How to Catch the Tooth Fairy 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
In "How to Catch the Tooth Fairy" by Adam Wallace, children are on a mission to catch the elusive Tooth Fairy in action. Armed with creativity and cunning, they devise clever traps to capture the magical creature. From building intricate contraptions to leaving enticing tooth traps, the children embark on an exciting adventure to catch the Tooth Fairy. Along the way, they learn about the Tooth Fairy's magical abilities and discover the importance of good oral hygiene. With colorful illustrations and playful rhymes, the book captures the excitement and wonder of the Tooth Fairy legend. "How to Catch the Tooth Fairy" is a fun and imaginative story that sparks children's imagination and keeps the magic of losing a tooth alive.
 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.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Have students identify the point of view and discuss the benefits of the narrator. Paste teaching ideas here.
- Discuss the author’s use of rhyme and rhythm in this book.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Introduce students to proper nouns using examples from the story.
- Find examples of antonyms in the book.
- Use examples from the book to teach a lesson on punctuation.
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.
- How to Catch a Dragon by Adam Wallace
- How to Catch a Mermaid by Adam Wallace
- How to Catch a Monster by Adam Wallace
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