Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes Book Activities

Reading Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes is a great way to kick off the new school year! Pair this back-to-school read aloud with our engaging book companion filled with literacy, writing, math, science, STEM, and classroom community activities that extend the story and make the perfect addition to your first week of school plans.

WHAT’S INCLUDED:

⭐ Book Study Activities

• Teacher guide
• Book poster
• Author & illustrator posters
• Teacher comprehension questions
• Comprehension worksheet
• Story elements poster & worksheets
• Vocabulary cards, support cards, and practice pages
• Sequencing activities
• Read and sequence activity
• Cut-and-paste sequencing
• Character analysis
• Character traits
• Making connections
• Making predictions
• Main idea
• Author’s purpose
• Opinion writing
• Fiction or nonfiction
• Favorite part response
• ABC order

⭐ Reading & Writing

• 2 emergent readers
• Writing craftivity
• Differentiated writing prompts

⭐ Phonics

• Rhyming activities
• Word family practice (-at)
• ABC order

⭐ Back-to-School & Classroom Community

• What’s in My Lunch writing
• My School Shoes writing
• No Worries writing
• Where’s Pete activities
• Behavior sort worksheets
• Rocking School Tour book
• Make a School Map
• We Rock hats
• Rock at School banner
• My School flip book
• Ways We Rock at School wheel

⭐ Math

• Make 10 & Make 20 math mats
• Recording sheets
• Addition & subtraction mats
• Graphing activities
• Counting activities
• Musical patterns

⭐ Science & STEM

• Shoe measurement lab
• Science tool sort
• Color mixing experiment
• Rocking STEM challenge

⭐ Hands-On Fun

• Popsicle stick puppets
• Pete the Cat craft

This is a companion resource designed to pair with Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes by James Dean. The book itself is not included. This resource was created by A Dab of Glue Will Do and is not endorsed or affiliated with the author or publisher in any way.