Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Bat Loves the Night will find this post helpful. It includes resource recommendations, free teaching ideas, and information about the book. You’ll have everything you need to deliver engaging interactive read aloud lessons based on this story.
With themes of coping and responsibility, this Bat Loves the Night picture book by Nicola Davies is a favorite in 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade classrooms. It will be a big hit in your classroom too! Learn more about this book below!
Engage Your Students with Bat Loves the Night Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Bat Loves the Night. You can find it in the section below.
- Check out the teaching ideas for reading comprehension strategies, grammar topics and social emotional learning skills that can be taught using this children’s book.
- Download the book companion to make lesson planning simple with Bat Loves the Night reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
BAT LOVES THE NIGHT SUMMARY
Nicola Davies and Sarah Fox-Davies share the story of a mother bat going into the night to find food and fly through nature. While telling this story, they also include facts about bats that help readers better understand what is happening in the story. It is an entertaining blend of fiction and nonfiction that students are sure to enjoy.
Bat uses echolocation to fly through the night to find her way through her surroundings and discover food to eat. When she notices the sun is starting to come up, she flies back home to nurse her batling.
They sleep through the day and wait to wake up again in the nighttime.
BAT LOVES THE NIGHT LESSON PLAN IDEAS
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We found this book was especially good at teaching the topics listed below.
READING COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
The text-based Bat Loves the Night reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing illustrations
- asking and answering questions
- authors purpose
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- coping
- responsibility
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- compund words
- nouns
- prefixes
BAT LOVES THE NIGHT ACTIVITIES
You’ll receive all of the following resources aligned to the story:
- comprehension questions
- 30 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
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BOOK INFO FOR ELEMENTARY TEACHERS
What are the reading levels for Bat Loves the Night?
- Lexile® Measure: AD640L
- Guided Reading Level: P
- DRA Level: 34-36
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): 3.5-3.7
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Nicola Davies. It was illustrated by Sarah Fox-Davies.
What genre is Bat Loves the Night ?
It is a fiction book. You may want to check out our genre activities or read our blog post, How to Teach Genre to Elementary Students.
How many pages are in the book?
The story is 32 pages long.
