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Teacher Review: Perfect

3-Minute Video About Making Mistakes and Empathy

by Tatiana Florival

Teacher’s Takeaway

“[Perfect] is great for teaching social-emotional lessons, doing lessons about compare and contrast, and teaching our students that it’s okay to make mistakes!” —Tiffany Beuter

Everybody makes mistakes sometimes! In fact, first grade teacher Tiffany Beuter at Horn Elementary in Iowa City, Iowa, wants her students to make mistakes—after all, they’re an important part of learning.

To help her class have conversations about imperfections and empathy, Tiffany loves sharing the Book of the Week, Perfect by Max Amato. Watch her teacher review video to discover how you can use Perfect with your class to teach:

• Social-Emotional Lessons: Open up discussions about how it’s okay to make mistakes and that the classroom is a safe space

• How to Make a Venn Diagram: Compare and contrast the pencil and the eraser at the beginning, middle, and end of the story

• Art: Encourage students to scribble with a pencil, and then make a picture with eraser marks—just like in the story!

• Language Fluency: Supplement lessons by having students identify onomatopoeias and reading aloud

• Text-to-Self Connections: Have a class discussion about how the eraser becomes overwhelmed by the pencil’s actions, and have students think about times when they’ve felt that way

Teacher Tip

While teaching remotely, students can read aloud with their mics on mute. That way, students get to practice without the added pressure to read perfectly!

How do you plan to use Perfect in your class? Please share with the Scholastic Book Clubs community on Facebook and Instagram using the hashtag #ScholasticBookClubs.

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Perfect
by Max Amato
Humorous Picture Book About Being Perfectly Imperfect

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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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