Alley Oops

In Alley Oops by Janice Levy (Author) and C. B. Decker (Illustrator), J.J.’s name-calling has consequences.

“Jonathon Jason Jax! Get in here right now!”

“Uh-oh,” J.J. said to himself
“Sounds like trouble.”

Ideas Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: Use this book to begin a discussion about name-calling and bullying. Ask students to write their own story on the topic. 

Conventions Mini-lesson
Primary/Intermediate: When J.J. and his Dad talk about how name-calling hurts other, their dialogue has quotation marks. Ask students to check their stories to make sure they added quotation marks to any conversation.

Take the Easy Reader Workshop. for inservice clock hours.