Teach Listening & Self-Control with My Mouth Is a Volcano!

This mini Rooted in Reading resource is the perfect book companion for My Mouth Is a Volcano by Julia Cook. Ideal for the first weeks of school, it helps students reflect on respectful listening, recognize positive and negative behaviors, and learn valuable lessons from the story—all while building reading comprehension skills.

What’s Included:
• Interactive Read Aloud Lesson Plans – Step-by-step plans for before, during, and after reading.
• Classroom Behavior Sort – Students use picture cards to decide if a behavior is positive or negative.
• Classroom Struggles Journal Writing – Encourages students to reflect on challenges and brainstorm solutions.
• Book Question Cards – Promote comprehension with questions for before, during, and after reading.
• Focus Posters: Author, Illustrator, Using Illustrations – Teach key book elements and how illustrations add meaning.
• Anchor Chart: Roles of Author & Illustrator – Students brainstorm the different tasks of both the author and the illustrator
• Book Jobs Printable – Reinforces the different responsibilities of authors and illustrators.
• Illustrations Printable – Helps students explore and respond to the story’s illustrations.
• Responding to the Text Focus Poster – Supports discussions about the lesson learned in the story.
• My Mouth Is a Volcano Craft & Writing – Students create a volcano-themed craft paired with a writing response.

Benefits for Teachers:
• Encourages positive classroom behavior and active listening.
• Builds comprehension skills while connecting to real-life classroom situations.
• Saves time with ready-to-use lesson plans, printables, and visuals.
• Promotes positive classroom behaviors in a relatable, engaging way.

Perfect for back-to-school read alouds, behavior lessons, or literacy block activities—this My Mouth Is a Volcano companion helps set the tone for a respectful and engaged classroom.