Teacher friends, you have to check out the book Eraser, it is adorable! We think this is a great book to read to encourage teamwork among students. The illustrations are so creative and students are sure to love this imaginative story about school supplies. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
Everyone is jealous of pencil, especially Eraser. Pencil and his friends are thought of as the cool and creative ones. Eraser looks up to all the other supplies for the exciting things they can do: glue brings people together and paper makes people feel like they can do anything. The other supplies tease Eraser by saying she is only good for cleaning up their mess. Eraser decides she is meant for something more and leaves the group.
She finds herself in a recycle bin with the first drafts of paper. They are so excited to see her and explain they are big fans. Eraser learns that she is the reason people get second chances because she helps people fix their mistakes. When Eraser heads back to the team she finds they are really struggling. Thankfully she is able to help them fix the mistakes and they finish the science project as a team.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for Eraser come with 30 comprehension questions, 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for 4 grammar skills, and social emotional learning discussion ideas. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teachers.
- Teach students about genre and analyze the genre of this story.
- Practice identifying the theme of the story and discuss how the author conveys the theme.
- Get creative and allow students to write their own stories about school supplies.
- Ask students to learn about how school supplies are made and write about what they’ve learned.
- This book lends itself to a lesson on multiple meaning words.
- Teach a lesson on interjections and punctuation.
- Discuss the importance of teamwork and what teamwork looks like.
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
We know that students are going to love reading this book Eraser. Thanks to these activities and worksheets teachers can teach engaging and comprehensive read alouds. There are so many choices for teachers to make regarding the lessons they teach.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
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