
Listen to the audiobook version of the story.Write a letter to an animal charity asking them about their work.Can you write a sentence / paragraph to describe each character in the story? Look at the ‘Introducing…’ page at the start of the book.Can you use these to write a play script of part of the story? Find some examples of speech between Mr.

Write your own rhyme that might make Alfie grow (using forwards or backwards words).Write a new story about an adventure that a tortoise might have.Create a report to teach others how to look after a tortoise, or another pet of your choice.Hoppy might perform to make him a hero in Mrs. Write a story about a ‘great feat’ that Mr.Silver (at the beginning of the book) inviting her to a cup of tea and a biscuit. star = rats, stop = pots, stressed = desserts). Find out about? Semordnilap… words that make a different word when you read them backwards (e.g.Find out about Palindromes… words that can be read the same way in either direction (e.g.If you are looking for some additional activities to do at home try these from Teaching Ideas. We are getting some play time in and enjoying the start of a new school year. The students had peaches for snack from the Donnelly Farmers Market.


Joey is running for County Commissioner here in Valley County and took some time out of his day to volunteer with our kids here in Donnelly. Joey’s mom as a Spanish teacher at McCall Donnelly. Joey Pettri has lived in the McCall area for nearly 50 years.

Abby has been teaching and had the help of Mr. Miss Sherry has been very busy this week and has not gotten to help out much. Do they make a funny word? Do they make a real word?
