GOOD: The book is in good condition, with only one page (p. 23) written on in pencil, which has since been erased. The rest of the book is clean.
Product Details
This teacher's guide contains sample lesson plans; pre-reading activities; biographical sketch and picture of the authors; book summary; vocabulary lists and suggested vocabulary activities; chapters grouped for study, with each including a quiz, a hands-on project, a cooperative learning activity, a cross-curriculum activity, and an extension into the reader's own life; post-reading activities; book report ideas; culminating activity; three different options for unit tests; bibliography of related reading; and an answer key.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Sample Lesson Plan
Before the Book (Pre-reading Activities)
About the Authors
Book Summary
Vocabulary Lists
Vocabulary Activity Ideas
Section 1 (Chapters 1-4)
Quiz Time
Hands-On Project - Writing a Narrative Story
Cooperative Learning Activity - Interior Decorating, Mr. Popper Style
Curriculum Connection - Is a Penguin a Bird?
Into Your Life - Reading Response Journals
Section 2 (Chapters 5-9)
Quiz Time
Hands-On Project - Town Ordinance
Cooperative Learning Activity - Improvisation as Drama
Curriculum Connection - "Eggs"traordinary!
Into Your Life - Which One Would You Buy?
Section 3 (Chapters 10-13)
Quiz Time
Hands-On Project - Writing Cinquains
Cooperative Learning Activity - So You're Making a Newspaper
Curriculum Connection - What's It Like Outside?
Into Your Life - Music Appreciation
Section 4 (Chapters 14-17)
Quiz Time
Hands-On Project - You Be the Critic
Cooperative Learning Activity - Popper's Penguins: Take 1
Curriculum Connection - Mapping It Out
Into Your Life - Let's Talk
Section 5 (Chapters 18-20)
Quiz Time
Hands-On Project - Vocabulary Review Crossword
Cooperative Learning Activity - Debate
Curriculum Connection - Make a Balloon Globe
Into Your Life - Letters Home
After the Book (Post-reading Activities)
Culminating Activity
Unit Test Options
Bibliography of Related Reading
Answer Key
NOTE: The reading level for Mr. Popper's Penguins has been determined by Scholastic as 4.9, or appropriate for Grades 3-5.
