The Curious George Teacher s Guide

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1 1 Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company 2001

2 Acrostic Poem George gets into mischief E ats bananas Often in trouble Really curious Goes to the zoo Expert climber Write an acrostic poem about yourself. Put the letters of your first name at the beginning of each line. Write a descriptive word or phrase that begins with the letter on the line. 2

3 Character Portrait The Curious George Teacher s Guide On each side of the frame write a sentence that tells something important about George. Color George s portrait. 3

4 zoo sailor balloon Balloon Words Africa fire station guard wind hat monkey people man telephone firemen city Each balloon has a noun from the story. Color the nouns that name a person red, a place blue, and a thing yellow. 4

5 Hats... Hats... Hats George s friend always wears a yellow hat. Do you ever wear a hat or a cap? Write about your hat and draw a picture of it in the box. The Curious George Teacher s Guide 5

6 Ding-a-ling-a-ling! George dialed the fire department on the telephone. Telephones have numbers and letters. 1 2 ABC 3 DEF 4 GHI 7 PRS 5 JKL 8 TUV 6 MNO 9 WXY * 0 QZ Q and Z are in place of Operator # Find the numbers for each letter in the words below. Write and solve the number sentence. G E O R G E _+_+_+_+_+_=_ C U R I O U S _+_+_ +_+_+_ +_=_ F I R E _+_+_+_=_ Z O O _+_+_=_ T R A F F I C _+_+_+_+_+_+_=_ W I R E S _+_+_+_+_=_ 6

7 Ding-a-ling-a-ling! George dialed and got the fire station. Read the clues below to write another telephone number. Use each number one time. Clues The largest number is first 5 is between 1 and 3 3 is the last number 6 is not beside 2 What number are you dialing? _ - The Curious George Teacher s Guide Write another secret telephone number, using numbers 1 through 7, on a separate paper. On the lines below write a set of clues for your number. Give the clues to a classmate who will solve your number riddle. What number are you dialing? _ - 7

8 Curious George Rides a Bike Who: What: When: Where: How: Why: Write a newspaper article for the Morning Star. Write about how Curious George rescued a baby bear. Plan your article on this page. Use your planning notes to write your article on the next page. Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company

9 Curious George Rides a Bike The Curious George Teacher s Guide Morning Star 9

10 Curious George Learns the Alphabet Help George make words using the letters in the word alphabet. Cut out the letter cards below. Arrange the letters to make as many words as you can. List the words you made on a separate sheet of paper. 10

11 Curious George Gets a Medal George got a medal for his space flight. Think of someone you know or a book character who deserves a medal. Write about the reason for the medal on the certificate. Design a medal in the circle. The Curious George Teacher s Guide Deserves a medal for It is important because 11

12 Curious George Takes a Job When George painted a jungle, he included Palm trees A giraffe Two leopards A zebra A monkey List three more things you would see in a jungle. Create a Jungle Mural Work with a group to create a mural of a jungle scene. Include all the items listed above in your picture. 12

13 NOW MAKE YOUR OWN STORY My Curious George Story 13

14 Curious George at the Parade Help the bandleader line up the band. Cut out the pictures of the band members. Work with a partner to arrange the pictures as many different ways as you can. Keep a list of all your arrangements. Compare your list with other groups. How many different arrangements are possible? TUBA CLARINET DRUM XYLOPHONE 14

15 Curious George Visits the Zoo Help George. Complete each number sentence. Compare your answers to the words beneath the pictures of George at the bottom. Draw a line from each hat to the category its answer belongs to FEWER THAN MORE THAN 10 15

16 Curious George Feeds the Animals Follow the peanut trail to the Rain Forest Exhibit. To use the spinner, place your pencil point in the top loop of a paper clip and then onto the dot at the center. Use your fingernail to set it spinning. Say the number sentence as you move forward and backward on the game board. The winner is the first player to get to the exhibit gate. START Don t feed the animals! Go back The koalas are cute. Go forward 1. Visit the crocodile. Go forward The giraffes are fun. Go forward 23 Visit the elephant. Go forward The zookeeper is angry. Go back 2. Find the parrot. Go forward Don t feed the animals! Go back END Don t feed the animals! Go back

17 My Curious George Book Report The title of the book is The author of the book is This book is about My favorite part of this book is 17