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The Curious George Teacher’s Guide

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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 thebeginning of each line. Write a descriptive word or phrase that begins with theletter on the line.



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On each side of the frame write a sentence that tells something important

about George. Color George’s portrait.

Character Portrait



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Balloon Words

Each balloon has a noun from the story.Color the nouns that name a person — red, a place — blue, and a thing — yellow.

sailor

balloon

guardfire station

monkey

Africa

hat

zoo

man

firemen

city

telephone

people

wind



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Hats . . . Hats . . . HatsGeorge’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.

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George dialed the fire department on the telephone. Telephones have numbers and letters.

1 2ABC

3DEF

4GHI

5JKL

6MNO

7PRS

8TUV

9WXY

* 0QZ

# Find the numbers for each letter in the words below.Write and solve the number sentence.

Q and Z are in place of Operator

G E O R G E

C U R I O U S

T R A F F I C

W I R E S

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_+_+_+_=__+_+_=_

F I R E

Z O O

Ding-a-ling-a-ling!


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Ding-a-ling-a-ling!George dialed 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 and got the fire station.

Read the clues below to write another telephone number.Use each number 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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?

_ _ _ - _ _ _ _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?

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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.

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Curious George Rides a Bike



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Curious George Rides a Bike

★ ★Morning Star

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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.



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Deserves a medal for

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It is important because

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Curious George Gets a MedalGeorge got a medal for his spaceflight. Think of someone you knowor a book character who deserves amedal. Write about the reason forthe medal on the certificate. Design amedal in the circle.



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Curious George Takes a Job

When George painted a jungle, he includedPalm treesA giraffe

Two leopardsA zebra

A monkeyList three more things you would see in a jungle.

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Create a Jungle MuralWork with a group to create a mural of a jungle scene.

Include all the items listed above in your picture.


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NOWMAKE

YOUR OWNSTORY

My Curious George Story



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Curious George at the ParadeHelp the bandleader line up the band. Cut out the pictures ofthe band members. Work with a partner to arrange the picturesas many different ways as you can. Keep a list of all yourarrangements. Compare your list with other groups. How many different arrangements are possible?

TUBA CLARINET

DRUM XYLOPHONE



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Curious George Visits the ZooHelp 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.

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MORE THAN 10FEWER THAN 10 10

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Visit the crocodile.

Go forward 1.

Don’t feed the animals! Go back 1.

Visit the elephant.Go forward 1.

Don’t feed the animals! Go back 1.

The koalas are cute.

Go forward 1.

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Curious George Feeds the AnimalsFollow 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 ontothe dot at the center. Use your fingernail to set it spinning. Say thenumber sentence as you move forward and backward on the gameboard. The winner is the first player to get to the exhibit gate.

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Find the parrot.Go forward 1.

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The giraffes are fun.

Go forward Don’t feed the animals! Go back 1.The zookeeper

is angry. Go back 2.



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My Curious George Book Report

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The title of the book is

The author of the book is

This book is about

My favorite part of this book is


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