Stick Man 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
"Stick Man" by Julia Donaldson is a delightful children's book that follows the adventures of Stick Man, a simple stick who becomes separated from his family and faces various challenges. As Stick Man gets carried away by a playful dog, he finds himself in unexpected situations, from being used as a weapon in a game of fetch to becoming part of a swan's nest. Throughout his journey, Stick Man longs to be reunited with his Stick Lady Love and their stick children. With its rhythmic text and captivating illustrations by Axel Scheffler, the book captures Stick Man's determination and the kindness of those he encounters. Ultimately, Stick Man's resilience and the power of love triumph as he finds his way back home, reminding readers of the importance of family and the bonds that hold us together.
 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.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Have students sequence the important events in the story. This is an important skill when it comes to retelling a story.
- Practice identifying figurative language in the story.
- Teach students how contractions are used.
- Introduce and act out action verbs.
- Teach a lesson on multiple meaning words using examples from the story.
- Discuss what it means to persevere and why it is important.
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.
- Santa Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins
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- How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky
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