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Classroom Activity: The Bad Seed

Practicing Good Choices

by Alexie Basil, inspired by an activity by PreK teacher Zoe Kleinmann

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After reading The Bad Seed, written by Jory John and illustrated by Pete Oswald, with your class, try PreK teacher Zoe Kleinmann’s creative classroom activity with your students to help them practice social-emotional skills and good decision-making.

“Bad seeds” can make good choices! It just takes practice.

Zoe Kleinmann—who is also featured in this week’s Book Talk—asks her PreK students to flex their social-emotional muscles (and creativity!) by drawing the titular character from The Bad Seed as he thinks about making a good choice.

Encourage your students to try this fun classroom activity by making their own “bad seeds” out of paper, then demonstrating their decision-making process inside of a thought bubble (or as a drawing in their brains)!

Bad-Seed-Activity-image1 Some second grade students’ completed works from Imagine Charter School in Weston, Florida.
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Teacher Tip

Younger students can draw their “bad seed” acting out a good choice in the thought bubble. Older students can write out the good choice instead.

Looking for inspiration? Here are some pictures of second grade students from Imagine Charter School in Weston, Florida, making their own “bad seeds” consider good choices.

Bad-Seed-Activity-image3 Students cut, color, and draw their own “bad seeds” considering good choices.

How did the activity turn out in your classroom? We’d love to see your students’ work! Please share photos with us on social media using the hashtag #ScholasticBookClubs.

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The Bad Seed
by Jory John, illustrated by Pete Oswald
Funny and Compelling Story About Trying to Be Good

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A Note from Judy

Summer is finally here! Thank you, teachers and parents, for a fantastic 2021–2022 school year full of reading, learning, and fun. And the best part? The joys of reading don’t have to stop now!

Encourage your students to keep their minds and imaginations active through summer reading! Visit the Summer Boutique to discover many exciting and engaging books for all reading levels and interests. There’s sure to be a story that will catch every student’s attention.

We can’t wait to see you again next fall with a whole new lineup of Books of the Week and free resources for your class!

Judy Newman

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