| The Grinch Page For Teachers -
Update: November, 2006 Special thanks to the teachers at The Heart mailring that have shared their ideas with me. They must have hearts three sizes too big . They are willing to take the time to help teachers that visit this site! Thanks! "Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. "Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!" - The Grinch |
Some of Max's favorite teachers have a heart so big and have
shared a few ideas.
The story indicates that no one quite knew
why the Grinch hated Christmas so much. Have your students make
guess as to why the Grinch hated Christmas.
Cindy-Lou was easily fooled by the Grinch.
Create a Venn Diagram with you class. Have the students list the
similarities of the two in the middle circle and the differences
on the outside circles. Your class wouldn't be fooled by the
Grinch!
The Theme of the Grinch is all about the
Joy that Christmas brings... Make a large pattern with the word
Joy in bubble letters. Have you students trace the pattern on
colored paper. Where the O is, have the children place a circle
picture of themselves to make the hole in the O. Then have the
students brainstorm things that bring them joy. Then they may
write the things that bring them Joy on the letters.
Have students write their own
"Grinchy" stories.
The Big Bad Wizard Who Stole Winter Break.
The Fink Who Ruined Halloween.
The Cat What Ran Off With My Sock.
etc.
- Shawn
How would your students make a Grinch
Grin. Brainstorm some ways they might make a Grinch grin. Then
make a class book that is titled, "WE MADE THE GRINCH
GRIN!" Have each student complete the sentence. To make a
Grinch grin I would... and then illustrate their sentences! Bond
these together to make a great class book.
Click Here For A Word Form To Use With This Idea!
I saw the Grinch idea that follows on
someone's website. I think it said it came from Teachers
Helper a number of years ago but I couldn't find the old issue,
so I traced a picture of the grinch from the book and blew it up
for the kids to trace. You can have each
child trace and color a grinch and in his smile, they write
their story of "How I got the grinch to
grin". My kids loved this. Some of the
kids said they brought their grinch to school where he got
smart so he grinned. Some of them read him jokes to make
him grin. One gave him a puppy friend for Max...they
really were thinking. They loved this whole grinch
writing season, now please don't ask why, no one quite knows
the reason! Happy Holidays to all. Dawn Olson
2nd Grade Teacher/Arizona
www.dwesaz.tripod.com/OTK.htm
Here is a free printable from Teaching is
a Work of Heart!!! Have your students fill in this Grinch report
after they read the story & watch the movie. Click Here!
Colleen, my students love to hear the CD
from the movie while they work. They love the song... "Your
A Mean One Mr. Grinch" so I took the song and made a cover
page that gives all the credit to the author but divided the song
into 15 parts, put the part at the bottom of a page and had
students illustrate the part of the story they got. I have 16
students and one got the cover page. I bind it together and this
becomes one of our books, it really is a favorite
with the class.
Janet
www.geocities.com/ms_vines_second_grade
Purchase the green colored candy canes and attach the following poem: When the Grinch discovered (You can print these tags and tie them to a candy cane with ribbon. Click here to print these cute tags and give your students a candy cane treat with GRINCH written all over it!)
When the Grinch discovered You will find a recipe for
Green Cookies at
Don't
let the Grinch steal your Christmas. The
Grinch will see your magic dust, Grinch
Candy Cane Bag Topper |
Vocab From the Story!
| Christmas | season | heart | eve |
| staring | sour | frown | mistletoe |
| sneer | feast | reindeer | ramshakle |
| flue | stockings | slithered | glee |
| coo | speck | trimmings | carved |
Rhyme With The Grinch
Place these rhyming words from the
story on cards and have students match the
cards together.
| season reason |
right tight |
all small |
frown town |
| boys toys |
feast beast |
sing thing |
ringing singing |
| throat coat |
trick nick |
around found |
square care |
| pinch grinch |
drums plums |
flash hash |
glee tree |
| shove dove |
cup up |
fire wire |
house mouse |
Click to dowlaod
cards.
Print, laminate, and cut. Student must match a red to a green
card.
Great Grinch Reads
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A Coloring Book! |
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Other Ginch Goodies
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Share this Video with your students as a holiday treat! |
Grinch Links
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Virtual Vine Cindy has a nice set of links for you to explore. |
Grinch
in Chimney Ornament |
Grinch
Collar |
| Grinch's
Too-Small Heart |
Max
the Dog Ornament |
Grinch
Maze |
| A
Grinch Unit |
Grinch
Midi Page |
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