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    In celebration of Virginia Lee Burton’s classic story, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Houghton Mifflin has prepared a series of reproducible worksheets for use in or out of the classroom. These enjoyable activities help to incorporate this beloved classic into a cross-curricular study. Using Mike Mulligan, Mary Anne, and other characters from the story as well as places, events, and vocabulary in the story, students complete independent and cooperative learning activities.

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    In celebration of Virginia Lee Burton’s classic story, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Houghton Mifflin has prepared a series of reproducible worksheets for use in or out of the classroom. These enjoyable activities help to incorporate this beloved classic into a cross-curricular study. Using Mike Mulligan, Mary Anne, and other characters from the story as well as places, events, and vocabulary in the story, students complete independent and cooperative learning activities.

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    Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel Activity Kit

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    In celebration of Virginia Lee Burton’s classic story, Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel, Houghton Mifflin has prepared a series of reproducible worksheets for use in or out of the classroom. These enjoyable activities help to incorporate this beloved classic into a cross-curricular study. Using Mike Mulligan, Mary Anne, and other characters from the story as well as places, events, and vocabulary in the story, students complete independent and cooperative learning activities.

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    Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel

    Activities

    Mike Mulligan believes that Mary Anne can dig as much in one day as
    one hundred men can dig in one week.
    We use machines to help us do things faster. Think of a job you wish
    you could do faster. Invent a machine that would help you.
    Draw a picture of the machine and label its special features.

     
     
     
     
    Activity 2 - Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mike_mulligan/...

    Imagine that you are Mike Mulligan. After you and Mary Anne have dug a big hole, you
    discover something in it. Draw a picture of what you found. Tell how it was buried there.

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    Activity 3 - Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mike_mulligan/...

    Sometimes we talk or think about an object as if it


    was a human being. We may give it a name. Mike
    Mulligan named his steam shovel Mary Anne. We talk
    about an object's feelings and emotions.

    Mary Anne was very sad when the new shovels took
    all the jobs away from her. When we draw a picture
    of an object, we can give it human characteristics,
    such as eyes, legs, and hands. The illustrations of
    Mary Anne show that she has two eyes and a mouth.

    Draw a picture of something you use everyday. Make


    sure you include human features, such as eyes, hair,
    or hands. Give it a name and write the name under
    your drawing. Write about the things you and your
    object do together. Tell how each of you feels.

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    Activity 4 - Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mike_mulligan/...

    Driver for a Day!

    Mike Mulligan will let you


    borrow Mary Anne for a day.

    Outline a story about


    something you do together.

    Draw a picture of your


    adventure.

    Beginning

    Middle

    End

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    Activity 5 - Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mike_mulligan/...

    Onomatopoeia n. 1. The forming


    of a word such as buzz, that
    imitates the sound of the thing it
    refers to. (American Heritage
    Dictionary)

    In Mike Mulligan and His Steam


    Shovel, the author wrote, "Bing!
    Bang! Crash! Slam!" to describe
    the sound Mary Anne made when
    she worked faster and faster.
    There was a "Clang! Clang!
    Clang!" when the fire department
    arrived.

    Look at the fire truck rushing to


    the scene. What do you think
    makes the noise? Clang!

    Now look at this picture of Mary


    Anne working.

    What might cause the following?

    Bing!
    ___________________________

    Bang!
    ___________________________

    Crash!
    ___________________________

    Slam!
    ___________________________

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    Activity 6 - Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mike_mulligan/...

    The word buzz sounds like the noise a bee makes.

    Think of another word we use that refers to the sound


    something makes.

    Draw a picture of the object and draw an arrow that


    points.

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    Activity 7 - Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/mike_mulligan/...

    Estimating Time

    Mary Anne had only one day to dig a new


    cellar. She had to work fast. Some jobs take a
    long time and some jobs can be done quickly.

    Draw a picture of something you do before you


    go to school, something you do at school, and
    something you do after school.

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