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Here Comes the Big,

Mean Dust Bunny!

by Jan Thomas

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Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny!By Jan ThomasBeach Lane Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster Children’s PublishingCopyright © 2009 by Jan ThomasISBN: 978-1-4169-9150-2

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Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny!By Jan Thomas

Table of Contents

........................................................About the Book and the Author/Illustrator 4.......................Library Applications: Books About Rhyme & Jump Rope Time 5

..................................................................Prereading Strategies and Activities 6.................................................................................Activating Prior Knowledge 7

......................................................................................Recognizing New Words 7.................................................................................................Dust Bunny Math 7

..............................................................................Make Your Own Dust Bunny 8..........................................................................................Alphabetic Awareness 9

............................................................................................Name That Student! 9Phonemic Awareness: Rhyming Dust Bunny Card Game & Ed, Ned, Ted, &

Bob ................................................................................................................? 10.....................................................................Name That Student Reproducible 11

........................................................Dust Bunny Card Game Reproducible 12–13............................................Understanding the Story: Comprehension Skills 14

.......................................How Many Dust Bunnies? Reproducible Math Page 15.................................................................Practicing Rhymes with Hink Pinks 16

...................................................................Correlation to National Standards 17.........................................................................................................Answer Key 18

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About the Book and the Author/Illustrator

Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny!by Jan Thomas

Ed, Ned, Ted, and Bob love to rhyme all the time, but the Big, Mean Dust Bunny doesn’t want to join them—at least not at first. When Ed asks, “What rhymes with fit?” the Big, Mean Dust Bunny thinks it’s fun to sit—on the other dust bunnies. Now that the Big, Mean Dust Bunny gets the hang of the game, how will the other dust bunnies get him to stop playing? Full-color, digital illustrations.

JLG Reviewers Say:

★ With strongly integrated text and art, this entertaining story is told in just over one hundred words, making it an attention grabber for younger readers and beginning readers alike. A lighter take on a bully story. The Big, Mean Dust Bunny changes from a frowning meanie to a hugging sweetie.

★ Thick, black outlines, bright colors, and bold expressions make the pages easy to see from afar. Together with the dramatic dialogue, this is a great story- time read-aloud.

★ Dust bunnies have never been as endearing and funny as they are in Jan Thomas’s Rhyming Dust Bunnies and this equally enjoyable sequel.

Jan Thomas says she has lots of experience with dust bunnies, because she lives in the dusty town of Socorro, New Mexico. Last year, a giant (Big, Mean) dust bunny emerged from under her bed. Ms. Thomas knew she had a story. However, writing a book about “such an unpleasant, disagreeable character” was a real challenge for her, she admits, particularly because he had “such strong opinions about his lines in the book.”

www.janthomasbooks.com

Classroom Topics: Rhymes. Humor. Friendship. Bullies. Danger. Forgiving.


Library Applications

Books about Rhyme

Set up a special area in your library where students can find books that feature rhyme. You could make a display with a “Rhyme Time” sign and add some fun rhyming items, such as pairs of objects that rhyme (can/fan; pen/ten; cat/hat, etc.), some Hink Pinks (see page 17), or a collection of Dr. Seuss books with rhyming titles: One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish; Hop on Pop; Fox in Socks; The Cat in the Hat, etc. Some well-reviewed and award-winning books would include:

✦ Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas✦Come Rhyme with Me by Hans Wilhelm✦ R Is For Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet by Judy Young and Victor Juhasz✦ Truckery Rhymes by Jon Scieszka, David Shannon, et. al.✦ Anna Banana: 101 Jump Rope Rhymes by Joanna Cole and Alan Tiegreen✦ Color Me a Rhyme: Nature Poems for Young People by Jane Yolen and

Jason Stemple✦ Playtime Rhymes for Little People by Clare Beaton and Tessa Strickland✦ Hand Rhymes by Marc Brown✦ Eentsy, Weentsy Spider: Fingerplays and Action Rhmyes by Joanna Cole,

et. al.✦ Button Up! Wrinkled Rhymes by Alice Schertle and Petra Mathers✦ Read a Rhyme, Write a Rhyme by Jack Prelutsky and Meilo So✦ various nursery rhyme books

Jump Rope Time at the Library

Coordinate a time with your school’s physical education teacher to have a Jump Rope Time in the library. Select books with jump-rope rhymes to share with the students. Have students work in groups to learn one jump-rope rhyme and perform it for the class. Besides the jump-rope rhyme books listed above, you can find more rhymes at:

www.gameskidsplay.net/jump_rope_ryhmes/www.mudcat.org/jumprope/jumprope.cfmwww.aacs.wnyric.org/donius/jump_rope/rhymes.htmlwww.kyanags.org/pdfs/004.pdfwww.fungameskidsplay.com/jump-rope-rhymes.htm


