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“Chicken,” said Papa, “you interrupted the story. Try not to get so involved.”

I can use this story to teach my students about the importance of being patient and listening to each other when we are talking. I can explain that when we are reading a story or are talking to one another, we need to be active listeners because that is the respectful way to act. Then, I can discuss that it can be frustrating when someone talks over you just like when the red chicken finished the story for papa.

This book is a Caldecott medal winning book published in 2010. This is a story about a chicken who continuously interrupts his father when his father is trying to read him a bed time story. The chicken is always interrupting and cutting the story off before his father can reach the ending of the story. The chickens father gets tired and asks the chicken to tell him a story of his own. The story is so exciting that it puts his father to sleep.

“Don't talk to strangers!“

“Out jumped Little Red Chicken and said, ‘Don‘t talk to strangers!‘”

This book would be great for teaching the importance of patience and listening skills in the classroom and everyday life.

I would use this book in a elementary classroom. Interrupting Chicken can be a fun tool for classroom management by teaching students about patience and listening.

“It‘s bedtime for the little red chicken and Papa is going to read her a story. ‘You‘re not going to interrupt the story tonight, are you?‘ asks Papa. ‘Oh no, Papa. I‘ll be good,‘ says the little Red Chicken.”

This book is a Caldecott-winning picture book published in 2010. It shows bedtime with a chicken and his grandpa. The small chicken cannot help but interrupt every story, cutting them all short and losing the storyline in every classic fairy tale. The book develops themes of patience and listening skills.