Description
Need some great activities for Stellaluna? Let this reading comprehension resource help you push your students’ thinking about this wonderful picture book by Janell Cannon! If you really want to move your students toward deep understanding, I’ve got you covered and with literally NO PREP for you!
Perfect for:
- practicing comprehension strategies
- teaching text structures (compare and contrast)
- comparing fiction and nonfiction texts
- using graphic organizers to respond to reading
- using graphic organizers to help with nonfiction reading and writing
- substitute teachers (everything you need for several days is included!)
This little resource packs a huge punch!
NOW WITH FULL DIGITAL ACCESS!
Included:
- Common Core Alignment (Grades 3-5)
- -Holistic scoring rubric (2 formats)
- Suggestions For Use
- Vocabulary/language “highlights” to help with English Language Learners or struggling readers
- Discussion Prompts to help you with your prep
- Writing reflection “Pausing Points” to get students writing about reading
- (3 formats—clippable for readers’ notebooks, DIGITAL SLIDES, and as stand alone pages)
- A summary/theme response sheet as a focus reading skill activity
- 2 graphic organizers to help students record their thinking
- FULL DIGITAL ACCESS
- Bonus “Bat research” forms and slides to tie this book to informational reading…perfect for extensions or working to compare informational and fiction texts, something MANY students struggle to understand.
Remember, all state standards requires students to think deeply about sophisticated texts! This will not happen without modeling. Using this resource with a read aloud text can help you model some of these higher level comprehension expectations.
What are teachers saying?
“This resource gave me new ideas of ways to use Stellaluna. I can’t wait to share them with my class.”
“Love how this extended Stellaluna into upper elementary. Most Stellaluna products are geared towards primary, but uppers love the story too. It’s a great book for character analysis!”
“Higher Order thinking for Stellaluna and the upper grades – just what I was looking for – thank you!”
What is a “Mentor Text Moment” resource?
Mentor texts are excellent examples of literature and the elements you notice in them can then be reinforced throughout students’ other reading and writing. This resource can help and is based upon Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, a wonderful story at so many levels.
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Looking for more great literature resources? Try these!
Novel Study for Fish in a Tree (includes digital option)
Graphic Organizers to Record Responses to Reading (includes digital option)
Novel Study for Wish (includes digital option)
Writing About Reading: A One-Week Response Unit (perfect for any fiction texts)
And many more!
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