The Monster Who Lost His Mean: Behavior Basics Book Club

The Monster Who
Lost His Mean

Behavior Basics Book Club
Created by Melissa Finch

What is the behavior
basics book club?
The behavior basics book club was created to help teach
students the basics of behavior through childhood classic
books. Each book has activities to start the discussion and
teach the behaviors to create a strong foundation in your
classroom.
What does this

book teach?
This story is a silly story about a
monster who loses his mean. He
goes on a search to find his
missing ”M.” Teach students the
importance of kindness with this
story.
How can I extend this

lesson?
My behavior basics curriculum sold
separately provides weekly detailed
lesson plans for a more detailed and
direct instruction on kindness. The lesson
includes social stories, visual supports,
discussion questions, coloring pages,
interactive notebook pages and
assessment questions. The behavior
basics curriculum is NOT needed to use
the behavior basics book club, but can be
used when more instruction is required.
What’s Included!?!?
Reading response
Writing response or illustrated response
Directed Drawing
Step by step directions included
Table of
contents
Lesson Plan………………………………………….6
Color Anchor Chart…………………………..7-11
B/W Anchor Chart…………………………..12-15
Written Reading Response………………….16
Illustrated Reading Response……………..17
Directed Drawing………………………………….18
Bonus Activities………………………………19-31
* For the lesson plans, I numbered the pages in all

of my read aloud books starting page #1 on the
first page of the text of the book, unless it was
already numbered by the printing company.
Lesson 39
The Monster Who Lost His Mean

By: Tiffany Strelitz Haber
Behavior Basic Focus Pre Reading
Lesson 39 teaches the importance This story is a silly story about a
of kindness at school. The lesson monster who loses his mean. He goes
shares different ways students can on a search to find his missing “M.”
be kind at school. Kindness can make
others feel happy at school. It also
can make students feel proud of Listen carefully as I read the story to
themselves when they are kind. learn how we can all be kindness
Kindness helps make school a better monsters in the classroom.
place for all students and staff.
Discussion Questions
Cover: Take a look at the cover, what do you think this story is about?
How do you think the monsters feel?
Pg. 2 What does the “M” stand for?
Pg. 5 What is he called now?
Pg. 11 Where did he look for the “M?”
Pg. 19 Was the monster kind?
Pg. 21 Was the monster kind?
Pg. 30 How does the monster feel without his “M?”
Extension Questions
• Why was the Monster so happy in the end with his friends?
• Do you think the monster is happier with or without his mean? Why?
• Has anyone ever been kind to you?
• Has anyone ever been mean to you?
• Which made you feel better? Somebody being kind, or somebody being
mean?
• Why is important to be kind to others at all times?
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Assemble the pieces to create
your own anchor chart.

We
Are
Kindness
Monsters
We can be
kindness monsters when…
We can be
We can be
We can be
We
Are
Kindness
Monsters
We can be
We can be
We can be
We can be
Name: Date: -
Title: The Monster Who Lost His Mean

Author: Tiffany Strelitz Haber
Book Rating:
W e c a n b e k i n d n e s s m o n s t e r s w h e n…

Name: Date: -
Title: The Monster Who Lost His Mean

Author: Tiffany Strelitz Haber
Book Rating:
W e c a n b e k i n d n e s s m o n s t e r s w h e n…

BONUS ACTIVITIES
1
1. Read Story
2. Class Discussion using Bookmark
3. Monster Headbands
4. Kindness Monster Dumpster Diving
5. Anchor Chart
6. Brainstorm Worksheet
7. Writing Craftivity
2 3 4
5 5
6 7

Kindness
Monsters ONLY

The Monster Who The Monster Who
Lost His Mean Lost His Mean
By: Tiffany Strelitz Haber By: Tiffany Strelitz Haber
*Teachers Directions: Using the *Teachers Directions: Using the

picture/book walk pre-reading picture/book walk pre-reading
strategy flip through pages to look strategy flip through pages to look
at the cover and pictures. at the cover and pictures.
Picture Walk Questions Picture Walk Questions

1. What do you think the book is 1. What do you think the book is
about? about?
2. Who is in the story? 2. Who is in the story?
3. How do you think the 3. How do you think the
monsters feel? monsters feel?
Discussion Questions: Discussion Questions:

1. What does the M stand for in 1. What does the M stand for in
monster? monster?
2. Where does he look for the 2. Where does he look for the
“M?” “M?”
3. What are some kind things the 3. What are some kind things the
Onster did? Onster did?
4. Did the Onster ever find his 4. Did the Onster ever find his
mean? mean?
Extension Questions: Extension Questions:

1. Has anyone ever been kind 1. Has anyone ever been kind
to you? to you?
2. Has anyone ever been 2. Has anyone ever been
mean to you? mean to you?
3. Which made you feel 3. Which made you feel
better? Somebody being better? Somebody being
kind, or somebody being kind, or somebody being
mean? mean?
4. Do you think the monster 4. Do you think the monster
is happier with or without is happier with or without
his mean? Why? his mean? Why?
Turn every student into a kindness monster by creating
kindness monster headbands to add some sparkle to your
kindness discussions and activities. Black/White or Color
options available.

Kindness Monster Headband #1
Instruct students to color/cut and attach to a sentence strip!






This is a fun game you can play with your students in a whole
group setting, small group setting or on an individual as needed
basis. Additional materials needed: writing utensil, trash can,
stuffed monster (optional)
1. Pass out 4. Have students toss

their sentence into
sentence the trash one at a
starter for time. Depending on
students. your students, use
some tape to draw a
line to make the toss
that much more fun!
2. Instruct 5. Introduce
students to the “kindness
share one monster” and
time they have it visit the
were unkind. class! (you can
name it if you
like!)
6. Invite students up one

at a time to choose a
3. Have crumbled piece of paper
students from the trash and share
it with the class. (they will
crumble up not be sharing their own
their unkind story!) Students can hold
the kindness monster while
story! (they doing so. Once the unkind
will love this!) story is shared,
brainstorm with the class
how they could have
chosen to be kind in that
situation instead of mean.
One time I was not kind when…

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* For the lesson plans, I numbered the pages in all

The Monster Who Lost His Mean

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Title: The Monster Who Lost His Mean

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Title: The Monster Who Lost His Mean

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*Teachers Directions: Using the *Teachers Directions: Using the

Picture Walk Questions Picture Walk Questions

Discussion Questions: Discussion Questions:

Extension Questions: Extension Questions:

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