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™.








Melanie S –
Perfect for teaching growth mindset! Thanks!
Jekaterina S –
Great product—- my students loved it!!!!
Claire K –
Great product- I love the pennants!
Melanie M –
Thank you for the resource
Katrina S –
Great resource to go with the book!
Misty L –
Awesome. I love this series.
Anuka D –
This was a fantastic resource! Thanks.
Connie V –
Great resource.
Sydney Hinkle –
My students enjoyed doing this at the beginning of the year! Thank you!
Ashley L. –
Great Resource!
Christine S –
Great resource, but my first graders are not ready for this yet.
andrea C –
Great to go along with book “What do you do with a problem”!
Alia A –
Some great activities to use to go along with the book. I loved using these for my social groups! Thank you!
Jane Shomberg –
Great resource-thank you!
Rebecca M –
Thanks for the resource!
janelle C –
Super happy with this purchase.
Carey R –
A variety of activities to do with the book.
B T –
Great accompaniment to the book!
B T –
Great accompaniment to the book!
Alison W –
great