Dara Beth's Classroom Library

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day was published in 1972 by Judith Viorst. This story was composed in order to relate to any child that has ever had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. The main character is about a young boy named Alexander. This young boy started off his day wrong from the second that he got up and tripped on his skateboard. Everything at school went wrong for Alex that day, as well as his trip to this dentist when he got a cavity. When he returns home, his night is also filled with negative experiences. In the end, his mom tries to tell him that everyone has their bad days. For an activity, I will have my students complete a text to self connections work sheet where they will answer the question "How to make a Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day better...." by writing out their answer on the provided lines on the worksheet. This book is a level 24 according to the DRA book leveling system.