Grandpa Dan’s Toboggan Ride

It has been a while since we have acted out some of our stories. This week, we read “Grandpa Dan’s Toboggan Ride” with each class. 

It is a story of a grandfather impatiently waiting for his granddaughter to finish tobogganing so they can go home and get warmed up. Grandpa Dan accidentally falls on the toboggan while offering a push. As the toboggan gains speed and momentum, other characters fall onto the long slide. A baker, police officer, mailman, hockey player accidentally join them.

At the end of the story, all the characters have had so much fun, they decide to take “one more run”! The story provides a great opportunity to do a retell. The students used the props and could tell the story themselves. This forces participants to think about details and sequence.