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™.








Christy L –
Thank you for such an awesome product!
Beth Jauhola –
Great resource!
MsOReadsBooks –
Great ideas for integrating a wonderful book into both core and SEL curriculum.
Dee Dee –
Helps student learn how to solve word problems. The steps can be used to approach any Math Problem.
randy B –
Good resource to use after read aloud.
Stephania McCormick –
Great resource to compliment my SEl lessons about problem solving. We read the story and used the cards to help us to discuss about what is a problem and how the character handle his problem in the story.
Roxanne F –
This is great for community building! Thanks!
Elissa W –
We did a read aloud and then had a class discussion. I used this resource to follow up on their understanding and it was perfect.
Lisa H –
Thanks! We used the book for our SEL lessons & these materials were great & helpful for our class to use.
kathleen O –
Matched up with the book with great activities
Katie C –
Loved this!
Katherine W –
This was an excellent practice activity to reinforce these skills. Easy to print and use. The students were challenged and engaged.
Darlene S –
Awesome resource!
Carol A –
I read the story and we discussed the problems and how they were resolved. Then we discussed problems we’ve encountered while remote learning and we could/ did solve them.
Mindful in the Mitten –
Great resource
M V –
Great resource to support the text.
Anna Turner –
Great resource! Students loved it. Thank you!
Kassidy Crenshaw –
Such a great resource that is perfectly alined with the book!
Linda A –
This was an engaging resource and easy to use during remote learning! It was a wonderful companion to the story.
Margarita M –
Love it, thanks so much!