Crack open the heartwarming world of The Good Egg with a carton of engaging activities tailored for grades PK-5. With these activities, you’ll enrich your read-aloud or storytime, but also build a strong foundation in English Language Arts and Social Emotional Learning, while fostering a nurturing community. Through The Good Egg activities, you can watch your readers gain empathy, understanding, and appreciation for literature.

With The Good Egg activities, students in grades PK-5 can boost literacy while having fun and learning at the same time. The story’s themes are explored through activities like building a Good Egg or a Self-Care Carton, which enhance comprehension and retention. Narrative structure and vocabulary are also enhanced through activities like tracing, coloring, illustrating, and sequencing the story. By creating comic strips and writing about character traits, students develop their writing skills, comprehension, and analysis of the book.

With The Good Egg activities, students can also explore self-care strategies and other social and emotional skills. As students label the Good Egg, they reflect on their emotions and learn the importance of self-care. Playing charades and participating in affirmation mantras using digital tools are examples of group prompts that foster social skills. These activities help students express themselves, understand their peers, and develop empathy.

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

• Build a Good Egg—craftivity
• Build a Self-Care Carton—craftivity
• Trace and color the Good Egg.
• Illustrate story elements and events.
• Label the Good Egg.
• Sequence the story with pictures or sentences.
• Write about character traits.
• Explore self-care strategies.
• Create comic strips based on the lesson.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for 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.
• Work collaboratively to play charades. 
• Use digital tools to participate in an affirmation mantra.

Get ready to hatch a read-aloud adventure that is filled with joy, understanding, and boundless creativity. The Good Egg activities are no yolk–it’s a golden opportunity that makes reading egg-stra special!

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About the Book

Meet the good egg. He's a verrrrrry good egg indeed. But trying to be so good is hard when everyone else is plain ol' rotten. As the other eggs in the dozen behave badly, the good egg starts to crack from all the pressure of feeling like he has to be perfect. So, he decides enough is enough! It's time for him to make a change. 

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