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With a courage theme, this How to Catch the Tooth Fair picture book by Adam Wallace is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms.
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HOW TO CATCH THE TOOTH FAIRY SUMMARY
Every night at 3:09, the Tooth Fairy sets out to work. It is her job to fly around collecting teeth. In fact, she collects three hundred thousand teeth each night! However, the Tooth Fairy’s job can be dangerous because children set traps in their room hoping to catch her. Thankfully, she is too quick for most traps!
First, the Tooth Fairy visits Nancy, where she must avoid the drool. Next, she travels to Johnny’s house where she is able to avoid the trap and even hides his socks. At Julie’s house, the Tooth Fairy finds a trap made of floss but it is not enough to catch her. The Tooth Fairy leaves a coin for Julie and flies to Taylor’s house. Here, there is a very impressive trap but the Tooth Fairy is able to get away thanks to her fairy dust. However, a marshmallow catapult leaves the Tooth Fairy with some stuck to her bum! At Sarah’s house there are many traps but the Tooth Fairy is able to avoid them all and heads to her final stop. Sanjeev had a creative trap that almost worked, but the Tooth Fairy was able to get out safely.
Finally, the Tooth Fairy and all of the teeth she collected make it home safely! None of the children were able to trap her just yet; could you?
HOW TO CATCH THE TOOTH FAIRY LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based How to Catch the Tooth Fairy reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making connections
- point of view
- identifying rhyme | rhythm | repetition
- summarizing/retelling
- visualizing
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- courage
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- proper nouns
- adjectives
- punctuation
- antonyms
HOW TO CATCH THE TOOTH FAIRY ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for How to Catch the Tooth Fairy?
- Lexile® Measure: 520L
- Guided Reading Level: N
- DRA Level: 24 – 28
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.7 – 2.9
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Adam Wallace. It was illustrated by Andy Elkerton.
What genre is How to Catch the Tooth Fairy?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 32 pages long.
