Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for The Good Egg 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 problem solving and friendship, this The Good Egg picture book by Jory John 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 The Good Egg Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of The Good Egg. 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 The Good Egg reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
THE GOOD EGG SUMMARY
In the book, The Good Egg by Jory John, the main character is kind and helpful and always makes positive choices. Unfortunately, the other eleven eggs he shares a carton with are always misbehaving.
The Good Egg works hard to keep the peace, take charge and tries to fix their bad behavior. It exhausts him, makes his head feel scrambled and ultimately causes his shell to crack from all the pressure.
When he finally has had enough he leaves the group and takes the time necessary to focus on himself.
This is a wonderful book that reminds us all how important it is to take care of ourselves and our own needs in order to find happiness.
THE GOOD EGG LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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When it comes to writing lesson plans and finding activities for The Good Egg, we’ve already done all of the heavy lifting for you.
We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based The Good Egg reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing character
- making predictions
- visualizing
- making connections
- sequencing
- cause and effect
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- problem solving
- friendship
- bravery
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- homophones
- contractions
- verb tense
- adjectives
THE GOOD EGG 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 The Good Egg?
- Lexile® Measure: AD510L
- 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 Jory John. It was illustrated by Pete Oswald.
What genre is The Good Egg?
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 40 pages long.
