This is a picture book about Alexander who is having the absolute worst day ever! I used to love when Grandot read me books from this series. According to Fountas & Pinnell's guidelines, I would put this book on a level I. This is because it has characteristics matching other books in this level. Fo...
This is the story of Alexander, and what feels like the worst day of his life. Bad things just keeping happening to Alexander, and the reader can't help but feel sorry for his bad luck. At the end of the story, Alexander's mom tells him that some days are just bad days, and that everyone has them. ...
Alexander wakes up on the wrong side of the bed. Usually that's just a saying but this time Alexander woke up with gum in his hair and on the side of the bed that had a skateboard on it. His day only gets worse and never better. It ends with his mother telling him that bad days happen to everybody. ...
Guided Reading Level: M Grade Level: K-2nd Summary: Alexander is having the worst day of his life! It's so bad, he wants to move to Australia. Let's be honest. Haven't we all had days like this? This book is something that young readers can absolutely relate to, and that's what I love about it! One ...
Alexander is having the worst day of his life! This text is a classic story that is extremely relatable for young readers. Alexander experiences all sorts of terrible, horrible, no good, very bad things! Just like Alexander, students might have experienced a terrible day. I would love to have studen...
This book is great for perspective teaching. The Lexile level is AD970L. I would read this aloud in a 3rd grade classroom (it can be used in any grade level) and use Alexander's story to show that we all have bad days. How we react to those bad days is the most important lesson. I would then have ch...
I love Alexander. I always enjoyed hearing this story, and when I learned to read, it was one I picked continuously for independent reading. Alexander is just having a bad day. Nothing is going well for him. To us adults, lots of minor things are just piling up to create a bad day. To Alexander,...
This book is a good read for 3rd graders. I think that it would be good to use when discussing feelings or hard situations. It teaches kids that not everything goes right everyday.
Boy, oh, boy!! This boy means business!! I also found this book in my placement and boy is Alexander serious! I would use this book for not only talking about stubbornness and keeping an open mind, but also for character analysis! Alexander does a lot of changing in this book and there is a lot of g...
This is the story of Alexander, who is just having one of those days! From the moment he gets up to the moment he goes back to bed, it is just one thing after another for him! For use with 2nd or 1st graders and i would use it primarily to teach a unit on behavior and how they can turn anything ar...
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