CHALLENGING WORDS

banana
brought
carrots
either
elephant
excuse
hooray
lunch box
peanut butter
sandwich

SUMMARY

Rhino is going to have lunch with his friend, Elephant. Along the way, he loses his peanut butter sandwich. He asks around and no one knows where it is. it is found in a most unlikely place.

--- Conversation Questions---

(1) / In the book, what was the object that was missing?
(Answer) / His peanut butter sandwich.
(Follow Up) / Tell me your favorite sandwich.
(2) / List the animals Rhino asked if they knew where his sandwich was.
(Answer) / Monkey, lion and mouse.
(Follow Up) / Share the name of the person who helps you look for things.
(3) / Name the location of the misplaced peanut butter sandwich.
(Answer) / On Rhino’s bottom.
(Follow Up) / Recall an object you have misplaced and where you found it.
(4) / Remember the animal who found the sandwich.
(Answer) / Elephant.
(Follow Up) / Tell me the name of your best friend.
(5) / On page 16, count the number of sandwiches you see.
(Answer) / Three.
(Follow Up) / Share who prepares you sandwiches.
(6) / Describe your favorite part of the book.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Explain why you liked that part.
(7) / Pretend you are Rhino, what kind of sandwich would you have taken?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Name something you like on your sandwiches.
(8) / Assume you were Rhino, how would you have felt when elephant told you where your sandwich was?
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Explain why you would feel this way.
(9) / Recall a time you misplaced something and found it in a weird place.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell me how you felt when you found it.
(10) / State the meaning of delicious.
(Answer) / Great tasting.
(Follow Up) / Use delicious in a sentence.
Activities
1. / Draw and label the things Rhino packed in his lunch box.
2. / Write step-by step instructions on how to make a peanut butter sandwich.
3. / Create a list of things you would take on a picnic with a friend.
4. / Design a “Thank You” card from Rhino to Elephant for giving Rhino Elephant’s extra sandwich.
Introductions
1. / Tape a pretend sandwich to your sleeve. Tell children you misplaced your sandwich so you won’t be able to eat lunch. Ask them if they have seen it. Today we are going to read about Rhino and his misplaced sandwich.
2. / Have a pair of sunglasses on your head. Explain to the children you have been looking for your glasses and have not found them all day. Ask them to help you look for them. Discuss things being misplaced. Today, we will read about something Rhino has lost and about the silly place he finds it.

Book Title: Peanut Butter Rhino

Author: Vincent Andriani / Illustrator: Vincent Andriani
ISBN#: 0-590-48521-0 / # of Text Pages: 14 AR: 1.5 LEX: 450
Building Oral Vocabulary
4 / delicious / 13 / wonderful / 14 / squished
Prediction Questions
5 / Guess what happened to Rhino’s peanut butter sandwich.
11 / Tell me where you think the sandwich is.
15 / Predict what Rhino will do about a sandwich now.

This resource is provided by THE LEARNING CORPS—Barren County Board of Education, an AmeriCorps project funded in part by the Kentucky Commission on Community Volunteerism and Service and the Corporation for National and Community Service