As summer approaches, I love reading my students books that take place at the books and involve summer activities. We highly recommend adding the book There Might Be Lobsters to your read aloud collection. This is a great social emotional learning book for teaching students to face their fears and manage stress and anxiety. Plus, students will love the story about this fearful puppy! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
Eleanor is ready for a day at the beach with her dog Sukie. However, Sukie is a small dog and there are many things at the beach she is afraid of. Sukie won’t walk down the stairs to the beach because she is afraid she’ll get hurt so Eleanor must carry her. Once on the beach, Sukie just sits there. She doesn’t splash in the water with Eleanor and she doesn't play with the beach ball. Sukie worries about being swept out to sea, popping the ball, and most of, lobsters.
When Sukie’s favorite toy, Chunka Munka, gets pulled into the water, she realizes she must be brave. Despite her fears, Sukie paddles into the water to retrieve her beloved toy. Eleanor is so proud of her and more importantly Sukie is proud of herself. Students will love this sweet story about a very nervous dog.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
There Might Be Lobsters makes a great mentor text for the elementary classroom. We’ve selected the best reading comprehension, writing, and grammar skills to teach your students using this book. Our book companion includes all of these lesson ideas and so many more!
- Practice visualizing skills throughout the story. We recommend reading it to students without showing the pictures!
- Encourage students to make personal connections to the events in this story. This will help deepen their comprehension of the story.
- Have students write descriptive paragraphs about the story’s setting.
- Ask students to write their opinions on the beach and support their opinions with reasons.
- Practice using action verbs.
- Teach a lesson on a new suffix.
- Have a class discussion on bravery, facing fears, and managing stress.
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
If you’re looking for a summer read aloud or a book for a social emotional learning lesson then you are sure to love There Might Be Lobsters. These activities will make planning a new read aloud so much easier and your students will be learning and engaged.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
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