ICN Sharing Page TEACH US, AMELIA BEDELIA By Peggy Parish

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1 ICN Sharing Page TEACH US, AMELIA BEDELIA By Peggy Parish Setting Characters Where did the story take place? How did the story move from one setting to another? Who are the main characters? How do they relate to? 8 Events from THE LIST of things to do with the children at school: (Discuss the double meanings (idioms) that are part of the list) Four classes will each have 2 items from the list to discuss 1. Call the roll 2. Sing a song 3. Reading time "run, run, run" 4. Science planting bulbs 5. Quiet time 6. Art painting pictures 7. Practice playing 8. Math using apples The beginning hook and the conclusion of Teach Us, will be discussed during the ICN session by Cheryl Tyler.

2 12 Questions and Activities for Discussion of Teach Us, By Peggy Parish ICN Book Club Selection 1. Look at the cover of the book. What does it tell you about? What kind of clothes is she wearing? Why do people wear uniforms? Who do you know who wears a uniform? Activity: Design a new uniform for. 2. Read more about Peggy Parish and her nephew, Herman Parish. 3. What are maids or housekeepers? Who would hire them? What work do they do? Where do they work? Who are some famous maids/housekeepers you ve watched on television? 4. Idioms are phrases that do not mean exactly what they say. Homonyms are words which are pronounced alike, but have different meanings. (flour-flower, hear-here, sew-so-sow) Brainstorm other idioms and/or homonyms. Illustrate. Activities: Create 3 directions you are sure will not follow correctly. Choose idioms and write both the implied and the actual meanings. Illustrate the two ways to interpret the sayings. Make an Idiom Web or Map using several books. Illustrate. 5. Teach Us, uses a list of things to do in the classroom. Compare and contrast this book with other books. How are they alike? How are they different? Create for to do if she was a substitute teacher in your classroom. 6. needed to call the roll. Alphabetize a list of your classmates for your classroom roll call. 7. Write a song about using a familiar tune from children s songs. (Example: Old McDonald, Mary Had a Little Lamb etc.) 8. Research apples to learn where and how they are grown. Locate these areas on a map. Discuss different kinds of apples and compare and contrast them. Divide an apple into pieces and do fraction activities. Cut an apple across the middle to see the star hidden inside. Everyone can bring a favorite apple recipe to create an apple cookbook for your class. Read Johnny Appleseed! 9. Write apple riddles or math story problems. Let your friends solve them.

3 10. List favorite foods and those which are not your favorite. Do you have a garden? What do you grow? Use white paper plates and create your favorite meal. Discuss good table manners. Plant seeds and measure growth. 11. Write and illustrate a new book. What could happen if Amelia Bedelia visited your school or a favorite place in your town? Brainstorm idioms to use for your new book. You could start the book all together and then finish individually. Groups could work on beginning, middle and ending and then put the book together. Start the book in your classroom and pass it to every classroom at your grade level or in your school to add a part to the story. Illustrate the final story when it returns to your class and publish. Share the cooperative book with all of the authors involved during an celebration which could very well be the start of yet another book! *raining cats and dogs *hold your horses *put your foot in your mouth *hit the books *don t bug me *get up on the wrong side of the bed *in one ear and out the other *butterflies in your stomach Here are some idioms to get you started: 12. Discuss the order of the events in Teach Us, or in the book you created. Make a timeline to sequence these events. Illustrate your favorite part of the book and write why you like it. Read several books and write about your favorite one and why? Copyright: Tyler 2004

4 AMELIA BEDELIA READER S THEATRE SCRIPT Main Characters: Mr. Rogers, I made a list for you since I will be gone on your first day of work. Mr. Rogers and I will be back later. Good-by! I like those two. They are nice folks who live in this really big house. I will like to work here. made great pies, so she decided to make a lemon meringue pie to surprise Mr. and when they came home. went into the kitchen and used a little of this and a bit of that as she mixed and rolled the pie crust. She put the pie into the oven and then began to read the list of things to do that left for her. Let s see the first job on this list is to change the towels in the green bathroom. These are nice towels and they look just fine. I wonder why they need to be changed? knew she had to do the jobs on the list, so she found some scissors and cut and snipped the towels to change them. Now they were new shapes. The second job on the list says to dust the furniture. I think I should undust the furniture, but oh well I will do exactly what the list says for me to do. found a box with dusting powder inside and she thought it was special powder to dust with, so she poured it all over the furniture. The room smelled so good when she was finished! Yes this furniture smells great with this special dust all over it. Let s see what is third on my list? Draw the drapes when the sun comes in. Well, I m not very good at drawing, but I ll try to make a good picture for. Amelia had fun drawing the drapes. Then she checked on her fourth job.

5 Mr. Rogers Mr. Rogers The list says when you are finished in the living room, put out the lights. Oh I ll just unscrew all of these bulbs and hang them on the clothesline outside. Oh my goodness, I d better check my lemon meringue pie in the oven. took her beautiful pie out of the oven and looked at the list to find out her fifth job. The list says I should measure two cups of rice. This will be easy with my tape measure. The two cups are 4 ½ inches. What a funny job for me to do! Amelia poured the rice back into the box and then read her last two jobs left to do on the list. It says here the meat market delivered a steak and a chicken. I have to trim the fat and dress the chicken before I put them into the refrigerator. Amelia had so much fun decorating the fat with ribbons and lace. She loved dressing up the chicken like a little boy, too! She put the chicken into a special box just as Mr. and Mrs. Rogers returned., why are all the light bulbs hanging outside on the clothesline? The list said to put all the lights out. It didn t say to bring them back inside., you should have drawn the drapes because the sun fades the furniture. And, oh my why is this furniture so dusty? I did draw a really good picture for you of the drapes and I used the nice dusting powder on all of the furniture. I was washing my hands and I see the towels have changed. Yes, they really do look different. Do you like the changes? Did I change them enough?

6 I am going to cook dinner now. Where is the rice that you measured? Well, it measured 4 ½ inches, but I put it back into the box. I ll get the steak and chicken out of the refrigerator. Why is this steak covered with ribbons and lace? Oh my goodness, why is the chicken dressed in a suit? Well, I think they both look so cute. I did just what the list said to do. I trimmed the fat on the steak and I dressed the chicken. was very upset and very angry. She was just about to tell that she was fired, when Mr. Rogers put something very delicious in her mouth. Oh,, did you bake this pie? It is the best lemon meringue pie I have ever tasted! I do bake good pies and I wanted to surprise you with something special when you came home. forgot about being very angry and stayed. learned to write her lists in a different way so that would undust, close the drapes instead of draw them and unlight the lights! Mr. Rogers was mostly interested in s lemon meringue pie! Both Mr. and agreed that Amelia would stay with them forever! We hope everyone enjoyed our Reader s Theater today. THE END