I Found a Kitty is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 550 picture book companions based on high quality children’s literature that support you in delivering highly-engaging interactive read alouds with follow up activities. Learn more about this children’s book below! - Jodi and the Starts With a Story Team
SUMMARY
"I Found a Kitty" by Troy Cummings tells the story of a young puppy who discovers an adorable, stray kitten outside. Excited and eager to keep the kitty, he brings it inside and tries to convince his family to let him keep it as a pet. However, his person is allergic to cats so Arfy decides to write letter to possible owners to try and find his kitty the perfect home! Along the way, Arfy learns about the responsibilities and challenges that come with finding the perfect pet owner and providing kitty a safe home. With charming illustrations and a relatable storyline, "I Found a Kitty" captures the excitement and challenges of pet ownership, while highlighting the importance of love, responsibility, and family.
USE THIS BOOK TO TEACH:
Our read aloud lesson plans for this picture book come with reading comprehension questions (with sample student responses), 30 writing prompts, teaching ideas for grammar skills, social emotional learning discussion ideas, and more. Check out our list below to get a sneak peek at some of the skills this resource teaches.
- Analyze the illustrations in the story. Discuss how they provide meaning that the words might not.
- Practice making predictions throughout the book. Encourage students to check and see if their predictions were correct.
- Have students sequence the important events in the story. This is an important skill when it comes to retelling a story.
- Teach a mini lesson on compound words.
- Use examples from the book to teach a lesson on interjections.
- Encourage students to think about ways they can show compassion.
- Discuss how problem solving was used throughout the story.
NO-PREP PRINTABLE ACTIVITIES:
If you are looking for “ready to go” activities for the first day of school, be sure to check out the book companion. With it you’ll receive all of the following resources to align with this specific book:
- comprehension questions
- 30 writing prompts with themed paper
- vocabulary activities
- word study print & go activities
- ideas for grammar lessons with focus sentence printables
- social emotional learning discussion topics
- graphic organizers to target specific comprehension skills and strategies
This book is a must have for your school or classroom library. Your students are going to love completing these activities for the book and you will be impressed with how much they learn. You will want to read this book to your class every year.
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ADDITIONAL BOOK SUGGESTIONS
You and your students will love the similar books listed below, which can all be found in our free picture book list.
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- Dog Breath by Dav Pilkey
- Gaston by Kelly Dipucchio
- Goldfish on Vacation by Sally Lloyd-Jones
- I Wanna Iguana by Karen Kaufman Orloff and David Catrow
- Memoirs of a Goldfish by Devin Scillian
- Memoirs of a Hamster by Devin Scillian
- Memoirs of a Parrot by Devin Scillian
- Naughty Mabel by Nathan Lane
- Not Norman by Kelly Bennett
- Whistle for Willie by Ezra Jack Keats
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