Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for I’m Not Just A Scribble will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of advocacy, apologizing, diversity, forgiveness and positive self talk, this I’m Not Just A Scribble picture book by Diane Alber is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with I’m Not Just A Scribble Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of I’m Not Just A Scribble. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with I’m Not Just A Scribble reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
I'M NOT JUST A SCRIBBLE SUMMARY
The story I’m Not Just a Scribble… is a about a Scribble who looks a little bit different than the other pictures, but knows that he special.
Throughout the story, Scribble goes to different pictures and asks if he can play with them. The pictures say no and point out that scribble looks different than them and is more messy and colorful. Scribble stays true to himself, and does not let them get him down.
At the end of the story, the other pictures apologize the Scribble and ask him to play with them. The pictures create a big, beautiful picture because they are all working together.
Students will love this story about diversity and staying true to oneself.
I’M NOT JUST A SCRIBBLE 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 I’m Not Just A Scribble reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing character
- point of view
- analyzing illustrations
- making connections
- asking and answering questions
- author’s purpose
- rhyme, rhythm and repetition
- identifying theme message or moral
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- advocacy
- apologizing
- diversity
- forgiveness
- positive self talk
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- nouns
- action verbs
- adjectives
- quotation marks
I’M NOT JUST A SCRIBBLE 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 I’m Not Just A Scribble?
- Lexile® Measure: N/A
- Guided Reading Level: N/A
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): N/A
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Diane Alber. It was illustrated by Diane Alber.
What genre is I’m Not Just A Scribble?
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.
