Activity 1: Narrate the Story
- After reading or listening to the story, narrate the story events aloud using your own words.
Activity 2: Act Out the Story
- Create a cave with items such as tables, chairs, and blankets.
- Have one person go in the cave to play the role of the wolf.
- Have another person play the role of Israel Putnam. Enter the cave and bring the wolf out.
Activity 3: Color the Story
- Click the crayon above, and complete page 19 of 'History Coloring Pages for First Grade.'
Activity 4: Map the Story
- The tale takes place in the state of Connecticut. Zoom in to find Connecticut (CT) in the map below.
Activity 5: Study the Story Picture
- In the story, Israel Putnam went inside a cave after a wolf.
- See below the very cave Israel Putnam went inside. Imagine crawling inside the dark, deep cave, where a wolf waits to bite you.
- Would you have gone inside the cave after the wolf?