Includes worksheets, printables, fun activities 40 pages. Students give text based evidence and describe how stellaluna changes throughout the story as well as describe events. But i want to share this stellaluna book study that i have taught for the last 4 years. This week we will be doing our first real book study. Be sure that emotions elicited by bats are included as well as physical descriptions. Stellaluna is a charming picture book, written and illustrated by janell cannon, about a baby fruit bat who gets separated from her mother and ends up in a nest of friendly baby birds. Stellaluna printables, classroom activities, teacher. Stellaluna picture book unit study and carry along lap book highlights of homeschooling gr 15. This post shares several activities and a bat fact flaps craft freebie to use in your classroom during bat week or after reading stellaluna. Throughout our book study we make character booklets and include our summaries as well as responses students write after each of our lessons.
Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young. At the end of the story, all of the delightful characters find that, with a little respect and experience, none of us are so different, after all. Oct 27, 2012 bats lesson nonfiction and fiction stellaluna book includes. This is a huge bundle of activities to supplement your stellaluna book unit. Comprehension by chapter, vocabulary challenges, creative reading response activities and projects, tests, and much more. Formerly known as scholastic printables, we offer printable activities for any subject. Stellaluna is not only an excellent anchor text for teaching comprehension strategies, it also pairs well with a phonics lesson about long e words.
Either download the stellaluna super pack or this individual word work package to access lesson plans, interactive games and fun worksheets that directly tie word study to your classroom reading. There are 5 comprehension lessons in the teaching power point that address. Stellaluna 25th anniversary edition by janell cannon. When stellaluna is separated from her mother before she is old enough to fly. Includes 2 week pacing guide with literacy centers and foldable character study booklet. I have some pictures from past years as well as some new activities that i have added to the unit.
This is a great introductory book study for first grade. Jan 27, 2016 wow, cant believe it has been almost a month since i have posted on my little blog here. Stellaluna, written by janell cannon, is the story about a baby fruit bat that gets separated from her mother during an owl attack. Free stellaluna bat activities and printables in this blog post, you will find a free graphic organizer, a read aloud video, bat fact videos, a free printable bat facts sheet, a video about the worlds largest bat, directions for a comprehension game, a free counting worksheet and more. Stellaluna by janell cannon lesson plans and teaching resources animal study. The endearing book, stellaluna, helps children see fruit bats as harmless and beloved creatures. Stellaluna is a popular book used in schools to support reading and writing skills. If youre pairing this with a homeschool or classroom lesson you may be interested in the national geographic bats readercontinue reading. We will be using the book stellaluna by jannell cannon. Children first identify possible factual information from works of fiction which are read aloud, then they listen to read. Stellaluna is one of my favorite books to read to the class in october. There is also a math tub included called stellalunas stars which works on addition. Knocked from her mothers safe embrace by an attacking owl, stellaluna lands headfirst in a birds nest.
Pumpkins and bats with images first grade reading, stellaluna. Stellaluna lesson plans, teaching resources, summary, and. Adopted by a mother bird, she learned to live like a bird until she was reunited with her mother. Oct 23, 20 stellaluna reading response and craft activity. There are 4 adorable and motivating reading response graphic organizers as well as a kid and teacher friendly scoring rubric. Read on for ideas to do your own stellaluna book study to help you turn your readers into comprehenders and get your students writing about what they are reading. Students will listen to a beautifully illustrated picture book read aloud and use literacy skills. These are from the stellaluna lesson in our october guiding readers. Includes 2 weeks of lesson plans and foldable character study booklet. A lovely story portraying the power of resilience and friendship. The story of stellaluna is a sweet one, a story of friendship and diversity. This can be done using the stapleless book, either independently or with a. Heres a 17 page unit with a little bit of everything, math, ela, and science.
Download printable lesson plans, reading passages, games and puzzles, clip art, bulletin board ideas, and skills sheets for kids in any grade. These high engagement, and differentiated stellaluna activities include detailed, scripted lesson plans with a 5 or 10day pacing guide, a teaching power point. They base their information on the story, stellaluna by janell cannon. They then explore a selection of nonfiction books on bats and bats.
