Do Not Bring your Dragon to the Last Day of School 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
"Do Not Bring Your Dragon to the Last Day of School" by Julie Gassman is a delightful children's book that captures the chaos and excitement of the last day of school while adding a hilarious twist involving a mischievous dragon. The story follows a young girl who receives a warning from her teacher not to bring her dragon to school. Despite the clear instructions, the girl's dragon tags along, causing mayhem and hilarity throughout the day. The dragon accidentally gets stuck in the basketball net, chews up homework, and causes chaos in the cafeteria. As the day progresses, the girl learns valuable lessons about responsibility, following rules, and the importance of good behavior. With vibrant illustrations and a playful narrative, Gassman's book combines humor and valuable life lessons, making it an entertaining read for young readers.
 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.
- Cause and effect can be a difficult skill for students. This book is a perfect mentor text for teaching this skill.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Practice identifying conjunctions using examples from the story.
- Introduce pronouns and practice using them.
- Discuss responsibility and the qualities of a responsible person.
- Discuss different strategies for coping.
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.
- Mrs. Spitzer’s Garden by Edith Pattou
- Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
- Last Day Blues by Julie Danneberg
- Lizzie and the Last Day of School by Trinka Hakes Noble
- When It’s the Last Day of School by Maribeth Boelts
- A Letter from Your Teacher on the Last Day of School by Shannon Olsen
- A Letter to my Teacher by Deborah Hopkinson
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