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Prereading Strategies and Activities

Set a Purpose for Reading Students are better prepared to read something when you help them set a purpose for reading. Some common purposes include: reading for information, for enjoyment, for practicing a specific skill such as finding the main idea, or for learning how to do something. Set a purpose for reading Here Comes the Big, Mean Dust Bunny. Two purposes may be reading for enjoyment—this is a fun book!—and learning about rhymes. You may determine other purposes for reading that apply to your class or to an individual student who will read the book.

Make Predictions Activate students’ prior knowledge and generate interest in the book by having students make predictions about the book before you read it aloud or they read it to themselves. Below are some statements and questions that will get students thinking about the story and ready to make predictions.

• What is a “dust bunny”?• Explain what “being mean” means to you.• What is a bully? • What does it mean when words rhyme?• Do you like books that rhyme? • Do you like to play games with friends?• Can someone who is mean become someone who is nice? How can

that happen?

Explain that his book is about imaginary dust bunnies that like to play a rhyming game. Ask:

What do you think would happen if a big, mean dust bunny tried to bother a bunch of silly, fun dust bunnies?

Be ready for some fun answers!


Activating Prior Knowledge Before reading the book aloud to the children, allow them to share some prior knowledge they have gained from their own experiences. Ask them:

• Have you ever been bothered by a bully? What happened?• Who would you talk to if someone was being mean to you?• Why is it important to be kind to others?• What have you done to show kindness to someone recently?• What rhyming games to you like to play?

Recognizing New Words The following words may be unfamiliar to readers and are found in the text of this book. Help students learn the meaning of these words:

Dust Bunny Math Use the handout on page 15 to allow students to practice adding and subtracting dust bunnies. To help with the exercise, you may want to make several “dust bunnies” as manipulatives. Have your students draw a dust bunny using the sample and directions on the next page. Have your students cut out their dust bunnies and hand them in. Gather all the dust bunnies and use them to model adding and subtracting by taping them onto the board and adding or removing them.


dust bunnies rhyme interesting know weighs ton splat drat thug weird chase

Make Your Own Dust Bunny

1. Use the shape as the body of your own dust bunny.

2. Add bunny ears.

3. Draw a nose.

4. Draw eyes.

5. Draw a mouth.

6. Draw feet.

7. Draw arms and hands.

8. Color your dust bunny.

9. Name your dust bunny.


Name

Alphabetic Awareness

Alphabetic Awareness: Capital (Uppercase) Letters As you do reading sweeps with your finger or a pointer, encourage students to look for uppercase and lowercase letters. Explain that uppercase letters are mostly used:

• at the beginning of a sentence

• for words that name a person, group of people, place, or thing

• for words that are being emphasized, such as words that stand for a big sound: NO!

In Here Comes the Big Mean Dust Bunny!, the author uses capital letters for names and for emphasis. For example, on page 2, the names of the dust bunnies begin with capital letters. Explain to the students that names are capitalized: Ed, Ned, Ted, and Bob. Remind them that their own names begin with a capital letter, too.

Name That Student! Use the reproducible name tags on page 11. Give each student a set of name tags. Have the student write his or her own first name in one of the tags. Then have the student ask five other students their first names and write each one in another tag. Every student will have six tags with names. Remind them to begin each name with a capital letter.

Loud, Louder, Loudest As you go through the book, you will find that words vary in size and some are written as all capital letters. Explain that both styles indicate how loudly a word or words should be spoken when read aloud. Model this by reading several pages with the correct emphasis on those words.


Hello! My name is

Phonemic Awareness

Rhyming Dust Bunny Card GameThese dust bunnies love to rhyme! Have your students practice being dust bunnies, too! Hand out a copy of the Dust Bunny Card Game on pages 12 and 13 to each student. They may color the pages before cutting out each card. Then have them pair the cards according to words that rhyme with each other.

Ed, Ned, Ted, and Bob?The four main dust bunnies are Ed, Ned, Ted, and Bob, and they rhyme all the time. Well, Bob doesn’t always follow the rhyme pattern. Have students listen to each of the groups of four words below. Ask them which word Bob would sat—in other words, which one does not follow the rhyming pattern.

day say may bee hot hat not got cap cut nut but far car fan jar lip rip sit tip dog dig pig wig tie my pie ray sun cat run fun


Name That Student!


