The Anti-Test Anxiety Society 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
"The Anti-Test Anxiety Society" by Julia Cook is an insightful and humorous children's book that addresses the issue of test anxiety and offers strategies to overcome it. The story follows RJ, a student who becomes overwhelmed with worry and stress whenever he has to take a test. However, RJ's teacher introduces him to the Anti-Test Anxiety Society, a group that teaches him practical techniques to manage his anxiety. With engaging illustrations and relatable characters, the book provides valuable lessons about self-confidence, positive self-talk, and the importance of preparation. Through RJ's journey, young readers learn about the power of a supportive community and the ability to reframe negative thoughts into positive ones. "The Anti-Test Anxiety Society" encourages children to believe in themselves, embrace their unique abilities, and face challenges with a calm and confident mindset.
 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 students how contractions are used.
- Introduce or review how and why author’s use ellipses.
- Teach students about the importance of having a growth mindset using examples from the book.
- Teach different strategies for managing worry.
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.
- Big Test Jitters by Julie Danneberg
- Testing Miss Malarkey by Judy Finchler
- Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty
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