Curious George And the Pizza
CHALLENGING WORDS
counterdelivered
factory
flattened
juke box
pancake
plopped
pounded
sprinkled
telephone
SUMMARY
Curious George is invited by his friend to eat at a pizza place. George watches Tony, the baker, make a pizza. Uh-oh, Tony is distracted by a phone call. George is very curious. Read and see what kind of mischief George get into.--- Conversation Questions---
(1) / Name the main character of this story.(Answer) / Curious George.
(Follow Up) / Would you like to have a curios monkey like George?
(2) / Guess how George felt when he tossed the pizza dough in the wrong places.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / What is your favorite restaurant?
(3) / Imagine how George felt when he helped Tony deliver the pizza.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Tell me how it makes you feel when someone helps you do something.
(4) / Remember a time that you helped someone and it made you feel proud.
(Answer) / Any logical answer.
(Follow Up) / Do you have a hero?
(5) / Define “curious”
(Answer) / Eager to learn.
(Follow Up) / Tell me something that you are curious to learn.
(6) / Recall what George did when Tony shouted, “who did that?”
(Answer) / He ran out of the pizza parlor and jumped inside a small truck to hide.
(Follow Up) / What games do you enjoy playing with your friends?
(7) / Name the places that George tossed the pizza dough.
(Answer) / In the middle of a table where a woman was sitting; on top of a juke box; and on Tony’s head.
(Follow Up) / Have you ever helped someone make a meal?
(8) / Tell me why Tony was in such as hurry to deliver the pizza to the factory.
(Answer) / The factory would be closing in a few minutes.
(Follow Up) / What is your favorite food?
(9) / Explain why Tony decided not to punish George for making a mess.
(Answer) / He realized George could help him deliver the pizza by climbing over the gate.
(Follow Up) / Is there anything that you like to climb?
(10) / Recall why George was able to jump on the counter without anyone noticing him.
(Answer) / Tony was distracted by a phone call.
(Follow Up) / If you were a chef, what food would you create that would make you famous?
Activities
1. / Pretend that George helps Tony deliver a pizza to an animal at the zoo. Draw a picture of George delivering this pizza to his animal friend. Write a sentence about how George’s friend appreciates his kindness.
2. / Imagine that you are going to have a pizza party. Create a party invitation. Draw a picture of a pizza and make sure you include the time and place where the party will be.
3. / Pretend that you are Tony, the baker. Write George a thank you note for helping to deliver the pizza to the factory.
4. / Draw your favorite kind of pizza. List the toppings that are on the pizza.
Introductions
1. / Show the children a stuffed monkey. Ask them to imagine what a monkey would like to eat. Tell them that today we will read about Curious George and how he tries to make pizza by himself. Let’s read and see what mischief he gets into.2. / Write one pizza topping on index cards or construction paper. Have the children draw the cards out of a stack and ask them if they like that topping on their pizza. Tell them that today we will read a story about a monkey who is curios about making pizza. Let’s read and find out if he can make pizza.
3. / Show the children different kinds of pizza. Ask them what toppings they like on their pizza. Tell them that today we will read about a curious monkey who tries to make a pizza. Let’s read and find out what happens.
Book Title: Curious George and the Pizza
Author: Margaret and H.A. Rey / Illustrator: Curious George Film SeriesISBN: 0-395-39033-8 / # of Text Pages: 30 AR: 2.4 LEX: 420
Building Oral Vocabulary
6 / sprinkled / 15 / juke box / 25 / deliver
Prediction Questions
13 / What do you think will happen to the dough?
17 / What will George do next?
27 / What will Tony decide to do?