Stellaluna: bat study: Stellaluna: literature study

Halloween is just around the corner and kids are focused on costumes, candy and creepy creatures–it’s enough to make you batty before Halloween even arrives! Use this Halloween Stellaluna and Nonfiction Bat Unit to engage all learners while teaching research-based, standards-aligned, decoding, comprehension, and writing strategies within the context of authentic text. These Stellaluna activities build crucial literacy skills, provide easy differentiation opportunities, and promote active engagement with our reading and writing strategy animals.

This comprehensive Stellaluna book study includes:
• SUGGESTIONS FOR USE
• LESSON ACTIVITIES
o I Can Posters
o Word Study Activities
o Vocabulary Activities
o Comprehension Activities
o Reading Response Journal
o Fluency Activities
o Response to Text
o Writing Activities

• ASSESSMENTS
o Comprehension Quiz
o Fluency and Comprehension Rubrics
o Learning Scale
o Bat Report Rubric

• INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES
o Reading Strategy Poster
o Writing Strategy Poster
o Hazel Meets the Reading Strategy Animals book
o Hazel Meets the Writing Strategy Animals book
o Reading Fluency and Comprehension Flashcards
o Tell the Tale Retell Tool

• SUPPLEMENTAL ACTIVITIES

This Stellaluna book study can be used in grades 1-3 with a variety of populations: general education, special education, intervention and ELL..

***Common Core Standards are listed next to each activity.

145 pages