The Little Butterfly that Could 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
"The Little Butterfly that Could" by Ross Burach continues the story of our butterfly friend "The Very Impatient Caterpillar". The little butterfly finds that he has been separated from the group of migrating butterflies and now has to make the journey on his own. He comes across a whale who tells him he has 200 more miles to go, and the butterfly starts to panic! The little butterfly keeps saying there is no way that he can fly 200 miles and tries to get out of making the journey. With the help of his whale friend, the butterfly learns to try to fly and believe in himself. The little butterfly makes the 200 mile journey and persevered through a challenging task which teaches students the importance of persevering when things are hard and to never give up!
 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.
- Have students practice their questioning skills as you read the book.
- Discuss the different characters in the story and analyze their thoughts and actions.
- Teach a lesson on making connections to enhance comprehension.
- Use examples from the book to teach a lesson on interjections.
- Review nouns using examples from the story.
- Introduce pronouns and practice using them.
- Teach students about the importance of having a growth mindset using examples from the book.
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 Very Impatient Caterpillar by Ross Burach
- The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
- The Most Magnificent Thing by Ashley SpiresÂ
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