The Smart Cookie Book Companion- Reading Activities, Multiple Intelligences

This activity bundle is a book companion to the book The Smart Cookie by Jory John. This is a fantastic book to boost student confidence, teach empathy, and foster the idea that "smart" comes in many forms.

This no-prep bundle is appropriate for grades 2-5. There are so many activities to choose from. Do them all or pick and choose- either way it is a great value!

An organized lesson plan, this book companion includes:

• Unit Overview
• Resource Guide
• Suggested 5-Day Schedule (especially useful for homeschoolers)
• Teaching Guides as needed for activities

Quality Content Includes:

• Vocabulary Study: flashcards, Mad Libs, interactive notebook writing prompts
• Text-to-Self Connections: anchor chart + worksheet
• Character Development
• Italics Reading Prosody: anchor chart + quotation strips
• Contractions Study: flashcards, interactive worksheet, contraction dominoes
• Understanding Idioms: worksheets + card game
• Metaphor Study: anchor chart, worksheet, writing metaphors
• Poetry Journal: includes acrostic, concrete, tanka, and lune poem types. Each has a teaching guide, brainstorming page, and final poem page
• Multiple Intelligences Unit: 6 resources, including a multiple intelligences quiz, anchor chart, careers chart, & crafts

There are over 20 resources in this bundle. Activities are purposely designed to balance types of learning and student engagement.

You will need a copy of the book to accompany this unit. The book is not included. However, a link to a read-aloud of the book is included.