{"id":1929,"date":"2021-03-08T01:23:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T06:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1929"},"modified":"2025-09-17T12:42:31","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T16:42:31","slug":"root-words-spoons-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=1929","title":{"rendered":"Dear Mr Henshaw Teaching Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"1929\" class=\"elementor elementor-1929\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b170063 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b170063\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5aa82ee\" data-id=\"5aa82ee\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c1f136 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5c1f136\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.2 - 22-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"450\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/header-Dear-Mr-Henshaw.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-29060\" alt=\"Dear Mr Henshaw Teaching Ideas\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/header-Dear-Mr-Henshaw.jpg 450w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/header-Dear-Mr-Henshaw-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/header-Dear-Mr-Henshaw-24x12.jpg 24w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/header-Dear-Mr-Henshaw-36x19.jpg 36w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/header-Dear-Mr-Henshaw-48x25.jpg 48w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-485b929 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"485b929\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.11.2 - 22-02-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><em>Dear Mr Henshaw<\/em>\u00a0uses a unique storytelling method. The entire book is a series of letters and diary entries. This means the main character tells his deepest emotions to the reader through a \u2018personal means\u2019 creating a close connection to the reader.<\/p><p>The book begins when Leigh is in 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\u00a0grade. He writes a letter to his favorite author Mr. Henshaw for a class assignment. A new letter to Mr Henshaw follows each year until Leigh becomes a 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0grader. Leigh\u2019s 6<sup>th<\/sup>-grade year is the focus of the majority of the novel.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-731e155 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"731e155\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e884381\" data-id=\"e884381\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d3abd0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d3abd0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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data-id=\"9f555cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Book Unit Samples<\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0d6329 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0d6329\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6af7140\" data-id=\"6af7140\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8e0be4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b8e0be4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Leigh\u2019s Stolen Eggs<\/h3><p><strong>From November 23<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Mom and Katy and some other ladies make fancy food for weddings and parties. They also bake cheesecake and apple strudel for restaurants. Mom is a good cook. I just wish she would do it more at home, like the mother in\u00a0<em>Moose on Toast<\/em>. Almost every day Katy gives Mom something good to put in my school lunch\u2026<\/p><p><strong>From December 4<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Today I was supposed to have a deviled egg. Katy buys the smallest eggs for parties so half an egg can be eaten in one bite and won\u2019t spill on people\u2019s carpets. She puts a little curry powder in with the mashed-up yolk which she squirts out of a tube so it looks like a rose.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-012f98d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"012f98d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1267ee5\" data-id=\"1267ee5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2655be6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2655be6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/reading_winndixie\/egg.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"Egg Salad Sandwiches\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-e09659a\" data-id=\"e09659a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2210bbc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2210bbc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While I\u2019ve never had students make deviled eggs, we have made deviled egg sandwiches. Students really enjoyed this fun treat.<\/p><p>Room mothers love helping with fun projects. Have them make the deviled egg yolk mixture ahead of time and placed it in Ziploc bags. Students cut the corner off the bag. Next, they squirt the egg mixture into the egg white in a flower-like design. Students could dress up their eggs with small sprigs of green onion, parsley, sunflower seeds, carrot slivers, or a large number of other toppings. Sprinkle eggs with spices such as paprika. Take many pictures before eating.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb5c570 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bb5c570\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Lunchbox Alarm<\/h3><p>Tie a science lesson about closed and open circuits into your novel study. This video shows how to create a simple lunchbox alarm. The alarm triggers when the circuit is closed.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6736c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"f6736c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t   <div style=\"height: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 56.25%; position: relative; width: 100%;\">\r\n        <iframe\r\n            style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;\"\r\n            src=\"https:\/\/tube.rvere.com\/embed?v=JaMjH8zDuyc\"\r\n            title=\"YouTube video player\"\r\n            frameBorder=\"0\"\r\n            allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\r\n            allowFullScreen>\r\n        <\/iframe>\r\n    <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-444e2a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"444e2a7\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-45e182e\" data-id=\"45e182e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1249cbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1249cbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Dear Mr Henshaw Audio Book<\/h3><p>YouTube has dozens of videos featuring people reading\u00a0<em>Dear Mr. Henshaw<\/em>. Some show the text while others show the reader. C\u00e9lang\u00e9 Santiso Black shows a digital version of the book which makes following along easy for students. She also asks discussion questions to point out story details.