Books for use with small groups, individual students, and in classroom to help support students social and emotional development.
I’M INVITED TO A PARTY by Mo Willems
Elephant and Piggie are back at it. Piggie has been invited to her first party, but she has so many questions like what to wear.
Activity: Create a social story about going to/having a party or find one here.
THE VERY INAPPROPRIATE WORD by Jim Tobin
Whether it was on accident or on purpose, we’ve all had students who need to watch their language. This books is a great way to introduce appropriate and inappropriate language. Read more here.
“Michael loves interesting words (hard words like ELASTIC, little words like VAST, and big words like SMITHEREENS) and is always on the lookout for words to collect. Then one day, he picks up a new word. A bad word. An inappropriate word. At least, that’s what his friend says. But Michael kind of likes the word. He thinks he might try it out.” – Good Reads.com
Activity: Get students excited about this book by showing them the trailer.
Then use this article by Scholastic to facilitate a discussion.
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