Help every student find their chance to shine with Bitsy Bat, School Star activities! Designed to build English Language Arts skills during the back-to-school season, these activities invite students to sequence the story, explore problem and solution or cause and effect, identify character traits, and practice vocabulary and alphabetical order. Creative tasks like packing Bitsy’s batpack and coloring story characters add hands-on fun, while writing prompts, comprehension questions, and group discussions help students dig deeper into the story. Perfect for welcoming students back to the classroom, this resource uses literacy to spark meaningful conversations about navigating new experiences, understanding differences, and creating a school community where everyone belongs.

As a result of the included activities, students will be able to:

• Color and cut out images from the story.
• Pack Bitsy’s batpack.
• Sequence the story.
• Determine the problem/solution or a cause/effect.
• Write sentences with story vocabulary.
• List character traits.
• Put words in alphabetical order.
• Apply Writing Skills with included writing templates and prompts.
• Practice Reading Comprehension with included discussion questions for the beginning, middle, and end of the book.
• Engage in Social Skills with included whole group prompts and activities.
• Develop Fine Motor Skills with included coloring, tracing, cutting, and gluing activities.
• Use digital tools to practice reading comprehension.

With these activities, students can strengthen literacy skills while discovering that there’s more than one way to learn, belong, and be a school star.

🦇 Make learning take flight with activities that build literacy while helping students celebrate all the different ways we can shine.

🦇 After downloading the Bitsy Bat, School Star activities, enjoy the story with your Novel Effect soundscape for a back-to-school read-aloud that really takes flight!

About the Book and Soundscape

This thoughtful soundscape sparkles with soft chimes, mandolin, and Halloweeny flair—plus a sweet baby bat voice that sings along! Carefully crafted to be engaging without overwhelm, it supports Bitsy’s journey to shine her own way at school. Beep Bop Chitter Choos, anyone?

Add the book to your classroom collection and help students discover that being a school star doesn’t mean being like everyone else.