"The Day You Begin" Book Companion | Character Education

Book companions are always a great way to teach a variety of concepts, expand on academic concepts and take back the love for reading in your classroom in the most productive way. Finding quality book companions means that you'll have a variety of printable activities for your students to interact with to further their learning.

This is The Day You Begin Book Companion for the book written by Jacqueline Woodson. This book companion was designed with elementary students in mind. All you have to do is print and go. The Day You Begin is a great character education book as it teaches about classroom community and diversity. This book will also allow students to celebrate differences.

You may choose to read this story to students and have them complete a few worksheets included. Reading the story more than once will allow the message of the story to really begin to resonate with students.

The writing prompts and reflective questions included are a great way to allow students to collaborate together and discuss their thought processes as a collective before they begin writing.

This The Day You Begin Day Book Companion 13 page packet is the perfect accessory for your read-aloud time.

Included in your purchase:

• One self-portrait writing

• Four story questions - These are multiple choice questions related directly to the story.

• Five extended writing prompts based on the story

• Two writing prompts based on quotes from the story (w/ 3 different templates).

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A 13 page printable PDF