The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky 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
SUMMARY
"The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky" by Jory John is a hilarious children's book that follows the adventure of the bad seed who is in a bad mood. The bad seed used to have so much fun on Halloween with his matching costume with his friends but as they got older they became more independent and drifted apart, leaving the bad seed alone on Halloween with no cool costume to show off. The bad seed couldn't compete with all the creative costumes and could not stand it which is why he is in a bad mood. At the end of the book the bad seed realizes that Halloween does not need to be a competetion, and another seed shares that it's about celebrating the season, happiness and togetherness! Through its witty text and playful illustrations, the book humorously explores themes of kindness, misconceptions, and the power of friendship. "The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky" is a delightful read that teaches young readers not to judge a book by its cover and that sometimes things are not as important as they may seem.
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.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Discuss the books plot and examine the problem and solution.
- Practice identifying the base of a word.
- Teach students how contractions are used.
- Use examples from the book to teach a lesson on interjections.
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
- 30 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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