Elementary teachers looking for lesson plans and activities for Little Owl Lost 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 worry and problem solving, this Little Owl Lost picture book by Chris Haughton 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 Little Owl Lost Lesson Plans & Activities in 3 Easy Steps:
- Read a summary of Little Owl Lost. 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 Little Owl Lost reading comprehension questions, writing prompts, teaching ideas & no-prep extension activities.
LITTLE OWL LOST SUMMARY
In the story Little Owl Lost, Little Owl falls out of her nest and into the forest. She is scared because she doesn’t know how to get back to her nest and back to her mommy. Squirrel notices that Little Owl is upset and helps her find her mommy. Squirrel tries many different animals to see if they are Little Owl’s mommy. Eventually, a helpful frog is able to show Little Owl and Squirrel where her mommy is and they discover that Mommy Owl had been looking for Little Owl, too!
LITTLE OWL LOST 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 Little Owl Lost reading comprehension questions focus on:
- analyzing illustrations
- sequencing
- summarizing/retelling
LITERATURE-BASED SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING LESSONS
We found this story to be a great SEL picture book to promote:
- worry
- problem solving
GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY & WORD STUDY
- contractions
- punctuation
- types of sentences
LITTLE OWL LOST 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 Little Owl Lost?
- Lexile® Measure: N/A
- Guided Reading Level: N/A
- DRA Level: N/A
- Accelerated Reader Level (ARC): N/A
Who is the author? Who is the illustrator?
The book was written by Chris Haughton. It was illustrated by Chris Haughton.
What genre is Little Owl Lost?
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 30 pages long.
