Everyone has bad days. Being able to deal with that is an important social emotional learning skill that students must learn. We love using the book Alexander and the Terrible, No Good Very Bad Day to help students with this skill and show them everyone has bad days. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day tells the story of Alexander. From the moment Alexander wakes up, everything goes wrong! He wakes up with gum in his hair, fights with his friends, and has to eat lima beans for dinner. At the end of his rough day, Alexander learns some days are just like that.
Students will make connections with Alexander as they hear about his no good day.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
This book is much more than a social emotional learning read aloud. It can be used to teach comprehension, writing and grammar too!
- Stop during the read aloud and have students make predictions about the story.
- Discuss the author's purpose for writing the book.
- Use narrative writing to let students share their personal connections.
- Have students write how-to books about dealing with a bad day.
- Explore shades of meaning using examples from the book.
- Review proper nouns and compound words.
- Teach students different strategies for anger management.
- Have a class discussion on the importance of making good choices.
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
- 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
Don't spend your evenings planning yet another read aloud! This resource has everything you need to teach comprehensive and engaging lessons.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
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