Behavior Basics Book Club (SEL Books For the Classroom)

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What is the Behavior basics book club?

The Behavior Basics Book club can be implemented in any classroom. It is a list of 60 childhood favorite picture books that focus on social emotional learning skills and help to teach the basics of behavior. The Behavior Basics Book Club can be set up in your classroom and utilized as a valuable resource to teach students various behaviors and how to be successful students. Proudly display your Behavior Basics Book Club books in your classroom library so that you can quickly grab it when a refresher lesson is needed on any given day.

What do these books teach?

I have chosen a picture book to align with each lesson in my behavior basics curriculum. These books provide a fun alternative to direct instruction to teach the basics of each behavior. These books provide critical thinking and hands on activities for extension activities in your classroom!

Each book has several activities included.

  • Lesson Plans
  • Anchor Chart
  • Reading Response Sheets
  • Directed Drawing Activities

WHat titles are INCLUDED?

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60 pictures books are utilized in the Behavior Basics Book club. It is important to note that the picture books themselves are not included in the download. These books can be purchased at your local book store, amazon, or checked out from a library. Several of these books also have free read alouds online! To grab a list of all 60 titles, click HERE!

Title: Back to School Rules
Author: Laurie B. Friedman
Behavior Focus: Classroom Rules
Title: Lacey Walker, Nonstop Talker
Author: Christianne C. Jones
Behavior Focus: Raising My Hand
Title: Follow the Line
Author: Laura Ljunakvist
Behavior Focus: Smooth Transitions
Title: The Most Magnificent Thing
Author: Ashley Spires
Behavior Focus: Staying on Task
Title: The Worst Day in my Life Ever
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: Following Directions
Title: Flying Frogs and Walking Fish
Author: Steve Jenkins and Robin Page
Behavior Focus: How I Move in the Classroom
Title: Teamwork Isn’t My Thing
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: Working with Others
Title: Just a Mess
Author: Mercer Mayer
Behavior Focus: Keeping my Workspace Clean
Title: Pigsty
Author: Mark Teague
Behavior Focus: Cleaning Up After Myself
Title: Too Much Glue
Author: Jason Lefebvre
Behavior Focus: Using School Tools
Title: If You Give a Mouse an iPhone
Author: Ann Droyd
Behavior Focus: Technology Rules
Title: My Day Was Ruined
Author: Bryan Smith
Behavior Focus: Changes in Schedule
Title: Miss Nelson is Missing
Author: Harry Allard
Behavior Focus: Substitutes
Title: How Do Dinosaurs Eat Their Food?
Author: Jane Yolen & Mark Teague
Behavior Focus: Cafeteria Manners
Title: Potty Animals
Author: Hope Vestergaard
Behavior Focus: Bathroom Manners
Title: A Line Can Be
Author: L aura Ljungkvist
Behavior Focus: How to Line Up
Title: The Recess Queen
Author: Alexis O’Neil & Laura Huliska-Beith
Behavior Focus: Recess Rules
Title: The Best Book to Read
Author: Debbie Bertram & Susan Bloom
Behavior Focus: Library Rules
Title: Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns about Sportsmanship
Author: Howard Binkow
Behavior Focus: PE Rules
Title: Franklins School Play
Author: Paulette Bourgeois
Behavior Focus: Assembly Rules
Title: Manner s in Public
Author: Carrie Finn
Behavior Focus: How to Act in the Community
Title: This is the Way We Go to School
Author: Edith Baer
Behavior Focus: Getting to School Safely
Title: If a T. Rex Crashes Your Birthday Party
Author: Jill Isbaum
Behavior Focus: Celebrations at School
Title: Miss Mingo and the FIre Drill
Author: Jamie Harper
Behavior Focus: Fire Drills
Title: The Crow and the Earthquake
Author: Merci Martin & Wanda Bishope
Behavior Focus: Earthquake Drills
Title: I ‘m Not Scared… I’m Prepared
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: Lock Down Drills
Title: Tornadoes!
Author: Gail Gibbons
Behavior Focus: Tornadoes
Title: When Miles Got Mad
Author: Samantha Kurtzman-Counter
Behavior Focus: It’s Not Okay to Tantrum
Title: Hands are Not for Hitting
Author: Martine Agassi
Behavior Focus: Keeping My Hands and Feet to Myself
Title: No Means No!
Author: Jayneed Sanders
Behavior Focus: I Won’t Hurt Myself
Title: When Sophie Gets Angry, Really, Really, Angry…
Author: Molly Bang
Behavior Focus: I Wil l Stay With My Class
Title: Froggy Gets Dressed
Author: Jonathan London
Behavior Focus: Keeping My Clothes On
Title: Waiting
Author: Kevin Henkes
Behavior Focus: Waiting Patiently
Title: Gregory, the Terrible Eater
Author: Mitchell Sharmat
Behavior Focus: I Will Eat Only Food
Title: The Juice Box Bully
Author: Bob Sornson & Maria Dismondy
Behavior Focus: I Will Not Be A Bully
Title: The Way I Feel
Author: Janan Cain
Behavior Focus: Understanding My Emotions
Title: What If Everybody Did That
Author: Colleen M. Madden
Behavior Focus: I Will Not Copy Others
Title: The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes
Author: Mark Pett & Gary Rubinstein
Behavior Focus: It ‘s Okay to Make A Mistake
Title: The Monster Who Lost His Mean
Author: Tiffany Strelitz Naber
Behavior Focus: I Can Be Kind

