There are so many holiday books to choose from, especially with Valentine’s Day coming up. It can be hard to decide which ones to read and there's no way teachers can read them all. Today we are spotlighting a Valentine’s Day book that is definitely worth reading, Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink. We love this book because it has a great lesson to be learned. - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
It is Valentine’s Day and Gilbert is excited to write nice poems for all of his classmates. When he gets near the end, Gilbert only has two cards left to make, one for Lewis and one for Margaret. He doesn’t want to make nice poems for them because they had each been mean to him in the past. Gilbert writes a mean poem to both Lewis and Margaret and signs their names at the bottom.
At school, Gilbert opens his valentines and reads a nice note from each of his classmates. When Lewis and Margaret read their notes they start fighting with one another. Eventually they realize that it was Gilbert who wrote the mean notes and Gilbert’s classmates are mad at him. After spending lunch and recess anole, Gilbert decides to make new poems for Margaret and Lewis and hands them out at the party.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Here are some different ways you can use Roses Are Pink, Your Feet Really Stink in your own classroom.
- Practice identifying the moral of the story. Have students discuss how the moral can help them in their own lives.Â
- Analyze the character Gilbert. Discuss his character traits and thoughts and feelings throughout the book.Â
- Have students write their own Valentine’s Day poems.Â
- Ask students to write about the lesson Gilbert learned.
- Explore new homophones using examples from the book.Â
- Review action verbs and compound words.Â
- Discuss the importance of making good choices.
- Teach students how to make a proper apology.
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
Teachers have so much to do as it is, never mind planning read alouds that teach so many different skills. We know teachers will feel confident teaching with these activities.Â
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
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