Lesson Plan

Where Does Kitty

Go in the Rain?
Story Summary
Where Does Kitty Go in the Rain? is a mix of story
and facts relating to rain. Children are invited via
Harriet Ziefert’s rhyming couplets to join in the search
for a little girl’s Kitty. In so doing they will find out
what rain is, and how cats and other animals react to
a shower of rain. There is also information about how
ducks make themselves waterproof, squirrel’s own
personal umbrella, and more facts about animals’
behaviors in the rain.
Book Information
Lesson Focus
Run Time 7:12
Rain Cycle
Author Harriet Ziefert

Illustrator Brigette Barrager Activity Ideas

Narrator Lileina Joy (Girl), Bethany Arrington (Mom) KWL Chart
KWL chart on rain.
Publisher Blue Apple Books
Drawing and Writing
Ages 5–8
Draw and write a story about the same place before
Genre fictional story with nonfiction facts the rain, during the rain, and after the rain.

Themes & Ideas rain, animal behavior, rhyme, mystery, Research Rain
Make a fact poster and present.
Language & rhyming couplets, dialogue, fictional story
Literary Features but facts about rain and animal behavior
Sentence simple and complex sentences
Additional activities can be found in the following
Complexity
pages of this document.
Vocabulary vapor, comb, waterproof, mushy muck,
birdie chirps, moisture, wiggle, squirm,
roosts, peeks
Special rain, rhyming couplets, mystery, nonfiction,
Vocabulary animal behavior
Illustrations lush, harmonious, mannered illustrations

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 Book Chat
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Where Does Kitty

Go in the Rain?
Where Does Kitty Go in the Rain? combines a mystery with rain- Discuss the story and write your
centered facts to create an utterly charming fiction/nonfiction picture answers together.
book. As children are on the search for Kitty, they’ll also discover
what different animals do to enjoy, or avoid, a rainy day.

What is Where Does Kitty Go in the Rain? about?

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Do you have a pet?

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Explain how rain is made.

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What was your favorite fact from Where Does Kitty Go in the Rain?
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Which animal was your favorite in Where Does Kitty Go in the Rain?
Why?
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 Vooks Pause & Ponder

Where Does Kitty Pause at the indicated time

stamps and discuss the story

Go in the Rain?
0:28 Where do you think Kitty goes in the rain?

0:41 How is the little girl feeling? How can you tell?

1:28 How does the little girl get ready to go out in the rain?

1:51 Why doesn’t Kitty like the rain?

2:29 Why do ducks like the rain?

3:08 What does a squirrel do during the rain?

4:46 What do butterflies do during the rain?

5:50 Is it still raining? What clues did you use?

After viewing the Book:

1. How is rain formed? 3. Where do you think Kitty went during the rain?
What clues did you use?
2. What do you like to do in the rain?

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 Coloring Sheet NAME
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 Drawing and Writing NAME

Draw a picture and write a story about the animals in the

book meeting together for a party.

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 Hidden Pictures
Find all of the objects from
Where Does Kitty Go in the Rain?
and color them the correct color.
Pail Red
Shovel Orange
Bird Bath Yellow
Dog House Green
Shed Blue
Duck Purple
Squirrel Pink
Beetle Black
Earthworm Brown
Bird Orange
Butterfly Red
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 Rain Cycle NAME
Draw illustrations that go along with 4
different stages of the rain cycle. Then, write
the correct order of the cycle by writing 1–4
in the circle spaces provided.
Learn more about the rain cycle starting at
0:54 in Where Does Kitty Go in the Rain?
1. When water heats up, it turns into warm,
wet air called vapor. 0:54
2. Vapor rises to the sky, where it becomes
cold and turns into a cloud. 1:00 When water heats up, it
Rain falls! turns into warm, wet air
3. The cloud becomes bigger until it is so called vapor.
heavy that parts of it fall to the ground.
1:05
4. Rain falls! 1:12
The cloud becomes
Vapor rises to the sky,
bigger until it is so
where it becomes cold
heavy that parts of it
and turns into a cloud.
fall to the ground.
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