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07ff190 elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"07ff190\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t   <div style=\"height: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 56.25%; position: relative; width: 100%;\">\r\n        <iframe\r\n            style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;\"\r\n            src=\"https:\/\/tube.rvere.com\/embed?v=7WX6kPLmWVU\"\r\n            title=\"YouTube video player\"\r\n            frameBorder=\"0\"\r\n            allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\r\n            allowFullScreen>\r\n        <\/iframe>\r\n    <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d4977e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d4977e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Dear Mr Henshaw Teaching Ideas On the Web<\/h3><p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.scholastic.com\/teachers-ecommerce\/teacher\/books\/dear-mr-henshaw-9780590687270.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Scholastic<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>provides a list of activities to do while reading\u00a0<em>Dear Mr. Henshaw<\/em>.\u00a0 These include some great writing prompts.<\/p><h3>Butterfly Garden<\/h3><p>Leigh describes his experience in the butterfly garden on February 7.<\/p><p>Then the sun came out from behind a cloud. The sticks began to move, and\u00a0slowly they opened wings and turned into orange and black butterflies,\u00a0thousands of them quivering on one tree. Then they began to float off\u00a0through the trees in the sunshine. Those clouds of butterflies were so\u00a0beautiful I felt good all over and just stood there watching them until the fog\u00a0began to roll in, and the butterflies came back and turned into brown sticks\u00a0again. They made me think of a story Mom used to read me about Cinderella\u00a0returning from the ball.<\/p><p>Before students read Leigh\u2019s description of the walk through the butterfly garden, show this 3-minute nature video from PBS, so students can experience seeing the butterflies the way Leigh does. Next, have students write descriptive paragraphs depicting the butterflies as they \u2018wake up\u2019 and take off. Have students compare their descriptions to Beverly Cleary\u2019s in chapter February 7.\u00a0<\/p><p>Discuss:<\/p><ul><li>Show, don\u2019t tell.<\/li><li>the use of descriptive adjectives, adverbs, and verbs<\/li><li>figurative language<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9795e2e elementor-widget elementor-widget-html\" data-id=\"9795e2e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"html.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t   <div style=\"height: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding-top: 56.25%; position: relative; width: 100%;\">\r\n        <iframe\r\n            style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%;\"\r\n            src=\"https:\/\/tube.rvere.com\/embed?v=fBakLuH6kDY\"\r\n            title=\"YouTube video player\"\r\n            frameBorder=\"0\"\r\n            allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\"\r\n            allowFullScreen>\r\n        <\/iframe>\r\n    <\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-82aec5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"82aec5e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0e660a1\" data-id=\"0e660a1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-71b25ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"71b25ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Dear Mr Henshaw Book Summary<\/h2><p>Leigh Botts loves author Boyd Henshaw. Naturally, when he is asked to write an author study he selects Mr. Henshaw. Surprisingly, Mr. Henshaw writes back. He answers Leigh\u2019s questions with a series of ten questions. Leigh slowly answers them all in a series of letters that tell about his life.<\/p><p>Leigh lives in California with his mom. His mother and father are divorced which causes Leigh a lot of pain. Dad is a trucker who travels long distances with a dog named Bandit. Dad forgets to call Leigh which leaves Leigh feeling depressed.<\/p><p>Leigh is the new kid in school. He doesn\u2019t make friends easily. Leigh thinks of himself as average \u2013 the \u201cmediumest\u201d kid in the school. Because Leigh\u2019s house is so lonely after Mom leaves in the morning, Leigh heads out to school early. Mr. Fridley, the custodian, notices Leigh and asks him to help him raise the flag each day. Mr. Fridley shows an interest in Leigh after this and guides him in the right direction when Leigh is upset over his stolen lunch items.<\/p><p>In his letters, Mr. Henshaw encourages Leigh to keep a diary. Leigh writes and writes telling about his ups and downs \u2013 mostly downs.<\/p><h3>Problem #1<\/h3><p>Leigh spends a good bit of time telling about his father. Since the divorce, Leigh rarely sees his father. Dad promises to call but never does. Leigh studies maps to track his father\u2019s long-distance hauls. Leigh is comforted by the thought that dad has a traveling companion \u2013 Bandit \u2013 to travel with him. One snowy day Dad stops in the Sierras to put chains on his truck. The storm is getting fierce. Dad lets Bandit out of the cab to run for a minute but forgets to leave the door open so Bandit can get back inside the truck. When the wheels are chained up, Bandit doesn\u2019t come to Dad\u2019s whistle, so Dad leaves without him. This upsets Leigh greatly\u2026<\/p><h3>Problem #2<\/h3><p>Since Mom works for a caterer, Leigh gets special treats in his lunch bag each day. A lunch thief steals these treats regularly. Since Leigh is not a snitch, he must figure out how to solve the problem on his own. Leigh comes up with a great plan\u2026<\/p><h3>Problem #3<\/h3><p>Leigh\u2019s school is creating a Young Writer\u2019s Yearbook. Leigh wants to enter, so he will have a chance to meet a famous author even if it isn\u2019t Mr. Henshaw. Leigh struggles with what to write. He writes one story about a big man-made of wax. 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