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There's no putting in of arms and legs if you're a worm. Diary of a Worm Doreen Cronin Harper Collins, Juvenile Fiction - 40 pages 40 Reviews Reviews aren't verified, but Google checks for and removes fake content when it's. When I read the book to a class of second graders, they got the hokey pokey joke. Stop and re-sing that page with your kids as they pretend to be the dancing worms. That's all we could do.' The accompanying four-panel illustration of the worms smiling and wigging under a strobe light is a masterpiece of understatement. You do the hokey pokey and you turn yourself about. One of my favorite entries is dated May 28: 'Last night I went to the school dance. Through five months of entries in his unforgettable and hilarious illustrated diary, you'll bond with the lovable, witty, and literate Worm, and get a worm's-eye view of his home and family best pal, Spider and school. ' Then move on to the diary entries accompanied by personable pen and ink and watercolors of our worm narrator in his signature red baseball cap. Start with the endpapers, a scrapbook of captioned photos like 'My first tunnel' and 'The family vacation-on Compost Island. The document includes the lesson plan for teachers, a student handout with assignment requirements, planning sheet, and grading rubric. Doreen Cronin, who gave us the incomparable Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type, here introduces an otherwise disparaged creature for whom you'll gain great respect and affection, a brown earthworm. Diary of a Worm Lesson Plan & Assignment by Pages Of Grace This is a fun Language Arts lesson on the book, Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin.