Description
What Do You Do With a Problem Book Activities:
These activities for What Do You Do With a Problem by Kobi Yamada are perfect for 1st-4th grade. This picture book works perfectly with What Do You Do With an Idea? and What Do You Do With a Chance?.
The activities in the companion book focus more on the concepts presented in the story than on the content (though comprehension questions are included in list and task-card form).
In addition to the task cards and worksheets, you will also find a variety of activities where students can practice finding opportunities in real-life problems and a growth mindset reflection page.
Instructions are also included on how to set up a “Problem Patrol” in your classroom to help students solve problems (or receive suggestions on how to manage them).
I hope this product helps your students learn to find the gems of opportunity in problems. It also focuses on how to deal with worries students can control and worries they can’t (and it would be perfect for a counselor facilitating a group focused on anxiety, worries, or problem-solving skills).
This file includes activities about the following:
- Discussion questions and task cards
- Solving problems anchor charts
- Opportunities
- Growth mindset
- Problem Patrol
- Journal Writing
- Problems create worries
- Problems on pendants
- One problem, three opportunities
- Go away worries
Here are individual links for each Kobi Yamada Literature Unit:
- What Do You Do With an Idea Book Activities
- What Do You Do With a Problem Book Activities
- What Do You Do With a Chance Book Activities
- Maybe Book Activities
- Trying Book Activities
- The Candy Dish Book Activities
NOTE: THIS FILE INCLUDES A DIGITAL DISTANCE LEARNING OPTION!
This product includes a digital option (as well as the no-prep printable option). The instructions for utilizing the digital portion appear at the end of the packet.
This PDF product contains 37 pages + Google Slides™.








Jennifer B. –
GREAT RESOURCE
Adrien G –
Fun, easy, and the kids understood the concept without spending weeks working on it!
Sparkle K –
Thanks!
Elizabeth G –
My students really enjoyed these activities.
Haley H –
This really helped build classroom community
E Kersting Peterson K –
great book great resource
Jessica O –
Great resources and activities to go along with the book.
Jessica V –
Excellent resource!
Rebecca N –
Nice.
allison L. –
Great resource!
Simone M –
great companion to “what do you do with a problem”
Laura G –
Great resource for a great book!
Nelson 4th Grade –
Awesome Resource!
susan G –
This was so awesome! My kiddos loved these activities…Thanks so much for a great product!
Lauren W. –
Thank you!
Adam F –
awesome
Moore Achievement –
Great for the BOY. Thank you!
Catherine B –
Just what I was looking for! Thanks!
Linda M –
Great resource to help students examine how they can be proactive when faced with a problem.
Jamie L –
Great resource! Thank you!