The Story of Ferdinand

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf is a great book to use when teaching about being true to yourself and doing what you love. This activity pack contains book companion activities to go along with the story, perfect for students in Kindergarten and First Grade.

THE STORY OF FERDINAND BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

Ferdinand was not like the other bulls. Instead of fighting in bullfights, Ferdinand preferred to sit quietly and smell the flowers.

One day as Ferdinand was sitting in the meadow, he was stung by a bee. This made Ferdinand jump up, snort, and paw at the ground.

Some men who were looking for bulls to fight saw Ferdinand acting wildly, and thought he would be perfect for their bullfights in Madrid.

Everyone at the bullfight thought that Ferdinand would be the fiercest bull in the ring. But when they brought Ferdinand out, he just sat down quietly in the ring and enjoyed smelling the flowers in the ladies' hair. So they took Ferdinand back home, where he continued to do what made him happy...sit quietly under his favorite tree, smelling the flowers.

This book study unit is packed with activities that will help your students with making predictions, story elements, character traits, vocabulary, making text to self connections, writing, making inferences, problem and solution, author's purpose, story retell, main idea, reading comprehension, and much more!

The activities can be used for whole class learning, during small group guided reading time, as individual student work, or as part of a book club. Copy a pack for each student and you're ready to go!

This Ferdinand literacy unit will save you tons of planning time, is no prep, and is great to leave for a sub!

FERDINAND CRAFT

The unit includes a craft where students can do a story retell or write about their favorite part of the story. It makes a great bulletin board display, to showcase student learning!