Our family loves stellaluna so i was thrilled when i found this free printable activity sheet pack to pair up with the stellaluna book. We will be finishing up our study of the night sky with one of my favs, stellaluna. First graders compare and contrast information about birds and bats using a venn diagram. Consider pairing this series of lessons on stellaluna with a text set to. These high engagement, and differentiated stellaluna activities include detailed, scripted lesson plans with a 5 or 10day pacing guide, a teaching power point, literacy centers, and a culminating foldable stellaluna booklet. There are soooo many activities out there to go along with this book, but i needed a few to go along with what we were working on in ela and math. For that week during centers, we do several literacy and batty activities that are related to the book. This book study is intended to assist teachers in presenting the book, stellaluna, by janell cannon a reading rainbow book. Stellaluna, a bat, escaped from an owl but lost her mother in the attack. To me, this picture book emphasizes that its always best to be yourself and to appreciate the differences in other people this endearing picture book has become a favorite of teachers and children because of the lessons that are. Write the following chart on the board and have students tell which vocabulary words should go under which headings. I am looking forward to another fun filled week of learning. Stellaluna is a fruit bat who becomes separated from her mother, and undergoes many adventures on her way home. Before reading stellaluna have the children do a word web on bats.
Lucy calkins units of studyteaching begins with seeing the significance and intelligence of what. This lesson includes extension ideas and resources to go with the book. We were able to talk about how we as family members are all the same, yet different, and how other people we meet or know might be different and do things. Unit study ideas for stellaluna by janell cannon as we. So, we finished off the week reading nonfiction books about bats. Stellaluna, the story of a baby bat that learns to live with birds, is a mustread on any booklist when students begin a study of bats. Stellaluna common core character and book study for gr.
End of year memory book letter to students and par. May also discuss adjectives out of the book from the same series if you wish. It is a childrens classic which my children and i love, particularly for the humorous moments and stunning illustrations this is a touching story about the friendship which develops between the bat and the. We love seeing our units being used in other classrooms. Lets look at some fun and engaging writing activities that can support your unit on stellaluna. It includes stellaluna coloring sheets, activity sheets and trivia quizzes.
Kindergartenage children understand and appreciate janell cannons picture book about a young fruit bat stellaluna who becomes separated from her mother and is subsequently raised by a family. From fiction to facts this lesson describes how to use selected fiction and nonfiction literature and careful questioning techniques to help students identify factual information about animals. Click the download button and then print it when youre ready to use it. We continued to make connections to stellaluna as we were learning new information. There is also the opportunity to launch out on a whole unit study all about bats. Stellaluna book study book study, stellaluna, teaching. Each partnership will go through the book and find 23 places where they can infer how stellaluna is feeling. This complete unit for first and second grade includes fun story activities, anchor charts literacy games, lesson plans and graphic organizers for sequencing, writing. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Reading is fundamental 750 first street, ne suite 920 washington, dc 20002 1 877 rifread. Stellaluna is a baby bat who is separated from her mother at a young age. When working with a book, im very strategic in the vocabulary i choose for students to learn. One of my students even mentioned, you know if stellaluna werent a fruit bat then it wouldnt have been quite as. It is a classic tale of similarities and differences.
But stellaluna doesnt forget her bird friends, who took care of her and helped her survive. Stellaluna is written and illustrated by janell cannon and read by pamela reed. Free stellaluna study unit worksheets for teachers to print. Free stellaluna worksheets and literature unit for. Stellaluna book study companion for kindergarten and first grade. Stellaluna by janell cannon is a sweet story of a bat who is adopted by a bird family after he is knocked from his mothers grasp during a flight. Share the information from the bat notes at the back of the book, including the fact that there are two major types of bats and nearly a thousand different varieties.
Stellaluna author janell cannon lesson plans for teachers blue bullet point stellaluna, written by janell cannon, is the story. As we work through our book study students respond to each of the comprehension lessons in mini books and templates they add to a. The book makes a great read aloud because there are so many good talking points. Read some examples of verbs out of the book to root, to toot, to parachute. Janell cannons stellaluna is a wonderful book for teaching students about fruit bats, what it feels like to be different, and the power of poetic language. We see how different and same the bat and the birds are and also notice the differences. Free printable stellaluna activities book unit worksheets graphic.
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