Little Blue Truck is part of our Starts With a Story Collection, which includes more than 600 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
"Little Blue Truck" by Alice Schertle is a delightful children's book about a friendly blue truck and his encounters on the farm. The story follows Little Blue Truck as he travels through the countryside, greeting various farm animals along the way. When a big, mean dump truck gets stuck in the mud, it's up to Little Blue Truck and his animal friends to come to the rescue. With teamwork, kindness, and determination, they all work together to help the dump truck out of the sticky situation. The book emphasizes the values of friendship, cooperation, and the importance of lending a helping hand. Through its rhythmic text and vibrant illustrations, "Little Blue Truck" engages young readers and teaches valuable lessons about compassion and community.
 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.
- Practice making inferences throughout the story and after reading.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Discuss the books plot and examine the problem and solution.
- Have students sequence the important events in the story. This is an important skill when it comes to retelling a story.
- Review nouns using examples from the story.
- Explore what onomatopoeia is and how authors use it in their writing.
- Discuss friendship and the qualities that make a good friend.
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
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