"The Truck Cat" unit perfect for this year's 2025 National Simultaneous Storytime book. Discover a set of 80+ differentiated and engaging worksheets and activities designed to complement this year's 2025 National Simultaneous Storytime book "The Truck Cat" by Deborah Frenkel. Perfect for teachers and educators, these resources offer creative and educational ways to explore the themes and messages of the book. With carefully crafted and differentiated exercises, comprehension templates, and interactive tasks, our teaching resource helps foster a love for reading and encourages active participation in this annual celebration of literature. Whether in the classroom or at home, these activities make learning fun and memorable for young readers!

"The Truck Cat is a story about cats and humans, immigration and identity, and homes lost and found." 

This set of worksheets and activities is the perfect companion for this year’s National Simultaneous Storytime book. The set includes:

• Parts of a narrative graphic organisers
• Sequence & retell: 6 differentiated pages- something for everyone! (Including: picture match, drawing, writing, combinations)
• Characters: identify, describe and compare graphic organisers (12 pages!)
• Book review templates (3 differentiated templates)

Fun activities to encourage students to connect with the story and with literature:

• I spy activity pages (3 levelled activities). Play I Spy with key images from the book. Answers included.
• Word sleuths: 6 levelled words sleuths with key vocabulary from the book. student friendly answers and instruction pages.
• DIY Jigsaw Puzzles: 7 photograph jigsaw puzzles and 3 colour your own Truck Cat themed puzzles.
• Colouring in Bookmarks: 15+ unique bookmarks ready for your students to colour in.
• Bingo: low prep bingo game based on the vocabulary in the book. 12 unique bingo boards based on the vocabulary and 12 unique bingo boards based on images. includes simple instructions and calling cards.

Designed to help educators make the most of this special event, the resource enhances the reading experience by offering a variety of engaging, curriculum-aligned tasks. These activities:

• help students connect with the story on a deeper level,
• reinforcing key themes,
• vocabulary, and
• comprehension skills.

Whether you’re looking to inspire creativity, encourage critical thinking, or facilitate group discussions, these resources provide everything you need to create a dynamic and interactive learning experience. Plus, they save time for teachers by offering ready-to-use materials for a seamless classroom experience.