The Day You Begin Read Aloud Story + Activity Guide | Printable Classroom Resource | Tales of Patty Pepper
THE DAY YOU BEGIN STORY GUIDE: School-age children encounter and overcome feelings of difference from their peers in the latest picture book from Jacqueline Woodson. Our main character imagines being “an only” in the classroom—what it’s like to be the only one with an accent (“No one understands the way words curl from your mouth”), the only one who stayed home during summer vacation (“What good is this/ when other students were flying/ and sailing”), the only one whose lunch box is filled with food “too strange or too unfamiliar for others to love as you do.” Without prescribing sympathy, Jacqueline Woodson’s poetic lines give power to each child’s experience.
I created this resource to accompany your lesson plans for the picture book and hope that you will find value in the following activities:
-Find Someone Bingo
-Word Search
-Word Work
-Story Map
-Reading Comprehension
-First Day Letter
-Character Trait Activity
* Decide NOW not to feel overwhelmed with the start of year lesson plan template
* Implement the read-aloud book ideas for the back-to-school memories
* Set your ORGANIZATION BACK TO SCHOOL goals now
* This resource is EDITABLE
* THIS IS A MUST-HAVE RESOURCE
Who should purchase this resource?
- Teachers looking for the first week of school resources that can be used in the classroom or personally.
- Teachers looking for the first week of school resources that are ready to use!
- Teachers searching for easy activities to start the school year.
- Teachers who are ready to up their planning in the class all the way up!
