Apple Trouble 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
"Apple Trouble" by Ragnhild Scamell is about Hedgehog who is building her nest for her long winter sleep. Suddenly, a juicy red apple falls onto Hedgehog and gets stuck on her back! Hedgehog can’t fit in her nest anymore with the apple on her back so she visits many friends to try to get the apple off her back. Every time she tries to get the apple off, more and more things get stuck on her back and Hedgehog worries that she will never fit in her nest again! The book "Apple Trouble" is an adorable and suspenseful story, teaching readers about the importance of problem solving and providing peers with a helping hand!
 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.
- Have students sequence the important events in the story. This is an important skill when it comes to retelling a story.
- Analyze the setting of this book. Discuss where and when it takes place.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Introduce and act out action verbs.
- Explore prepositions and how they describe nouns or pronouns.
- Discuss how problem solving was used throughout the story.
- Discuss the importance of self regulation.
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.
- Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship by Edward Hemingway
- Mr. Peabody's Apples by Madonna
- One Green Apple by Eve Bunting
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