Grade Levels: Pre-K, Primary, Intermediate Publisher: Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers Students cancompare and contrast the buildings, open spaces, transportation, population sizes, etc. Make a chart which highlights the characteristics ofand differences between a city, a suburban area, and a rural area. This story takes place in a city and your students will be able to find urban characteristicsthroughout the book. See if thestudents can think of new names for the ducklings that mirror the samealphabetical sequence. Have thestudents write each duckling's name on a file card, then scramble the order of the file cards, and practice putting them back in alphabetical order. The ducklings are named inalphabetical order – Jack, Kack, Lack, Mack, Nack, Ouack, Pack, and Quack. Students can practice retelling the story and retracing the ducks' routes. You may want to make a large-scale, simplified map ofjust the streets that are mentioned in the story. Have your students draw pictures of objects and characters from the story,then they can place them on a map of Boston. Add feathers, beads for eyes, or other decorations to complete your duckling. Glue the feet and bill to the duckling's body. Cut out a bill and feet from the construction paper. Glue the cups together to form the duck's body. Bend the egg carton cups towards each other, rim to rim (making an oval shape). You will need a two-cup section from an egg carton (with the sections still attached), glue, construction paper,scissors, feathers, beads, or other decorations.
This classic won the Caldecott Award in 1942. Mallard and her eight ducklings are stuck at a busy street in downtownBoston, their policeman friend Michael rushes in to stop traffic and make way forthem. Mallard think they just might have found the perfect spot. It's not easy for duck parentsto find a safe place to raise their ducklings, but during a rest stop in Boston's Public Garden,Mr.
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