Scribble Stones by Diane Alber Book Companion Resource

Description

Help students discover that even the smallest actions can make a BIG difference with this comprehensive Scribble Stones by Diane Alber book companion resource!  Designed to accompany Scribble Stones by Diane Alber, this engaging K–3 cross-curricular resource combines reading comprehension, writing, vocabulary, SEL, creativity, kindness, rhyming words, partner activities, art, and STEAM.

Students follow Stone as he searches for his purpose and discovers that he can use creativity and kindness to bring happiness to others. Along the way, students explore important concepts such as purpose, perseverance, self-worth, helping others, creative problem-solving, and making a positive difference.

Perfect For

Grades K–3 • Read-Aloud Activities • SEL • Character Education • Kindness Lessons • Literacy Centers • Writing Centers • Morning Meetings • School Counseling • Art Integration • STEAM • Creativity Lessons • Early Finishers • Sub Plans • Kindness Week • Random Acts of Kindness Week

With 35 pages and 21 activities, this resource provides teachers with multiple ways to extend the read-aloud and turn its message into meaningful classroom learning.

 

What’s Included

Learning Objectives & Primary Themes

Discovering Your Purpose teacher-led lesson with before, during, and after-reading discussion questions

Prediction Activities with differentiated writing formats

Theme/Message Activities

What Could Stone Be? creative-thinking activity

Brightening Someone’s Day SEL activity

Story Concepts Graphic Organizer — characters, setting, problem, solution, and favorite part

Beginning, Middle & End Summarizing Activity

What Could This Become? Partner Game with scenario cards, possible answers, and a STEAM extension

True or False Story Review with answer key

Rhyming Stones Activity with answer key

Story Comprehension Questions with answer key

Multiple-Choice Comprehension Assessment with answer key

Vocabulary Reference Sheet, 4-Square activity, Vocabulary Color Matchy

Student Writing Prompts

Kindness Stones Activity

Create a Scribble Stone hands-on art activity

Scribble Stone Reflection Sheet

Paper Scribble Stone Alternative for classrooms not using real stones

Vocabulary Word Find with answer key

Inspirational Coloring Page

Reading & ELA Skills

Students practice making predictions, identifying story elements, retelling and summarizing, identifying theme/central message, answering comprehension questions, making text-to-self connections, using vocabulary in context, recognizing rhyming words, and responding to literature through writing.

The resource includes both open-ended comprehension questions and a multiple-choice assessment, allowing teachers to choose the format that best meets their students’ needs.

SEL & Character Education

Scribble Stones provides a natural opportunity to teach students that purpose isn’t determined by size or appearance and that seemingly small acts can have a powerful impact on others.

 

Students explore:

Kindness • Purpose • Perseverance • Self-Worth • Creativity • Helping Others • Empathy • Joy • Making a Difference • Positive Thinking

The Brightening Someone’s Day activity asks students to identify ways they can personally make someone else’s day better. This is while the Kindness Stones activity encourages students to give encouraging or complimentary messages to others.

 

Art & STEAM Integration

One of the highlights is the Create a Scribble Stone activity. Students can decorate an actual stone—or use the included paper alternative—with pictures, shapes, dots, lines, and positive words. They then complete a reflection explaining who or what they created their stone for, how they hope it makes someone feel, and the message they want it to spread.

 

The What Could This Become? partner activity adds a creative STEAM component. Students brainstorm new uses for ordinary objects such as cardboard boxes, paper plates, jars, sticks, paper bags, string, and bottle caps. This reinforces the message that creativity means there isn’t always just one right answer.

Please note: This is a companion resource. A copy of Scribble Stones by Diane Alber is not included and is needed to complete the book-specific activities.