What the Road Said 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
"What the Road Said" by Cleo Wade is a lyrical and empowering children's book that encourages young readers to embrace their own unique journey in life. Through poetic prose and vibrant illustrations, the book follows a young girl who embarks on a journey to discover her purpose and find her own path. Along the way, she encounters the Road, a wise and reassuring guide who shares valuable insights and words of wisdom. The Road teaches her the importance of self-belief, resilience, and the beauty of embracing the unknown. Through its uplifting message, "What the Road Said" encourages readers to trust themselves, follow their passions, and have the courage to forge their own way. By the end of the book, young readers are inspired to embrace their own individuality and navigate their journey with confidence and curiosity.
 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.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Help students to analyze what the author’s purpose for writing the book might be.
- Practice reading sentences with question marks with appropriate expression.
- Explain to students the various ways to use a comma.
- Discuss mindfulness with students and practice a mindfulness activity with them.
- 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.
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- When It’s the Last Day of School by Maribeth Boelts
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