Rock What Ya Got 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
"Rock What Ya Got" by Samantha Berger is an empowering picture book that encourages children to embrace their individuality and celebrate their unique qualities. The story follows an artist who drew a girl named Viva, and ended up trying to erase her and start over. Before the artist could erase the drawing Viva came to life and explained that she loves herself and shares with the artist that you should "Rock What Ya Got". With lively and vibrant illustrations, the book conveys the message that everyone is special in their own way, and encourages young readers to be proud of who they are. Through its catchy rhymes and uplifting message, "Rock What Ya Got" promotes self-confidence, self-love, and the importance of embracing one's own uniqueness. It serves as a reminder that being different is something to be celebrated and that each person has their own special something to offer to the world.
 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.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Introduce or review how and why author’s use ellipses.
- Practice reading sentences with question marks with appropriate expression.
- Teach students about the importance of having a growth mindset using examples from the book.
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.
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- Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
- The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
- Red: A Crayon's Story by Michael Hall
- Perfectly Norman by Tom Percival
- Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun by Maria Dismondy
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