Title: Lying Up A Storm
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: I Will Tell The Truth
Title: The Way I Act
Author: Steve Metzger
Behavior Focus: I Can Be a Role Model
Title: But It’s Not My Fault
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: I Will Be Accountable For Myself
Title: I Can’t Believe You Said That!
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: I Will Use Nice Words
Title: Personal Space Camp
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: Personal Space
Title: Here Comes Destructosaurus!
Author: Aaron Reynolds
Behavior Focus: I Will Not Throw Things
Title: Ricky Sticky Fingers
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: I Will Not Take My Friends Things
Title: Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Author: Mo Willems
Behavior Focus: I Can Share
Title: Say Hello
Author: Rachel Isadora
Behavior Focus: Greeting Others
Title: Interrupting Chicken
Author: David Ezra Stein
Behavior Focus: Listening
Title: The Worst Best Friend
Author: Alexis O’Neil
Behavior Focus: Body Language

Title: Decibella
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: Communication Basics
Title: The Conversation Train
Author: Joel Shaul
Behavior Focus: Staying on Topic
Title: My Mouth is a Volcano
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: Taking Turns
Title: I Just Want to Do it My Way
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: Asking for Help
Title: Sorry, I Forgot to Ask
Author: Julia Cook
Behavior Focus: Apologizing
Title: Knock, Knock! Who’s There?
Author: Tad Hills
Behavior Focus: Sarcasm & Jokes
Title: Enemy Pie
Author: Derek Munson
Behavior Focus: Resolving Conflicts
Title: Be Polite and Kind
Author: Cheri J. Meiners
Behavior Focus: Manners
Title: Those Shoes
Author: Maribeth Boelts
Behavior Focus: I Need...
Title: Can I Play Too?
Author: Mo Willems
Behavior Focus: Asking a Friend to Play

Want to try one lesson fror Free?

I want to make sure you like the format of my Behavior Basics Book Club lessons. I a m offering you one free bundle to try! One of my favorite picture books, Personal Space Camp, teaches personal space for your kiddos. To try this lesson for free, click HERE!

Book storage

Display your book club in this adorable book shelf! T his is the book shelf that I found was able to hold all 60 books in the front display. I also store behavior manipulatives, social stories, timers and visuals in the three cubby spots in the top. The book shelf is on wheels and can easily be pulled out to access the storage shelves in the back. This is where I store Behavior Basics materials not currently in use.

How can i extend these lessons?

My behavior basics curriculum sold separately provides weekly detailed lesson plans for a more detailed and direct instruction on each behavior. The lessons include 3 levels of social stories, visual supports, discussion questions, coloring pages, interactive notebook activities, focus bulletin board pieces, parent newsletters and assessment questions.

The behavior basics curriculum is not needed to use these book club activities. They can be used completely on their own.

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