Who hasn’t had a bad hair day? Margie Palatini’s hilarious book, Bedhead, is all about a young boy who wakes up with bedhead. We love this book because it is a story all students can relate to. This would make a great read aloud for picture day, crazy hair day or whenever you want a silly story to share with students. They will be laughing out loud as they read about Oliver’s bad hair day. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
One morning, Oliver woke up to find he had a terrible case of bedhead. His family heard his screams and came rushing upstairs to see if they could help him manage his hair. They tried pushing, pulling, and wetting it with no success. Next the family decided they would try putting spray, gel, mousse and hair pins in Oliver’s hair to see if it would help, which it did not. When Oliver tried to brush it, the brush got stuck in the back of his head! Finally, it was decided that Oliver would wear his old blue baseball hat to school and cover up his bad hair day.
However, when he got to school, Oliver learned it was picture day and he would have to remove his hat! Everyone stood ready for the picture and just as the photographer was about to take it, Oliver’s hat flew off his head. His hair was wild again and the brush flew out hitting a classmate and his teacher. The resulting class photo was one to remember!
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Bedhead is a great mentor text for teaching students important reading comprehension strategies, writing skills, and grammar concepts. All of our book companions come with activities that relate to these subject areas. Check out just some of the skills included in our book companion!
- Practice identifying the cause and effect of actions that took place throughout the book.
- Have students use the book to make connections to their own lives.
- Integrate narrative writing by asking students to write about their own experiences with a bad hair day.
- Practice descriptive writing by asking students to describe what the character looked like.
- Use examples from the book to teach a lesson on base words.
- Teach a lesson on apostrophes and interjections.
- Discuss problem solving and how characters in the book tried to solve their problem.
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
This resource is all you will need when it comes to planning your read aloud for the book Bedhead. Gone are the days when you have to brainstorm discussion questions, look online for student activities, and spend hours gathering resources. Now everything you need is included in this book companion allowing you to make choices on what you want to use with your students.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will also love these similar books:
- Picture Day Perfection by Deborah Diesen
- Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini
- A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
- The Recess Queen by Alexis O’Neill
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