Pete The Cat School Shoes Companion

Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes – AAC-Friendly Literature Unit

Make back-to-school literacy engaging and accessible for all learners with this interactive literature unit based on the beloved book Pete the Cat: Rocking in My School Shoes. Designed specifically for students using AAC and those with significant support needs, this resource includes communication-friendly activities that build language, comprehension, and emergent literacy skills in fun, functional ways.

What’s Included:

✅ Core word and fringe vocabulary cards with PCS symbols (double-sided printable)

✅ Story sequence visuals (4-step format)

✅ Story recall question cards with visual supports

✅ “Read and Match” sentence comprehension activity using core + high-frequency words

✅ Noun, action, and people vocabulary cards based on repeated, functional words from the story

✅ Designed for print-and-go use in inclusive, special education, or AAC-focused classrooms

Why Teachers Love It:

Created by an AAC specialist with classroom implementation in mind

Promotes language development through visual support and repeated exposure

Aligns with Science of Reading practices and emergent literacy principles

Meeting specific requests from our special education teachers!

Perfect for our early elementary learners, this unit helps students rock their communication and literacy skills—just like Pete!

How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow Book Companion

This title is a literacy and AAC support resource designed to help teachers, SLPs, and special education teams turn a fun read-aloud into meaningful language, comprehension, and communication practice.

Built around the story How the Crayons Saved the Rainbow, this companion includes a variety of ready-to-use activities that target core vocabulary, story-specific nouns, comprehension, sequencing, retell, fluency, shared writing, sorting, and conversational language. The activities are designed to support students with a wide range of language and literacy needs, including AAC users and early communicators.

This resource works well for whole group lessons, small groups, speech therapy sessions, literacy centers, and adapted instruction in special education classrooms. It also pairs naturally with instruction around colors, friendship, problem solving, feelings, and working together.

Skills supported include:

• story comprehension
• sequencing and retell
• core word modeling
• AAC participation
• vocabulary development
• fluency practice
• shared writing
• sorting and categorization
• social-emotional language

Great for:

• preschool and early elementary
• special education classrooms
• AAC learners
• speech therapy
• adapted literacy lessons
• rainbow, color, art, and friendship themes