Ms. Morris' Classroom Library

Click, Clack, Moo Cows That Type by Betsy Lewin is a book about Farmer Brown who has a problem. His cows like to type. Farmer Brown thinks it's odd when he hears typing sounds coming from the barn. But his troubles really begin when his cows start leaving him notes. First they demand better working conditions, then they stage a strike. 

Guided Reading: Level M

Classroom Activities: 

Perform the story as a readers theater exercise.

Ask the students to write letters from their pets to themselves. (use a relative’s or friend’s pet if they don’t have one) What would the pet ask for? What might they want to change in the house? Have students draw a picture of the pet and display the picture with the letters on a bulletin board.

Give students writing prompts to complete the sentences or begin a paragraph or story: • Living on a farm would be…

I like to keep warm by…

If my pet could talk, it would say…

My favorite thing to do on a computer is…