![]() ![]() Remind the children to keep this in mind when they hear negative things about any group. Talk about stereotyping and how the seemingly bad actions of a few can lead to labels for a whole group.How do they feel about owls, typically? Discuss the owl's role and image in this story. Ask if the children's feelings about bats have changed since reading this book.Possible questions to ask: Would Stellaluna have tried to continue behaving like a bird? Would the birds have tried to behave like bats? Would Stellaluna have returned to her bat ways as she got older? ![]() Discuss what might have happened to Stellaluna and the birds if Stellaluna had not found her mother.Possible questions to ask: Will this friendship last? What obstacles might there be to continuing the friendship? Discuss the friendship between Stellaluna and the birds.Do the children want to change it in any way? Look again at the word web before reading. Have the groups demonstrate their imitations for the class and let the class guess the animal being depicted. Pair the students together and have them work on imitating an animal (actions and sounds). In Stellaluna one species of animal is asked to imitate another. Share the front cover of the book and discuss whether the illustration conforms to the children's previous ideas about bats. Ask the children if they think that the words they generated in the web would apply to every variety of bat. 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. Be sure that emotions elicited by bats are included as well as physical descriptions. ![]() Students share their thoughts to add to our class chart.Before reading Stellaluna have the children do a word web on bats. Students use the dialogue between characters to determine each characters’ point of view. Stellaluna Teaching PowerPoint and Google Slides I begin this lesson by teaching students what a point of view is and explaining that author’s often tell a story from a character’s point of view. One of the reasons this book is so ideal for addressing RL.6 and RL.7 standards is the fact that the characters do have very strong and differing opinions on the same topics such as eating bugs, how one should sleep, and flying at night. They feel very differently (and strongly) about several topics. Stellaluna anchor chart Comparing Points of ViewĮach of the characters in Stellaluna has a very distinct point of view. We brainstorm adjectives to describe Stellaluna during each part of the story and give evidence to support our descriptions. My class calls this a “flubble map” since it is a bubble map to describe inside of a flow map to show sequence. This chart is a great way to address RL.3 and gives a visual of the character’s journey and how she changes a a result of the challenges she faces. Ha!ĭigital vocabulary activity Determining How Stellaluna ChangesĪnalyzing Stellaluna as a character and describing how she responds, changes, and adapts to the life-changing events and challenges she faces is key in this book. This week one of my boys reported that he needed to work on the floor because so and so’s crooning was disturbing his learning. I make sure to point out that “back in the day” a singer with a beautiful voice was called a crooner (Think Frank Sinatra.) I play the song Fly Me To The Moon to give them an example amidst lots of giggles from my girls and eye rolling from my boys! It makes my teacher heart so happy when I see and hear students using their new vocabulary. Stellaluna literacy centersĬroon is one of my favorites. Words like swoop, clumsy, clambered, and croon. Words that are easy to act out and that give a strong mental image once students understand their meaning. When creating and planning reading activities, I’m strategic in the vocabulary I choose for students to learn. Along with strands of colorful fall leaves, October means pumpkins, nocturnal animals, and Stellaluna. Here in Arizona we don’t have a typical fall season and I always look forward to October when I can create the feeling of fall in my classroom. These lesson ideas and Stellaluna activities will help you turn your readers into comprehenders and get your students writing about what they are reading. Opportunities for writing and teaching fact/opinion, cause/effect, the 2 sounds of C and so many other skills abound. This delightful book lends itself so well to building vocabulary, analyzing characters, and determining their points of view. Stellaluna is a teacher’s dream for deepening comprehension in our students. In this post, I share teaching ideas and my favorite Stellaluna activities that have helped turn my readers into comprehenders! ![]()
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