Books Ideas by Behavior

1st Week of School

- Miss Nelson is Missing (Harry Allard)

- First Day Jitters (Julie Danneberg)
- The Kissing Hand (Audrey Penn)
- We Don’t Eat Our Classmates (Ryan T. Higgins)
- Dear Teacher (Amy Husband)

Anger/Aggression

- How to Take the Grrr Out of Anger (Elizabeth Verdick & Marjorie
Lisovskis)
- I Just Don’t Like the Sound of No (Julia Cook)
- Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Judith
Viorst)
- Soda Pop Head (Julia Cook)

Anti-Bullying

- The Recess Queen (Alexis O’Neal)

- Enemy Pie (Derek Munson)
- The Juice Box Bully (Maria Dismondy)
- Tease Monster (Julia Cook)
- The Brand New Kid (Katie Couric)

Being Bossy

- It’s My Way or the Highway (Julia Cook)

Can’t Sit Still/Impulsiveness

- It’s Hard to be a Verb (Julia Cook)

- What Were You Thinking? A Story About Learning to Control
Impulses (Bryan Smith)
- Me First (Helen Lester)
- Mrs. Gorski I think I have the Wiggle Fidgets (Barbara Esham)
- Interrupting Chickens (David Ezra Stein)
- Lilly’s Plastic Purple Purse (Kevin Henkes)
Chatterboxes

- Lacey Walker, Non-Stop Talker (Christianne Jones)

- My Mouth is a Volcano (Julia Cook)

Courage/Perseverance

- Amazing Grace (Mary Hoffman)

- After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again (Dan Santat)
- The Boy Who Never Gave Up (Stephen Curry)
- Rosie Revere, Engineer (Andrea Beaty)
- Elbow Grease (John Cena)

Illness (When a Friend or Relative is Sick)

- How Do You Care for a Very Sick Bear (Vanessa Bayer)

Fear/Anxiety

- Testing Miss Malarkey (Judy Finchler)

- The Anti-Test Anxiety Society (Julia Cook)
- Jabari Jumps (Gaia Cornwall)
- Wemberly Worried (Kevin Henkes)
- Wilma Jean the Worry Machine (Julia Cook)
- The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes (Gary Rubinstein & Mark Pett)

Kindness/Compassion

- Have You Filled a Bucket Today? (Carol McCloud)

- The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
- Those Shoes (Marybeth Boelts)
- Wonder (R.J. Palacio)
- We’re All Wonders (R.J. Palacio)
- The Kindness Quilt (Nancy Elizabeth Wallace)
- Wilfred Gordon McDonald Partridge (Mem Fox)
- The Potato Chip Champ (Maria Dismondy)
- The Jelly Donut Difference (Maria Dismondy)

Lying/Stealing

- Lying up a Storm (Julia Cook)

 - The Boy Who Cried Bigfoot (Scott Magoon)
- Ruthie and the (Not So) Teeny Tiny Lie (Laura Rankin)
- Ricky Sticky Fingers (Julia Cook)

Manners /Rules

- Do Unto Otters (Laurie Keller)

- What is Everybody Did That? (Ellen Javernick)
- That Rule Doesn’t Apply to Me (Julia Cook)
- Dude that’s Rude! (Get Some Manners!) (Pamela Espeland)
- Mind Your Manners B.B. Wolf (Judy Sierra)

Personal Space

- Personal Space Camp (Julia Cook)

- Harrison P. Spader, Personal Space Invader (Christianna C. Jones)

Tattling

- A Bad Case of the Tattle Tongue (Julia Cook)

- Don’t Squeal, Unless It’s a Big Deal (Jeanie Franz Ransom)
- A Bug and a Wish (Karen Scheuer)

Uniqueness/Diversity

- The Crayon Box that Talked (Shane Derolf)

- Spaghetti in a Hot Dog Bun (Maria Dismondy)
- Stand Tall Molly Lou Melon (Patty Lovell)
- Amazing Grace (Mary Hoffman)
 Videos

PBIS Right Way/Wrong Way (MPS PBIS) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HO-M_QpiG5o

Respect Rap (Frank Porter Graham Elementary) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGuT9-_Y5J4

Verb Rap (NeLearning TeacherTube) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ineCCpqpZrM

Frozen Plural Nouns - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-loSaH_YsA

Multiplication Mash-Up (McCarthy Math Academy) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgjCLhoI9Mk

Properties of Multiplication (McCarthy Math Academy) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jG9E2pev3bQ

Dr. Jean Lettercise (Great for Kindergarten) -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0trern0-W8g

MAPSA Blog Post – Be a Rock Star in your classroom -

https://www.charterschools.org/blog/be-a-rock-star-in-your-classroom

Strategy Songs

Compare and Contrast (To the Tune of Bippity Boppity Boo)

Compare and contrast … Compare and contrast.

What’s the same and what’s different?
You can use characters, books, and more. What’s the same and what’s
different?

Footloose Reading Song

We’ve been reading all day!
Why do that they say?
Reading all day … For what?
So we told them what we thought.
Reading is appealing.
Look at the books all around.
No matter how you’re feeling,
a good book can turn it around!
So you gotta just …
Choose a book!
Come on and take a look!
You see it’s the key!
Reading can take you where you wanna be!
Get on track!
C’mon and don’t look back.
No time to snooze.

Everybody choose a good book!

You know reading is cool.

It helps you in school.
It will make you really smart!
You’re turning pages and learning some,
some things you never knew.
If you just give them a try.
I’m trying to tell you.
Reading and help you fly high.
If you would just …

Choose a book.
Come on and take a look.
You see it’s the key.
Reading can take you where you wanna be!
Time to grow.
C’mom c’mom let’s go!
No time to snooze.

Everybody choose a good book.

READ A GOOD BOOK! (3)

We hope that you’ll stick around

and see that books can astound.
Now we hope you see what we’ve known.
Ahhhhh There’s no excuse!
Just choose!
Come on and take a look!
You see it’s the key!
Reading can take you where you wanna be.
Get on track!
C’mon and don’t look back.
No time to snooze.
Everybody choose a good book!

A good book.
Come on and take a look.
You see it’s the key.
Reading can take you where you wanna be.
Get on track!
Come on and don’t look back!
No time to snooze.

Everybody choose. Everybody choose (x3)

Everybody choose a good book!

I-PICK Rap Lyrics

(step and clap)

I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K
I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K

I (point to self and then shake hands no)

I choose, not you
I choose my books
I choose, not you
I choose my books

I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K

I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K

P (bend knees and arms up in question)

Purpose, purpose. Why am I reading this?
Purpose, purpose. Why am I reading this?
I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K
I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K

I (swing hands up then hands on hips)

Interest, interest. Do I like it?
Interest, interest. Do I like it?

I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K

I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K

C (hands on sides of head)

Comprehend … Do I understand?
Comprehend … Do I understand?

I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K

I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K

K (arms alternate up and down in front of body)

Know, know. Do I know most of the words?
Know, know. Do I know most of the words?

I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K

I PICK, I PICK, I P-I-C-K

Word! (Arms folded across chest)