The Mermaid who Sang to the Stars Classroom Bundle

Help students believe in themselves, persevere through challenges, and reach for their dreams! Bring meaningful social-emotional learning and literacy skills together with this engaging companion pack for The Mermaid Who Sang to the Stars by Ashlee Ridlon. This comprehensive resource helps students explore powerful themes like perseverance, goal-setting, hard work, and asking for help—while strengthening reading comprehension and writing skills.

Perfect for classroom lessons, small groups, counseling sessions, or literacy centers, this packet gives you everything you need to turn a beautiful story into an impactful learning experience!

About This Resource

This resource is designed to accompany the picture book The Mermaid Who Sang to the Stars and provides a wide variety of student activities that connect directly to the story.

Each activity is thoughtfully created to help students reflect on Pearl’s journey while making personal connections to their own goals and challenges.

What’s Included

This resource contains a full set of engaging, ready-to-print activities:

Reading & Literacy Activities

• Learning objectives
• Predicting page
• Reading comprehension task cards
• Student recording sheet
• Answer key
• Story summary organizer
• Story concepts graphic organizer
• Character traits analysis page
• Character change reflection

Writing & Reflection Activities

• Self-to-text writing prompts
• Goal-setting reflections
• “Wishing to the Stars” writing activity
• Design-a-book-cover creative writing page
  

Creative & SEL Extensions

• Create-your-own mermaid/merman activity
• Perseverance and goal-setting reflections
• Discussion prompts for whole group conversations
  

Skills Practiced

Students will:

• Identify main ideas and key details
• Summarize story events
• Analyze character traits and growth
• Make text-to-self connections
• Reflect on personal goals and dreams
• Understand perseverance and hard work
• Practice positive self-talk and problem solving
• Build confidence through writing and discussion

Perfect For:

• Classroom read-aloud follow-up
• SEL lessons and counseling groups
• Literacy centers
• Small group instruction
• Character education lessons
• Writing workshops
• Sub plans
• Distance learning (Google Slides included!)

Why Teachers LOVE This Resource

• Combines literacy and SEL in one packet
• Encourages growth mindset
• Ready-to-use, low-prep activities
• Engaging and student-friendly
• Perfect companion to a meaningful story
• Includes answer keys and clear directions
  

Grade Levels

Ideal for Grades 2–4
Great for SEL lessons in Grades 1–5
Adaptable for counseling or intervention groups

Standards Alignment

This resource supports multiple academic and SEL standards:

Common Core ELA Standards

• Reading comprehension and responding to literature
• Writing personal reflections
• Speaking and listening skills
• Character analysis and summarizing