Reading with Robert Munsch is a comprehensive author‑study resource for Grades 1–3 that helps students explore the humour, heart, and imaginative storytelling found in Robert Munsch’s beloved picture books. Through guided‑reading questions, individualized reading activities, word‑study tasks, creative extensions, and reproducible worksheets, students deepen their understanding of story elements, character motivations, themes, and emotional reactions. The resource supports whole‑class lessons, small‑group instruction, and independent reading, making it flexible for any classroom structure.

Students engage with a wide range of Munsch titles while practicing essential literacy skills such as inference, sequencing, vocabulary development, comprehension, and creative thinking. With teacher evaluation sheets, student tracking pages, and reproducible creative activities, this unit provides everything needed for a rich, engaging author study aligned to Common Core and Canadian provincial/territorial literacy standards.

Learning Expectations for this unit:

1. To familiarize students with an author and his writings and style of writing
2. To develop the literacy strategies necessary to obtain meaning from print.
3. To read to find new information about a topic deriving it from print and pictures.
4. To develop the student's ability to think and write creatively. 

Introduction includes:

• Learning Expectations and Resource List
• List of Skills and Author Biography
• Discussion Topics and Story Summaries
• Student Activity Tracking Sheets
• Teacher Evaluation Record Sheets
• Student Booklet Cover
• Teacher Suggestions
  • To the Teacher
  • Setting Up
  • Planning Ahead
  • Bulletin Board Displays 

 Reading List of Skills

Each includes three sections: 

In section A) Comprehension, the children must locate details, make predictions, evaluate and analyze the character's actions, and list events or actions. 

In section B) Word Study, there is usually one question related to phonics and one to word study. The skills are listed as follows:

• Phonics: short vowels; "y" as a vowel, initial and final consonants; digraphs; initial consonant substitution; hard and soft "c"; hard and soft "g"; double vowels; double letters.
• Word Study: word meaning; alphabetical order; antonyms; plurals; suffixes - s, - ed, - ing; suffixes -er, -est; verbs; adjectives; compound words; homonyms; rhyming words; syllabication.

In section C) Thinking About the Story the children are asked to compare something in the story to their own lives (i.e. retell something they did with their parents, siblings, or grandparents) or to evaluate and analyze why a character behaved the way he or she did and to predict what will happen next time.

Reading Activities

1. Angela's Airplane
2. The Boy in the Drawer
3. The Dark
4. David's Father
5. 50 Below Zero
6. The Fire Station
7. From Far Away
8. Get Me Another One!
9. I Have to Go!
10. Jonathan Cleaned Up
11. Millicent and The Wind
12. Moira's Birthday
13. Mortimer
14. Mud Puddle
15. Murmel, Murmel, Murmel
16. The Paper Bag Princess
17. Pigs
18. A Promise is A Promise
19. Purple, Green and Yellow
20. Show and Tell
21. Something Good
22. Stephanie's Ponytail
23. Thomas' Snowsuit
24. Wait and See
25. Where is Gah-Ning?

 Story Extension Activities

These half‑page extension activity cards invite students to deepen their engagement with Robert Munsch’s stories through drama, writing, visual arts, and math. Students retell and dramatize favourite books, create puppetry performances, write riddles, comics, poems, letters, and new adventures for familiar characters, and design posters, paintings, illustrations, models, and book‑themed puzzles. They also complete graphing activities that explore class preferences for stories and illustrators. Each card requires students to use a notebook or lose paper to record their responses, making these extensions ideal for independent work, literacy centres, or small‑group collaboration while reinforcing comprehension, creativity, and cross‑curricular thinking.

Activity Topics:

Drama #1 Storytelling

Drama #2 Dramatization

Drama #3 Puppetry

Writing #1 Riddles

Writing #2 Comic

Writing #3 Poetry

Writing #4 An old character in a new setting

Writing #5 Letter Writing

Visual Arts #1 Poster

Visual Arts #2 Painting

Visual Arts #3 Illustrations

Visual Arts #4 Modeling

Visual Arts #5 Book Puzzle

Math #1 Graphing your favorite book

Math #2 Graphing your favorite illustrator

Common Core Standards Met

Reading Literature (RL)

• RL.1.1, RL.2.1, RL.3.1 — Ask/answer questions using evidence
• RL.1.2, RL.2.2, RL.3.2 — Retell stories; determine central message
• RL.1.3, RL.2.3, RL.3.3 — Describe characters, setting, events
• RL.1.7, RL.2.7 — Use illustrations to understand text
• RL.3.6 — Point of view

Reading Foundational Skills (RF)

• RF.1.3, RF.2.3 — Phonics and word analysis
• RF.1.4, RF.2.4, RF.3.4 — Fluency

Writing (W)

• W.1.3, W.2.3, W.3.3 — Narrative writing
• W.1.8, W.2.8, W.3.8 — Recall information

Speaking & Listening (SL)

• SL.1.1, SL.2.1, SL.3.1 — Collaborative discussions
• SL.1.2, SL.2.2 — Retell key details

Language (L)

• L.1.4, L.2.4, L.3.4 — Vocabulary acquisition
• L.1.5, L.2.5 — Word relationships (synonyms, antonyms, categories)

Common Core Alignment Chart

Canadian Provincial & Territorial Expectations

Language / Literacy (Grades 1–3)

• Reading comprehension of fiction
• Identifying story elements
• Making inferences and predictions
• Sequencing events
• Expressing opinions and emotional reactions
• Vocabulary development (compound words, syllables, antonyms, blends, plurals)
• Word study and phonics
• Oral communication and discussion
• Written responses in complete sentences
• Comparing characters and situations
• Critical thinking and reasoning

Cross‑Curricular Connections

• Social‑emotional learning (friendship, fairness, courage, problem‑solving)
• Inquiry and reflection
• Media literacy (interpreting illustrations)

Canadian Alignment Chart

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