Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Memoirs Of A Parrot will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of friendship, this Memoirs Of A Parrot picture book by Devin Scillian is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with Memoirs Of A Parrot Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Memoirs Of A Parrot. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with Memoirs Of A Parrot reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
MEMOIRS OF A PARROT SUMMARY
Brock is a parrot living in Wilbur’s Pet Shop. He can’t stand when customers come in and stare at him, asking if he wants a cracker. Brock can’t seem to understand why they think his name is Polly. One day, a man named Todd comes into the store and buys Brock. Right away, Brock doesn’t like Todd. His house is right near the freeway and he is not good at playing the ukulele. Todd keeps trying to get Brock to talk, and Brock doesn’t know why Todd can’t understand him. Eventually, Brock realizes Todd wants him to speak his language.
Brock enjoys dropping his crackers in the toaster to warm them up. One night, he drops a cracker in but it doesn’t pop back up. The house starts to fill with smoke and he calls to Todd for help. When Todd saves him from the smoke, Brock says thank you in Todd’s language. The is the start of their friendship and Brock is finally happy in his new home with his friend.
MEMOIRS OF A PARROT LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based Memoirs Of A Parrot reading comprehension questions focus on:
- point of view
- summarizing and retelling
- comparing and contrasting
- analyzing character
- asking and answering questions
- identifying theme, message or moral
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- friendship
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- shades of meaning
- pronouns
- adverbs
- synonyms
MEMOIRS OF A PARROT ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for Memoirs of a Parrot?
- Lexile® Measure: AD520L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 24-28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.7-2.9
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Devin Scillian. It was illustrated by Tim Bowers.
What genre is Memoirs of a Parrot?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 32 pages long.
