It Fell from the Sky 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
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SUMMARY
"It Fell from the Sky" by The Fan Brothers follows the story of a group of insects who find a mystery object in their garden. All the insects have different ideas on what the object is and how the mystery object appeared such as it was a gum ball, or a fallen star, and it grew from the ground, or it fell from the sky! A spider claims the mystery object was his and with the help of other insects he creates a display for the wonderful object and names it WonderVille! At the end, the mystery object gets taken but spider decides to work all night to share more surprises with his friends and the next day WonderVille is filled with hundreds of wonders! As the insects work together, they form a strong bond and learn the value of friendship, kindness, and embracing the unknown. Through enchanting illustrations and a captivating storyline, the book explores themes of curiosity, imagination, and the power of connection.
 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.
- Encourage students to use their summarizing and retelling strategies.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Cause and effect can be a difficult skill for students. This book is a perfect mentor text for teaching this skill.
- Introduce students to proper nouns using examples from the story.
- Discuss the different adjectives used in the book.
- Discuss friendship and the qualities that make a good friend.
- Teach students how to make a proper apology.
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
- 30Â 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.
- The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley Spires
- Anansi the Spider by Gerald Mcdermott
- Diary of a Spider by Doreen Cronin
- I'm Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton
- The Spider and The Fly by Mary Howitt and Tony Diterlizzi
- The Very Busy Spider by Eric Carle
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