Invisible Stanley | Book Study Activities

INVISIBLE STANLEY

Our friend Flat Stanley has a different adventure, as he becomes Invisible Stanley in this book by Jeff Brown. Stanley is hungry, and can't sleep because of the storm. So he decides to have a snack while looking out the window, and the result of these actions makes him turn invisible! Your students in First Grade and Second Grade will LOVE this read aloud, and paired with these companion activities, will practice essential literacy and reading comprehension skills in a fun and engaging way!

INVISIBLE STANLEY BOOK ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING IDEAS

Stanley's family can't see him at all! They decide to have Stanley carry a balloon around so that they know where he is. Dr. Dan does not know how to fix Stanley, but confirms that eating by a window during a storm seems to have caused the problem. 

Arthur is jealous that once again his brother Stanley gets all of the attention. Stanley tries to cheer Arthur up by helping him be the star of a talk show that was to feature Invisible Stanley.

Stanley also uses his invisible powers for good when he helps a boy win a bike race and helps a shy young man propose to his girlfriend.

Stanley also helps the police capture a pair of bank robbers! He was able to show the police where the stolen money was hidden without the bank robbers noticing.

Stanley eventually grew tired of being invisible. He didn't like that people kept bumping into him or that he had to carry a balloon everywhere. He was upset that no one remembered what he looked like anymore, including himself!

Arthur had an idea of how Stanley could become visible again. Mr. and Mrs. Lambchop and Arthur made a 'storm' using flashlights, running water, and creating thunderous noise using skillets. Stanley ate some food by the window, trying to recreate the instance when he became invisible. Slowly Stanley reappeared! Arthur encouraged Stanley to try and stay regular for a while.

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

These activities can be used for whole class instruction, 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 Invisible Stanley book companion will save you tons of planning time, is no prep, and is great to leave for a sub!

Want to make sure you are hitting the reading standards for First Grade or Second Grade? This resource includes ELA standards charts for Common Core, TEKS and VA SOL, showing you exactly which skills your students are learning while doing these activities!

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