Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by:
Judith Viorst (author)
Ray Cruz (author)
He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running. He could tell...
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He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. He went to sleep with gum in his mouth and woke up with gum in his hair. When he got out of bed, he tripped over his skateboard and by mistake dropped his sweater in the sink while the water was running. He could tell it was going to be a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. It was a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. Nothing at all was right. Everything went wrong, right down to lima beans for supper and kissing on TV. What do you do on a day like that? Well, you may think about going to Australia. You may also be glad to find that some days are like that for other people too.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781416985952 (1416985956)
ASIN: 1416985956
Publish date: September 22nd 2009
Publisher: Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 32
Edition language: English
Category:
Young Adult,
Childrens,
Classics,
Humor,
Academic,
School,
Realistic Fiction,
Juvenile,
Family,
Kids,
Picture Books
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst is about about a boy named Alexander who has bad hair, who gets out of bed to face a day that seems to grow increasingly worse with each passing minute. Indeed, on the very first page, Alexander wakes to hair full of gum, t...
Have you ever woke up in bad mood? Well Alexander has. Alexander goes through a day were a serious of unfortunate events keep happening. Read to find out if it gets any better. The leveling system is The Lexile, reading level AD840L. Students can do a cause and effect activity based on the events an...
This is a good book to use for upper grades 3rd-5th grade. This story is about a boy named Alexander and how he is having a bad day because everything is going wrong since the moment he woke up. I would use this book in my classroom by having students do descriptive writing and having them write abo...
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day Guided Reading: Level M This is great book to read for when students are not having a good day. The book is about all the horrible things that happen to Alexander during the day and how they just keep getting worse. But, the point of the st...
As a student I feel like this book can be relatable. Some of the events that Alexander is faced with, may be some of the same things that the students face. Everyone has a bad day every now and again. An activity that could be used would be getting the students to sequence the events in the story, o...
6 years ago
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