The Juice Box Bully 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 Juice Box Bully" by Maria Dismondy is a thought-provoking children's book that addresses the issue of bullying. The story follows a boy named Pete who starts a new school and quickly becomes the school bully calling other kids nerds and stealing the ball. Instead of joining in, a classmate named Ruby takes a stand against the bullying by choosing to be kind to Pete and teach him the rules of the school and their team promise. Through Ruby's actions and the support of their classmates, the story highlights the importance of empathy, courage, and standing up against bullying. As the students unite, they send a powerful message that bullying is not tolerated in their school. With vibrant illustrations by Nancy Hughes, "The Juice Box Bully" encourages children to promote inclusivity, respect, and compassion in their communities. By the end of the book, Pete learns the transformative power of friendship and realizes that he can make a difference in the world by choosing kindness over cruelty.
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.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Complete a mini lesson on synonyms.
- Share strategies and tools for bullying situations.
- 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
- 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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