Description

The Smart Cookie by Jory John and Pete Oswald

John and Oswald did it again with the book The Smart Cookie. This text incorporates so many SEL lessons/virtues within that it makes the ultimate resource for your classroom! The themes of The Smart Cookie include: Building Confidence at School, The Power of Self-Confidence, It’s okay to make mistakes, We are ALL smart cookies!

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Summary

This cookie has never felt like a smart cookie no matter how hard he tries, especially in comparison to all the clever cupcakes and brilliant rolls in the bakery. Will a dash of creativity and a sprinkle of confidence be enough to help him learn that perfect scores and having all the answers aren’t the only ingredients for intelligence?

 

The Smart Cookie: Power of Self-Confidence resource includes:  30+ pages and 18 differentiated activities!

*Summary page for teacher

*A cover for work packet for the week if it is a center or an ongoing activity.

*Predicting Page

*Story Concepts page- Main characters, setting, problem, solution, favorite part

*Venn Diagram- Comparing themselves to the main character.

*Summarizing

*Character Traits

*Text Connections

*Character Analysis- How the main character changes from the beginning of the story to the end.

*Theme / message

*Vocabulary- In my own words

*Find the Following- students are directed to find certain items within the text. Ex: a turning point, a vivid verb, a connection, a time where they felt said, etc…

Writing:

*Writing prompt about “Community”

*Writing prompt about “We are all smart cookies.”

*Teacher with positive qualities activity

* Self-Reflection / Connection Questions

*Analyzing and Self-Reflection Questions

Task Cards:

*Question stem task cards- partners, small groups, or whole group

*(2) Coloring pages

 

Being Different, SEL, SEL activity, social emotional learning, character education, character education activity, positive outlook, positivity, accepting others, unique, different, printables, digital, differentiated, confidence, self-confidence, mistakes, positive attitude, being kind to others, kindness