100th Day Worries is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
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SUMMARY
"100th Day Worries" by Margery Cuyler is a delightful children's book that explores the anxiety and excitement surrounding the 100th day of school. The story revolves around a young girl named Jessica who is worried about what to bring for the special days celebration. Jessica's classmates have been preparing various impressive collections, but she struggles to come up with something unique. Throughout the book, Jessica seeks advice from her family members and encounters humorous mishaps while attempting to find the perfect item. Ultimately, she realizes that her 100th day worries were unnecessary as the most important thing is being together and having fun with her classmates. The book encourages children to embrace their individuality and shows that the value of the 100th day lies in the shared experience rather than the specific item brought to school.
 USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Explain to students the various ways to use a comma.
- Complete a mini lesson on synonyms.
- Practice reading sentences with question marks with appropriate expression.
- Talk about empathy in the book and classroom.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30Â 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
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
- The Night Before the 100th Day of School by Natasha Wing
- Jake's 100th Day of School by Lester Laminack
- Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
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