Hello! My name is

Hello! My name is

Hello! My name is

Hello! My name is

Hello! My name is

Hello! My name is

Dust Bunny Card Game


Understanding the Story

Comprehension SkillsAfter you read the book to the students, have them answer the following comprehension questions.

1. What are the names of the four main dust bunnies?

2. What do they do all the time?

3. Who shows up and yells his name?

4. What is his name?

5. What color is he?

6. What does he say when the dust bunnies ask if he wants to play a game?

7. Does he play anyway?

8. What are some mean things he does?

9. What does Bob keep saying?

10. What happens to the big, mean dust bunny?

11. Why should he have listened to Bob?

12. How do Ed, Ned, Ted, and Bob help the big, mean dust bunny?

13. How does he change?

14. What does Bob suggest they do next?

Responding to the StoryHave students respond to the following questions:

• What did you like best about this story?• Do you know someone who acts like the big, mean dust bunny?• Why do you think the artist made him gray?• How many rhyming dust bunnies are there now?


How Many Dust Bunnies?

Name _________________________________________________________

3 dust bunnies + 2 dust bunnies = _____ dust bunnies

7 dust bunnies – 1 dust bunny = _____ dust bunnies


6 dust bunnies – 5 dust bunnies = _____ dust bunnies








Practicing Rhymes withHink Pinks

Hink Pinks are riddles that rhyme. Below are some Hink Pinks you can share with your students. You can offer them as straight riddles. Example: What do you call someone who takes all the puppies? A DOG HOG! Or you can have the students write their own Hink Pink based on rhyming word pairs. Example: STAR CAR: What would you drive in outer space? Have fun!

Hink Pink Riddle Rhyming Pair Answer

a chubby animal fat rat or fat cat

popular candy that is made of peanut butter and chocolate

Reese’s Pieces

a small animal that lives in someone’s home house mouse

rain made of roses flower shower

sticky stuff for sneakers shoe glue

unhappy father sad dad

slithering creature’s Rollerblades snake’s skates

silly rabbit funny bunny

someone who steals from the library book crook

a piece of clothing made of soil dirt shirt

a plate that holds trout fish dish

a smashed baseball cap flat hat

a cherry-colored place to sleep red bed


Correlations to National StandardsFor Grades K–4

Content Area Standard Number Standard Objective

Language Arts: English NL-ENG.K-12.1 Reading for Perspective

Language Arts: English NL-ENG.K-12.2 Reading for Understanding

Language Arts: English NL-ENG.K-12.3 Evaluation Strategies

Language Arts: English NL-ENG.K-12.4 Communication Skills

Language Arts: English NL-ENG.K-12.5 Communication Strategies

Language Arts: English NL-ENG.K-12.6 Applying Knowledge

Language Arts: English NL-ENG.K-12.12 Applying Language Skills

Mathematics: Number and Operations

NM–NUM.PK–2.2 Understanding Meanings of Operations and How They Relate to One Another

Mathematics: Number and Operations

NM–NUM.PK–2.3 Compute Fluently and Make Reasonable Estimates


Answer Key

Page 6: Make Predictions Answers will vary.

Page 7: Activating Prior Knowledge Answers will vary.

Page 10: Ed, Ned, Ted, and Bob? The word in each line that does not rhyme is highlighted below.

day say may bee hot hat not got cap cut nut but far car fan jar lip rip sit tip dog dig pig wig tie my pie ray sun cat run fun

Pages 12–13: Phonemic Awareness: Dust Bunny Card Game Match the following pairs of cards that rhyme: bee/tree; sled/bed; corn/horn; hat/bat; mouse/house; box/fox.

Page 14: Comprehension Skills 1. Ed, Ned, Ted, and Bob. 2. They rhyme. 3. A big, mean dust bunny. 4. Big, Mean Dust Bunny. 5. He is gray. 6. He says, “NO!”. 7. Yes, he does. 8. He sits on them and chases them. 9. He keeps saying, “Cat.”. 10. A big cat sits on him. 11. He would have known the cat was coming. 12. They they tug on him after he’s been flattened. 13. He becomes nice. 14. He wants them all to hug.

Page 14: Responding to the Story Answers will vary.

Page 15: How Many Dust Bunnies? 3 + 2 = 5 7 - 1 = 6 4 + 0 = 4 6 - 5 = 1 2 + 6 = 8 5 + 3 = 9 6 - 3 = 3 2 + 4 = 6 3 - 1 = 2 3 + 4 = 7


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