete sentences.

Animal: ______________________________Explain: ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Draw a Picture:

Chapter 5: The Birthday BashMatching

Match the name to the correct description of whathe/she did at the birthday bash.

Kid What he/she did

1. _____ Sam A. Guest who bit Fudge’s grandmother and wet his/her pants

2. _____ Jenny

B. Guest who threw up


3. _____ Ralph

C.

Guest who was afraid of the dark and refused to go home


How would you cure Jenny from doing what she did at the party?


Strategy Focus: Extending the TextWow! Just imagine if you had to run the party for these kids. What kind of food would you have and what activities would you plan?

Typeof Food

Games & Activities


Chapter 6: Fang Hits Town

Strategy Focus: PredictingPredict what will happen the next day when Fudge discovershis shoes are different than Peter’s. Explain why you would predict what you did. Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

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Do you like shopping?

Do you like shopping when you know that you will not be getting anything?


Strategy Focus: Extending the TextPretend that you are trying to choose a type of shoe in a shoe store. Out of the shoes shown, which one would you choose? Circle the one that you would choose and then add some color to it.


Now create your own style: Explain why you choose that shoe:

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Chapter 7: The Flying Train Committee


Sheila, Jimmy, and Peter had to work on a project together about transportation. Have you ever had to work on a project together with someone? How did it turn out?



What did Fudge end up doing to the project?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Why did Mr. Hatcher put a lock on Peter’s bedroom door?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


What do you think transportation will be like 100 years from now?


Strategy Focus: Extending the TextFor this activity, you are asked to draw what you think a vehicle of the future might look like. Be sure to Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

include a name for your vehicle. Describe its features, how is it different than the vehicles found today? Explain.

Name: ______________________________Features/Differences: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 8: The TV StarBecause school was out for the day, where did Peter and

Fudge end up going?


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Where do you go when you have a day off from school? Do you stay home? Do you go somewhere? Does

someone come over to watch you?


While at the office, what does Fudge do?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________What does Peter do to save the day?


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Explain why this chapter was titled “The TV Star”.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


If you could be in any commercial, what kind of commercial would you

want to be in? Sports? Restaurant? Hotel? Car? Other?


Strategy Focus: Compare and Contrast


Good readers will compare and contrast different things that they read in the story to help better comprehend what they are reading. If you had a younger brother and he was chosen to be in a commercial, compare the way you would feel to the way Peter felt. Try to have at least two phrases or words for each of the three parts below.

Peter’s feelings Your feelings

Chapter 9: Just Another Rainy Day

What did the three boys decide to go and what happened there?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________


Do you think it was right for Mr. Hatcher and Peter to keep the

events of their weekend a secret? What do you think Mrs. Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

Hatcher would have said if she had known all the things that

happened?


Strategy Focus: Making a ConnectionWhat do you do on a rainy day? Try to brainstorm as many things you could do and then write your list on the cloud or rain drops below. As a Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing challenge, see if you can list at least 10 things.1. __________________________________2. ___________________________________3. ______________________________________4. _____________________________________5. ____________________________________6. ____________________________________7. _____________________________________8. _________________________________________________________________9. _________________________________________________________________10. ________________________________________________________________

Chapter 10: DribbleWhat did Fudge do with Dribble?Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

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Do you really think someone could do what Fudge did to a turtle?


What did you think of the book? Rating (1-5 stars): ______________________Write your review:


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On-Going R-T-I ActivityTales of a Fourth Grade Nothing MenuDirections: There was a lot of food that was talked about throughout the story. For this activity, you are asked to create a name of a restaurant and 1-2 menu items based on Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing. Your restaurant name and daily special menu items should all relate to the story. An example is provided for you.

Write your restaurant name at the top of the Daily Special board. Then write down some daily specials with a short description and a price.

BookCharlie and the Chocolate Factory

Restaurant NameGrandpa Joe’s Chocolates

Menu ItemVeruca Salt………… $3.19

This dish is a mixture of salted nuts, a spoiled attitude, and chocolate.


On-Going R-T-I ActivityAlpha-Boxes

Directions: As you read Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, try to find vocabulary words for each letter or box. It is all right to have more than one word in each box. Try your best to try to fill most boxes!

Put the corresponding letter next to the word that you put in each alpha box.

