Thursday, September 27, 2007

Melvin Beederman and the Curse of the Bologna Sandwich by Greg Trine

Melvin Beederman and the Curse of the Bologna Sandwich

By Greg Trine

BOOK DISCUSSION Grades 2-3

September 2007

SNACK: Bologna sandwiches, pretzels and rootbeer

QUESTIONS AND ACTIVITIES:

  1. General likes/ dislikes

  1. Funniest part

  1. If you could be a superhero, what would your special power be?

  1. Melvin was lucky that he didn’t lose his cape forever. Think of something you are really good at. What if you could never run again? What if you couldn’t read again or do math again? What would you do?

  1. What would be the best part about being a superhero?

  1. What would be the worst part about being a superhero?

  1. Who was Kareem Abdul Jabar? Was he really a superhero?

  1. Pass around a bag and have every child discover their “weakness” (paper slips with clip art of random things

  1. Math puzzles

Melvin Beederman's Website

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey, interesting ideas for using the Melvin Beederman books in the classroom. Thanks!

Greg Trine