Lesson Plan
The Popcorn Shop Discussion Guide
- Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5
About this book
Grade Level Equivalent: 2.1
Lexile Measure: 550L
Guided Reading Level: J
Age: Age 6, Age 7, Age 5
Genre: Comedy and Humor, Dictionaries, Series
Subject: Cooking, Money
Book-Related Activities
BEFORE READING Take a votehow many children like popcorn? Do they like it plain? with butter? with salt? warm or cold? Graph students' responses.
AFTER READING Now take another votehow many children like pizza? Do they like it plain? with a topping? If so, what are the more popular toppings? Make another graph of students' responses. Then have students compare the popcorn graph to the pizza graph. Ask questions such as: Which is the more popular food? How many children like it? How many more (or fewer) children like pizza with pepperoni than pizza with peppers? How many children like buttered popcorn?
- Subjects:Cooking, Charts and Graphs, Data Analysis, Money
- Skills:Compare and Contrast, Making Inferences, Problem and Solution


