Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for I Need My Monster 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 feelings, this I Need My Monster picture book by Amanda Noll 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 Need My Monster Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of I Need My Monster. 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 Need My Monster reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
I NEED MY MONSTER SUMMARY
Ethan was getting ready for bed when he found out his monster will be gone for a week. He starts to worry about how he will fall asleep without his monster, Gabe, there. Ethan needs his monster, with long, sharp claws, and a long tail in order to sleep at night. He decides to call in a substitute monster.
The first monster arrives and does not have long enough claws. The next monster has long claws but they are not ragged like his monster’s claws are. Ethan is visited by 5 monsters and none of them are scary enough, so he sends them away. Finally, Gabe, returns from his fishing trip and Ethan is so happy to see him. Gabe felt like the fish scared too easily, and likes that Ethan is a challenge. Thankfully, Ethan is able to fall asleep now that his beloved monster has returned.
I NEED MY MONSTER 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 Need My Monster reading comprehension questions focus on:
- making predictions
- visualizing
- comparing and contrasting
- analyzing character
- plot | problem and solution
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- feelings
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- helping verbs
- prefixes
- adverbs
- conjunctions
I NEED MY MONSTER 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 Need My Monster?
- Lexile® Measure: AD490L
- Guided Reading Level: L
- DRA Level: 20
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Amanda Noll. It was illustrated by Howard McWilliam.
What genre is I Need My Monster?
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.
