Worksheets Found Online
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Lesson Ideas
Amelia Bedelia books have a focus on idioms and homophones.
Activities Found Online
Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia and Thank You, Amelia Bedelia are books that can be used to teach homophones and homonyms. An activity I found online is reading the books and then allowing children to think of their own homophones and homonyms. Students could share their homophones and homonyms with the class.
Resource
http://www.icanread.com/activities/pdfs/ameliabedelia/homophones.pdf
Another activity I found online also consists of a final project. The teacher will read a different Amelia Bedelia book everyday so that the students understand the difference between an idiom, homograph, homophone, etc. Throughout the week students will be writing their own book using the different literary devices. At the end of the week, students get to dress up their best Amelia Bedelia-ness and present their stories dressed up in their outfits.
Resource
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=132247
My Own Activities
(Most of these activities can be done with many Amelia Bedelia books. )
Read the book Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish. Have a conversation about idioms. Explain what they are and if they heard any in the book. Read the book one more time and ask students to raise their hand every time they hear an idiom. Have a class set of pairs of cards created. (one with an idiom and one with what it actually means) Some students will receive the cards with the idioms and some with what it actually means. Their job is to find their pair. I could also assess by asking the students to go back to their desk and to think of their own idioms.
Another idea could to extend the teaching on idioms is to write their own story including idioms. First, they would have to brainstorm idioms they could use in their story. Then, they could put them into the story. I would allow students to work with a partner if they wanted to. Students can share with the class after they are finished..
It would also be fun to teach idioms by having cards already written out with idioms and asking the kids to predict what Amelia Bedelia will do next. They can even make up their own story this way. Using these cards, the students can also play charades.
Students can pretend that they are writing Amelia Bedelia directions for making something. They would have to make sure to be very thorough so that Amelia Bedelia understand exactly what they mean. Students switch the directions with another student and attempt to do exactly what the directions say to see if they are accurate.
Curriculum Connections
*Math, Science and Reading- Read the book Amelia Bedelia and talk about how we use measuring when cooking. Ask the students how Amelia Bedelia measured the ingredients for the pie and rice? How was she accurate? Discuss different units of measurement we use for cooking. Also discuss different unit of measurement. Ask the students to raise their hand and make a list of as many different flavor pies they can think of. Classify the different pies by crust and filling. Ask the students to raise their hand to indicate their favorite pie when you call it out. Make a graph in order to show the class favorite ( Bar Graph).
*Measure popcorn and have students estimate how much space it will fill once popped. Pop the popcorn and see how close the estimations were. Repeat with different amounts for more estimation practice.
Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist? is suitable for 2nd though 4th graders. It is written in the third person view. This book could easily be used to show how accidents and mistakes can lead to scientific discoveries.
http://www.gigglepotz.com/amelia/ameliabedelia_rocketscientist.pdf
Amelia Bedelia´s First Apple Pie
Classroom Activities
• Apple Math. Ask each student to bring in an apple from home to use for various math activities. As a
class, have students put the apples in order of size, and group them in sets based on color. Peel several of the
apples and ask students to measure the peels to see which one is the longest—just like Amelia Bedelia does
in the book. Demonstrate fractions for your class by cutting an apple into halves, quarters, and eighths.
use whole apples and apple fractions to set up addition and subtraction exercises for your students.
Apple Tasting. Bring in slices of various types of apples, such as Granny Smith, winter Banana, and
Pink Pearl. Set up a blind taste test for your students—can they tell the difference based on taste alone?
Take a survey to determine which type of apple is each student’s favorite. Graph the results of your
survey as a (you guessed it!) pie chart.
Activities Found Online
Good Driving, Amelia Bedelia and Thank You, Amelia Bedelia are books that can be used to teach homophones and homonyms. An activity I found online is reading the books and then allowing children to think of their own homophones and homonyms. Students could share their homophones and homonyms with the class.
Resource
http://www.icanread.com/activities/pdfs/ameliabedelia/homophones.pdf
Another activity I found online also consists of a final project. The teacher will read a different Amelia Bedelia book everyday so that the students understand the difference between an idiom, homograph, homophone, etc. Throughout the week students will be writing their own book using the different literary devices. At the end of the week, students get to dress up their best Amelia Bedelia-ness and present their stories dressed up in their outfits.
Resource
http://www.zunal.com/webquest.php?w=132247
My Own Activities
(Most of these activities can be done with many Amelia Bedelia books. )
Read the book Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish. Have a conversation about idioms. Explain what they are and if they heard any in the book. Read the book one more time and ask students to raise their hand every time they hear an idiom. Have a class set of pairs of cards created. (one with an idiom and one with what it actually means) Some students will receive the cards with the idioms and some with what it actually means. Their job is to find their pair. I could also assess by asking the students to go back to their desk and to think of their own idioms.
Another idea could to extend the teaching on idioms is to write their own story including idioms. First, they would have to brainstorm idioms they could use in their story. Then, they could put them into the story. I would allow students to work with a partner if they wanted to. Students can share with the class after they are finished..
It would also be fun to teach idioms by having cards already written out with idioms and asking the kids to predict what Amelia Bedelia will do next. They can even make up their own story this way. Using these cards, the students can also play charades.
Students can pretend that they are writing Amelia Bedelia directions for making something. They would have to make sure to be very thorough so that Amelia Bedelia understand exactly what they mean. Students switch the directions with another student and attempt to do exactly what the directions say to see if they are accurate.
Curriculum Connections
*Math, Science and Reading- Read the book Amelia Bedelia and talk about how we use measuring when cooking. Ask the students how Amelia Bedelia measured the ingredients for the pie and rice? How was she accurate? Discuss different units of measurement we use for cooking. Also discuss different unit of measurement. Ask the students to raise their hand and make a list of as many different flavor pies they can think of. Classify the different pies by crust and filling. Ask the students to raise their hand to indicate their favorite pie when you call it out. Make a graph in order to show the class favorite ( Bar Graph).
*Measure popcorn and have students estimate how much space it will fill once popped. Pop the popcorn and see how close the estimations were. Repeat with different amounts for more estimation practice.
Amelia Bedelia, Rocket Scientist? is suitable for 2nd though 4th graders. It is written in the third person view. This book could easily be used to show how accidents and mistakes can lead to scientific discoveries.
http://www.gigglepotz.com/amelia/ameliabedelia_rocketscientist.pdf
Amelia Bedelia´s First Apple Pie
Classroom Activities
• Apple Math. Ask each student to bring in an apple from home to use for various math activities. As a
class, have students put the apples in order of size, and group them in sets based on color. Peel several of the
apples and ask students to measure the peels to see which one is the longest—just like Amelia Bedelia does
in the book. Demonstrate fractions for your class by cutting an apple into halves, quarters, and eighths.
use whole apples and apple fractions to set up addition and subtraction exercises for your students.
Apple Tasting. Bring in slices of various types of apples, such as Granny Smith, winter Banana, and
Pink Pearl. Set up a blind taste test for your students—can they tell the difference based on taste alone?
Take a survey to determine which type of apple is each student’s favorite. Graph the results of your
survey as a (you guessed it!) pie chart.