Go back through the book and learn about all of the different dances that Gooney Bird mentions in her stories (Viennese waltz, tango, ballet, sarabande, circle, and tarantella).

How do these flowers differ from flowers in your area?

Find pictures of purple loosestrife, yellow cosmos, and oxeye daisies.

Proclaim a Gooney Bird Greene day and wear clothes that Gooney Bird might enjoy.

Create a class list of your own called 'Writing Tips.'.

Then listen to music played by a symphony orchestra.

Show students pictures of various instruments in each part. Before reading this chapter, learn about the different parts of an orchestra: winds, brass, strings, and percussion.Create a graph of the various types of dogs the students have or would like to have.Create a children’s picture book about Napoleon and add it to your classroom library. Learn some information about Napoleon Bonaparte.Have students color a picture of something magenta.Before reading this chapter, acquaint students with the game of Monolopy®.

Predict which definition Gooney Bird was using when she said her cat was consumed by the cow. Try to use each definition in a sentence. After reading the chapter, look up the word consume in a dictionary.Then in a United States atlas, locate all of the cities or towns that are called China. Before reading this chapter, locate the country of China on a globe.Have students write one or two sentences about these birds at the bottom of their pictures. Have students draw their own pictures of Gooney Birds.Read information about Gooney Birds and look at pictures of them.Before reading this chapter, read the story of How the Leopard Got His Spots.Discuss how putting something in one’s nose can harm one.After reading the chapter, have the students fold an origami star.

Discuss how it might feel to be a new student in a new school.

Before reading this chapter, discuss what makes a story.

A Summary Frame provides students with the following prompts:īefore I started reading about _, I knew _. Complete a graphic organizer called Summary Frame. Read together from the information about Lois Lowry and Gooney Bird Greene. With her unique storytelling ability, she gets the entire class interested in sharing absolutely true stories about their own lives. Pidgeon’s second grade classroom in October.

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