Vocabulary
Point of View
Summary
Events and Responses
Stellaluna Trivia
100
What does the word croon mean?
What is to sing or hum in a soft, soothing voice.
100
How does Mama Bird feel about flying at night?
What is Mama Bird thinks night flying is dangerous!
100
Who is the somebody in Stellaluna?
What is Stellaluna.
100
What happens when an owl attacks Stellaluna and her mother?
What is they are separated.
100
What were the names of Stellaluna's three bird friends?
What is Pip, Flitter, and Flip
200
What does the word startled mean?
What is frightened or surprised suddenly.
200
How do the birds feel about eating bugs?
What is the birds think bugs are delicious!
200
What did Stellaluna want?
What is to find her mother.
200
Stellaluna lives with birds and acts like a bird. What are the things she does to act more like a bird?
What is eat insects, sleep at night, and sleep in the nest instead of hanging by her feet.
200
Do all the winged creatures in Stellaluna eat fruit?
What is no; the birds eat bugs.
300
What does the word swoop mean?
What is to rush down upon something in a sudden swift attack.
300
What does Stellaluna think about sleeping?
What is sleeping should be done upside down, hanging by your toes, during the day.
300
What is the "but" part of the 5-finger model of summary for Stellaluna?
What is an owl attacked them and she landed in a bird's nest where she becomes friends with Pip, Flitter, and Flip and ate insects and slept at night.
300
After Stellaluna finds her mom at the end of the book, what do Stellaluna and birds realize?
What is that they can still be friends even though they're different.
300
How does Stellaluna adapt to the habits of her new family, the birds?
What is she eats bugs, flies during the day and sleeps at night; and doesn't hang by her feet.
400
What does the word clumsy mean?
What is awkward without skill or grace.
400
How do the birds feel about flying at night?
What is the birds think flying at night is scary because they can't see.
400
What are the parts to the 5-finger summary model?
What is somebody-wanted-but-then-so.
400
What are some words to describe how Stellaluna feels while she is living with the birds?
What is unhappy, clumsy, sad, sick to her stomach, and hungry.
400
Who is the author and illustrator of Stellaluna?
What is Janell Cannon.
500
What does the word clambered mean?
What is climbed something awkwardly with both hands and feet.
500
What is point of view?
What is how a character thinks or feels about something.
500
Summarize Stellaluna using the 5-finger model.
What is: Somebody: Stellaluna Wanted: To find her mother But: An owl attacked them, they are separated, and she lands in bird's nest. Then: Stellaluna learns to fly and meets a bat who recognizes her. So: Stellaluna had finally found her mother.
500
What are some words to describe Stellaluna at the end of the book, after she has found her mother?
What is happy, excited, relieved, safe, and full.
500
Why couldn't Stellaluna just fly away with her mother when the owl attacked?
What is Stellaluna couldn't fly away because her wings were too weak.
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