Maddi's Fridge is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 600 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
"Maddi's Fridge" by Lois Brandt tells the story of two best friends, Sofia and Maddi, who discover a secret about each other. While playing at Maddi's house, Sofia opens the fridge and finds it almost empty, except for a small carton of milk. She realizes that Maddi's family is struggling with food insecurity. Determined to help her friend, Sofia wants to share her own food, but Maddi insists on keeping it a secret. As Sofia grapples with the ethical dilemma of keeping her promise to Maddi or reaching out for help, she learns the importance of compassion and supporting one another. The book addresses the issue of childhood hunger and the stigma surrounding it in a sensitive and age-appropriate way, encouraging empathy and understanding among young readers. With its beautiful illustrations and heartfelt storytelling, "Maddi's Fridge" highlights the power of friendship and the importance of addressing food insecurity in our communities.
 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.
- Practice making inferences throughout the story and after reading.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Use examples of possessive nouns from the book to teach a lesson.
- Teach a mini lesson on past tense verbs using examples from the book.
- Explore the theme of gratitude and have students brainstorm ways they can help show gratitude.
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
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