Activity 1: Study the Story Pictures
- Before reading or listening to the story, study and describe the pictures accompanying the story.
Activity 2: Recite the Book Information
- Before and after reading or listening to the story, recite aloud the name of the author, the title of the book, and the title of the chapter.
Activity 3: Narrate the Story
- After reading or listening to the story, narrate the events of the story aloud in your own words.
Activity 4: Draw the Story
- To 'magnify' means to make something appear larger than it really is.
- Tools used to magnify things include microscopes, telescopes, and magnifying glasses.
- In the story, Elmer gives the monkeys magnifying glasses so they can find fleas on the gorilla.
- Fleas are very tiny. It is hard to see them without magnification. Study the below image of a magnified flea and sketch it.
Activity 5: Itemize the Story
Study the items Elmer uses in this chapter and discuss how he used them.
- 6 Magnifying Glasses (Elmer gives the magnifying glasses to the monkeys so they can see the itty-bitty fleas on the gorilla.)
Activity 6: Check Off Items on the List
- Check off the items that Elmer used that he brought with him in his knapsack (6 magnifying glasses).