Reading with Curious George Author Study

About this curriculum

Kids love Curious George! Here is a resource to help your students develop the literacy strategies necessary for them to derive meaning from print and illustrations, read to find new information about a topic, and think and write creatively, all using the Curious George books as a springboard. Includes: Reproducible work sheets for 24 different books Teacher suggestions Resource list Teacher Evaluation Sheet Student tracking sheet 24 Creativity Activities 84 pages including an answer key Each Set of Activities for each book includes these skills: The Comprehension section deals with Knowledge, Comprehension, Analysis, and Evaluation based on Bloom's taxonomy, e.g. identifying, sequencing events, matching a character to an event, judging why a character acted a certain way. There are two questions under the heading Word Study. One question relates to phonics and the other to word study or grammar. If your students are unfamiliar with any of these skills, they should be taught as mini-lessons to ensure successful completion of the reading activities. The following skills will be explored: Phonics: blends, digraphs, double consonants, double vowels, long vowels, short vowels…