Serve up a slice of learning with The Humble Pie activities—a perfect blend of English Language Arts and social-emotional learning! Students can compare and contrast pie and cake, bake up new recipes, and reflect on the story’s lesson about teamwork and self-expression. With activities for sequencing, vocabulary, rhyming, and shades of meaning, these activities help students sharpen language skills while exploring humility, friendship, and creativity.

As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Practice fine motor skills with cutting activities.
• Illustrate scenes from the story.
• List character traits of main characters.
• Sequence the story.
• Write about the problem/solution or cause/effect.
• Sort rhyming words.
• Write sentences with story vocabulary.
• Write about the story’s lesson.
• Define story vocabulary.
• Sort parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives).
• List synonyms and antonyms.
• Explore shades of meaning.
• Create a new pie recipe.
• Compare and contrast pie and cake.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
• Engage in Social Skills with included whole group prompts and activities.
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Design a 3D character.
• Use digital tools to acquire and practice vocabulary.

Ideal for Thanksgiving or Pi Day, this delicious collection invites learners to mix, measure, and make meaning—all while having learning take the cake.

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About the Book and Soundscape

When Humble Pie teams up with his confident friend Jake the Cake, he learns that sometimes it’s okay to take a slice of the spotlight! This flavorful soundscape mixes banjo, saxophone, country twang, disco grooves, and cupcake chants for a sweet story about confidence and friendship.

Don’t have the book yet? Grab your copy and get ready to serve up a slice of storytime magic that’s equal parts heart and humor!