Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes
Interactive Kindergarten Read-Aloud Lesson Pack
Help your kindergarten learners explore their school, practise important routines and build confidence with this playful, movement-filled read-aloud lesson!
Inspired by Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes by Eric Litwin, this interactive lesson invites children to notice the different places visited during a school day and connect each location with an action, routine, movement or sound.
During the read-aloud, children listen for changes in setting, discuss what happens in each school space and create simple movements and sounds to represent the locations. The class then uses the included photographic School Place Cards to build and perform its own school-day soundtrack.
This is an engaging way to introduce or revisit school spaces, transitions and classroom expectations without turning routine learning into a lecture.
What’s Included
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Two-page interactive teacher lesson
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Big idea and learning goal
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Student-friendly success criteria
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Minds On activity
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Before and during-reading prompts
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“Build the Soundtrack” group activity
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Consolidation and oral-language prompts
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Assessment look-fors
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Differentiation and accessibility supports
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Extension and suggested next steps
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Ontario Kindergarten Curriculum 2026 connections
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Relevant U.S. Common Core Kindergarten standards
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Six photographic School Place Cards
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First, Next, Then and Last sequencing mat
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“My School Day Soundtrack” student activity
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Square product thumbnail featuring the book cover
School Place Cards Included
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Classroom
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Library
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Gym
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Playground
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Lunch area
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Hallway
Skills Addressed
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Identifying story settings
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Making text-to-self connections
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Oral communication
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Sequencing
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School routines and transitions
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Movement and rhythm
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Listening and self-regulation
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Vocabulary development
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Drawing, labelling and early writing
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Confidence and belonging
Flexible and Inclusive
Children may demonstrate their understanding through speaking, drawing, movement, gestures, role-play, home language, demonstration or AAC.
The lesson includes options for seated movement, visual schedules, reduced choices and simplified two-location sequences. This makes it easy to adapt for different communication, sensory, mobility and learning needs.
Use This Resource For
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First-week or first-month read-alouds
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Whole-group literacy
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Oral-language instruction
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School tours and routine review
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Movement breaks
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Small-group learning
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Visual schedules
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Independent Activities
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Back-to-school community building
The School Place Cards can remain available after the lesson for sequencing, dramatic play, oral storytelling, visual schedules and transition practice.
Please note: The book is not included. You will need your own copy of Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes to complete the read-aloud lesson.
This independently created educational resource is not affiliated with or endorsed by the author, illustrator or publisher.
