MM Mouse at the Movies

MM Mouse at the Movies is a humorous fiction story about Harry’s pet mouse, MM Mouse, hiding in his pocket to sneak into the movie theatre with him. While enjoying the popcorn on the floor, someone noticed the mouse and people started to scream. When Harry got home, he thought the mouse would make a good friend for his mouse…until MM Mouse spit up a piece of popcorn! The story is narrated with some dialogue, speech bubbles, and onomatopoeia.

MM Mouse at the Movies is a simple narrative story demonstrating how actions have consequences. Critical thinking questions are provided to guide the reader. Illustrations match the text. A visual information guide is provided for teachers to draw students’ attention to the bold text, illustrative text, layout, and design. There is an illustrated infographic at the end of the book outlining an action/consequence chart. An activity on designing their own action/consequence chart is provided for teachers to extend students’ learning.

Readers develop vocabulary such as singular/plural (whisker/whiskers) and homonyms (by/buy). Opportunities arise to discuss apostrophes to show possession (Harry’s) and apostrophes within contractions (there’s). Focus on long and short vowel a and discuss suffixes and base words (running).

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