This post is part of the 31 MORE Days of Literature Unit Studies series. You can find all of the links to the thirty-one studies in this post. If you’d like to use these ideas to create your own unit study, this post has step-by-step instructions as well as a free unit study planner. (Want to know more about what, exactly, a unit study is? This post will help.)
While you’re reading and working on your unit study, you can download this free printables pack of graphic organizers for reading. It has a plot chart, venn diagram, KWL chart, two mini book report organizers, a character analysis chart, a plot outline chart, and a reading response sheet where students can record facts while reading.

Book Information
Title- The Story of Ferdinand
Author- Munro Leaf
Recommended ages- PreK-1
Synopsis– Ferdinand is a young bull who likes to sit alone under a cork tree and smell flowers. While all his other bull friends jump and play and butt heads, Ferdinand prefers his quiet solitude. When the bulls get older, all of Ferdinand’s friends want to be picked for the bull fights, but not Ferdinand. He wants to stay in the solitude of his tree.
Language Arts
Character description- Print this blank bull pattern. Help kids think of words and phrases that describe Ferdinand. Write these on the bull as kids think of them.
Science: Learning About Bulls and Cows
History/Social Studies: Learning About Spain
Crafts and Fun

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