CN= Common Noun

V= Verb A= Adjective

PN= Proper Noun

AV= Adverb O= Other (Describe)

In other words, if you put the word “shovel” in the “S” section, you must put a corresponding letter to represent which part of speech the word has. Your box may look like the example below:

A B C DHawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

JJuicy-O: PN

Daily SpecialsDaily Specials

E F G H

I J K L

M N O P

Q R S T

U V W X

Y Z

On-Going R-T-I ActivityWord Study

Reading Strategy Focus: Word StudyIn order to better comprehend what they are reading, good readers will try to find the meanings of the key vocabulary in the story. Sometimes they may ask someone what a word means or use context clues to figure out the meaning. Good readers will also look up the definition.

Chapter 1Cushioned p. 4 - _________________________________________________________________ Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

____________________________________________________________________________________Combination p. 6 - ______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Slurping p. 6 - ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 2Suggested p. 9 - __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Racket p. 10 - ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Measly p. 11 - _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Advantages p. 13 - Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Insulted p. 16 - ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Babbling p. 19 - __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Account p.21 - ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 3Clients p.23 - ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Brilliant p. 23 - ___________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

_____________________Relieved p.28 - ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Expression p.28 - ________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 4Headquarters p. 30 - _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Helium p. 30 - ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Foreign p. 32 - ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Accents p.32 - _______________________________________________________________Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

_____ ____________________________________________________________________________________Hesitated p. 34 - _________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Inspecting p. 36 - ________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Precious p. 38 - __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 5Insult p. 42 - _____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Supervise p. 42 - _________________________________________________________________ Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

____________________________________________________________________________________Innocent p. 44 - __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Untangled p. 44 - ________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Fortunately p. 49 - _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 6Examining p. 57 - ________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Admitted p. 60 - _________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Loafers p. 61 - Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Tantrum p. 65 - __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Slugged p. 69 - ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 7Committees p. 70 - ____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Congestion p. 71 - _____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Monorail p. 72 - _______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________


Fault p. 78 - ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 8Hailed p. 84 - ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Amuse p. 86 - ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Agency p. 86 - ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Condition p. 90 - _________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Arrangements p. 91 - Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

_____________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Beckoned p. 94 - _________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________

Chapter 9Dimmed p. 99 - __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Ushers p. 101 - ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Beamed p. 105 - __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Concoction p. 105 - ______________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Hawkins 4th Grade adapted from Wise Guys © 2012 and Julia Dweck: teachervision.fen.com

Chapter 10Precious p. 112 - __________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Wailed p. 113 - ___________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Castor oil p. 116 - _________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________Dreary p. 118 - ____________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________


Tales of a Fourth Grade NothingEnd of Novel Project Choices

Interview a CharacterPretend you are a talk show host interviewing a character from the book. Your interview must include ten events that happened with this character in the book.

SongWrite a song about the story. Your song must contain ten events that happened in the book. You can also sing this song to the class for extra credit!

PosterImagine Fudge is your brother! Make a poster advertising the sale of your brother, Fudge. Make sure to include physical appearance, behaviors, and price wanted. Please be colorful, neat, and detailed.

Game BoardMake up a colorful board game about the story on a larger piece of tag board. Your game must contain at least ten events that happened in the story. Your game board must tell the story of The Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing.


Wanted Poster Make a list of all the trouble that Fudge got into in the story. Then make a WANTED poster about Fudge including these ideas. Please be colorful, neat, and detailed.

Chapter 11If there were a Chapter 11, explain in at least 10 sentences what this chapter would be about. You should also draw a picture of an event from your new chapter.

IPod TouchDesign your own IPod Touch. Your IPod Touch should include ten “Apps”. You will need to create a colorful IPod. You will also need to write two sentences for each application explaining what the application is and how it relates to the story. You will need to get the IPod sheet from your teacher.

Football TeamYou are the new owner of an NFL franchise expansion team. You need to come up with a team name and design a helmet for your team. You will also need to decide what characters will play what positions. You will need 1 QB, 2 RBs, 2 WRs, 1 TE, 1 center, 2 tackles, and 2 guards (so maybe Sheila would be a RB for example). You will also need to explain why you would “play” the character in that position. Your explanation should be at least 2 sentences and include a personality trait of the character. For example, I put Sheila as a running back because...

IPod Touch


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