Did you steal grandpa's teeth? In the story Grandpa's Teeth that's exactly what grandpa thought. In this story grandpa woke up and his teeth were missing. The glass container that he kept them in were still on the dresser beside his bed, but his teeth were missing. Grandpa had the whole family looking for his teeth. They even called the police and Officer Rate did a full search of the house. Officer Rate took the whole family down to the station so the police artist could draw a picture of the missing teeth. He even had the family call the a crime scene investigation show. After a few days Officer Rate realized that no teeth had been found and no thief had been caught. Grandpa suspected everyone, especially the people who didn't smile. After a while everyone in the town started to smile all the time so Grandpa wouldn't suspect them of stealing his teeth. The town started to lose business because tourists were afraid to get out of the car because of all of the smiling people. Since everyone started losing business because of Grandpa's teeth the town decided to have a town hall meeting so people could express their complaints. Pastor Butter came up with a solution to the problem, he suggested that everyone could put a dollar in a basket to buy Grandpa a new set of teeth. Grandpa was happy with his new teeth and smiled all the time the dog started smiling also and they realized that the dog stole Grandpa's teeth.
This story is considered to be contemporary fiction, because the events in this story could really happen even though the story is made up. Grandpa would be the protagonist in the story because during the story you are routing for Grandpa to find his teeth. The dog would be considered to be the antagonist in the end of the story he was the one that stole Grandpa's teeth. This story is told in first person because the little boy is telling the story. The setting of this story was mainly in the house because they spent a lot of time looking for Grandpa's teeth.
We both enjoyed the story because it was funny and it kept us entertained. This book has a great surprising ending that would be very entertaining for kids and adults. We think this book could be used in the classroom because the students could write about who they think took Grandpa's teeth before reading the whole story.
Here's a link to the story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snOH1QZ0JTM
I have never heard of this story until now and it makes me want to go read it for myself now! This seems like a great childrens book to use in class! I also liked how y'all told who the protagonist and the antagonist were in this story! I also liked how y'all provided a youtube video clip to watch! Good post guys!
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This sounds like such a funny story! I would love to read it. I bet kids would love to read this story, it would be a great addition to a classroom library!
ReplyDeleteI actually read this story when I was in school and I loved it. It always made me laugh to know that a dog stole the teeth in the end. I liked the fact that you all included a YouTube clip to go along with because I feel that this clip will engage the students after reading the story.
ReplyDeleteI had never heard of this story before now! I think this is a good book for children especially for a little comic relief! Maybe during a standardized test week, to give the children a little break or "stress" reliever after having such a rough week! Like how you all told about the antagonist and protagonist! Definitely need to look into this book!! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute story. I can imagine lots of giggles from students. Hasn't that author written something else we know? I think the artwork is familiar as well. The person in the video you linked reads the book well. I love her Grandpa voice with the lisps! You could use this book as a fun read-aloud, or those frequent times you need to kill some time or get students to relax (like after p.e. and before a math lesson ;) ). Thanks for sharing that fun story.
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