Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Love Monster and the Last Chocolate 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 compassion, worry, and friendship, this Love Monster and the Last Chocolate picture book by Rachel Bright 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!
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Engage Your Students with Love Monster and the Last Chocolate Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Love Monster and the Last Chocolate. 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.
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LOVE MONSTER AND THE LAST CHOCOLATE SUMMARY
Love Monster returned from his vacation, feeling reflective about his fun adventures. When he gets to his house, he sees a box of chocolates. Someone must have known they were his favorite!
Love Monster struggles with sharing the chocolates or eating them all for himself. When all of his worries add up, he decides it’s safer to just eat them alone.
Sitting there, in his chair, he reflects on his friends and how happy it would make them to eat with him. So, he jumps out the door and runs to share with his friends.
When his friends see him, they simply say to open the box. The box only has one chocolate left because they thought of him when he was away. Love Monster is reminded that when we stop and think of others, it reminds us that they stop and think about us, too.
LOVE MONSTER AND THE LAST CHOCOLATE 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 reading comprehension questions focus on:
- retelling
- analyzing character
- author’s purpose
- making connections
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- multiple meaning words
- figurative language
- ellipses
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- compassion
- worry
- friendship
LOVE MONSTER AND THE LAST CHOCOLATE 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 Love Monster and the Last Chocolate?
- Lexile® Measure: AD610L
- Guided Reading Level: L
- DRA Level: 20-24
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 2.8
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written and illustrated by Rachel Bright.
What genre is Love Monster and the Last Chocolate?
It is a fantasy 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.
