This story
lends itself
to several teaching and learning endeavors such
as: (1) the use of personification; (2) great vocabulary instruction; (3) sequencing; (4) point of view; (5) Descriptive Writing; (6) research and investigation of several different states discussed in the story; (7) the use of similes
to make comparisons; and (8) making predictions about what will happen next in the story based on the context
clues provided!