Through writing, students respond to Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Narrative, opinion, and informative/explanatory prompts are included.
Students analyze Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day using key skills from the Common Core. Included are student pages with the text-dependent questions as well as suggested answers.
These pre-reading activities prepare students to read Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. With these activities, students picture-walk through the book and explore the characters, plots, and setting of the story.
Why does Alexander have such a bad day? Students will learn to analyze Alexander's terrible day through the rigorous and engaging lessons and activities in this instructional guide for literature. These appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities were written to support the Common Core State Standards and incorporate research-based literacy skills to help students become thorough readers. Each lesson and activity work in conjunction with the text to teach students how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and much more.
Engage students in analyzing Alexander's terrible day, with appealing and challenging cross-curricular lessons and activities from this instructional guide. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day: An Instructional Guide for Literature will teach young readers how to analyze and comprehend story elements in multiple ways, practice close reading and text-based vocabulary, determine meaning through text-dependent questions, and more! Strengthen your students' literacy skills by implementing this high-interest resource in your classroom!
These post-reading activities for Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day allow students to share their understanding of the characters, plots, and settings of the book. They have opportunities to write, draw, and perform.
Alexander tries his hand at behaving in this hilarious companion to the bestselling classic Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day. Last night somebody ate a whole box of jelly donuts. That somebody woke up with a terrible bellyache, and that somebody’s mom found the empty box and told that somebody that there are going to be consequences. That somebody is Alexander, and Alexander really hates consequences. So from now on, he is going to try his best to be the Best Boy Ever. For the complete and entire rest of his life. Starting right this very minute. But there are all sorts of things that you can’t do when you’re being the Best Boy Ever. Fun things. Very important things. Things that Alexander might—just might—like a little bit more than he hates consequences.
Students will enjoy studying the story elements of Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day with these engaging activities. They will create products to share their understanding of the characters, plots, and settings of the book.
These leveled discussion questions about Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day require students to read closely, make connections, and share their analyses. Included are leveled comprehension questions and suggested answers.