Picture Day Jitters 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
"Picture Day Jitters" by Julie Danneberg is a delightful and relatable picture book that follows a young protagonist as she prepares for the annual school picture day. Through humorous and charming illustrations, the book portrays the girl's nervousness and excitement as she tries to look her best. As she faces various mishaps and wardrobe challenges, she learns valuable lessons about self-confidence and embracing her uniqueness. With its engaging storytelling, "Picture Day Jitters" captures the essence of school experiences and the universal feelings of anticipation and anxiety that come with special occasions. "Picture Day Jitters" delivers a heartwarming message about being comfortable in one's own skin and cherishing individuality while also preparing and calming students anxieties for their next picture day!
 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 predictions throughout the book. Encourage students to check and see if their predictions were correct.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Have students identify the point of view and discuss the benefits of the narrator.
- Introduce pronouns and practice using them.
- Introduce students to quotation marks and provide examples from the book.
- Lead a class discussion on the importance of individuality.
- Discuss patience with students and share strategies they can use to be more patient.
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.
- Picture Day Perfection by Deborah Diesen
- Bedhead by Margie Palatini
- First Day Jitters by Julie Danneberg
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