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Use Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin to strengthen your students' comprehension skills, build their vocabulary, and help them understand how words work.

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes is a fun story about a cat that keeps getting his white shoes dirty! In this fun-loving story, students will learn to stay positive no matter what happens all while working on the author's purpose, making connections, retelling, identifying text structure, and making predictions.
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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

Students will use the fun illustrations and predictable text to determine why the author wrote about the adventure of a singing cat and his favorite shoes.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RL.2.2,RL.2.7,RL.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.7D,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.10C,2.10B,2.10A,2.9C,2.8C,2.7E,2.1A,2.7C,2.7B,2.7A,2.6I,2.6E,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Making Connections with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

This fun story is great for young readers to make text-to-text and text-to-self connections. They'll easily see the connections they can make between their own experience with a bad day and Pete's experience.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RL.2.2,RL.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.1A,2.1C,2.1D,2.6A,2.6E,2.6I,2.7A,2.7B,2.7C,2.7D,2.7E,2.7F,2.8C,2.13C,2.13E,2.13G
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Making Predictions with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

Given the repetition of the story and the excellent illustrations, students will be able to predict what happens to the cat and how he reacts to each scenario.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RL.2.1,RL.2.3,RL.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.7B,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.8C,2.7F,2.7E,2.7D,2.7C,2.1A,2.7A,2.6I,2.6E,2.6C,2.6B,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Retelling & Summarizing with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes has an engaging story with sequential events that allows students to work on their retelling skills.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RL.2.2,RL.2.3,RL.2.5,RL.2.7,RL.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.7D,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.9C,2.8D,2.8C,2.8A,2.7F,2.7E,2.1A,2.7C,2.7B,2.7A,2.6I,2.6G,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Understanding Text Structure with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

This mini lesson draws the readers attention to the structure of problem and solution, cause and effect, and description throughout many parts of the text.
Common Core State Standards Alignment
RL.2.4,RL.2.5,RL.2.7,RL.2.10,RF.2.3,RF.2.4,SL.2.1b,SL.2.2,SL.2.3,W.2.8,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.7E,2.13G,2.13E,2.13C,2.10C,2.10B,2.9C,2.8C,2.7F,2.1A,2.7D,2.7C,2.7B,2.6I,2.6A,2.1D,2.1C
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Vowels with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

This word work lesson plan and set of teaching resources use Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes by Eric Litwin as a springboard for instruction focused on the CVCe word pattern.

By anchoring word study to the text, students will benefit from seeing how CVCe words are used inside of the text before engaging in both guided and independent practice with CVCe words.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
RF.2.3,RF.2.4
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Vocabulary Connections with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

This set of vocabulary development resources for Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes highlights the words that are most important for students to know and understand while reading the book. Through engaging in fun word games, matching words to definitions and pictures, and practicing how to categorize words, students will develop the vocabulary necessary to comprehend this story and many others.

Common Core State Standards Alignment
L.2.4a,L.2.5a,L.2.6
TEKS Alignment
2.7E,2.7F,2.3A,2.3B,2.3D
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Comprehension Assessment with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

Use this Common Core aligned comprehension assessment to evaluate students' comprehension of Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes.
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Running Record with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

Use this Running Record to assess oral reading fluency with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes. Track meaning, structure, and visual accuracy using the first 100 words of the text to determine whether or not this book is a good fit for the readers in your classroom.

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Cause and Effect with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

The BookPagez extension activities are a great way to push student engagement beyond the pages of the text. Try using this activity with early finishers, with students who show a deeper connection with the text, or as a center activity.
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Cause and Effect Matching with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

Read Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes then have some fun matching cause and effect sentences from the book. By using these cause and effect cards, students will demonstrate both their comprehension of the text and their understanding of cause and effect relationships in hands-on and interactive way.

This resource includes matching/sorting cards and a sorting mat for four cause and effect sentences in Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes. Each cause card is marked with a square and each effect card is marked with a circle, making it easy to support students who struggle with matching cause and effect relationships.
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Cause and Effect Sentence Stems with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes

Understanding cause and effect is a key comprehension and language skill. The text structure of Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes includes several examples of cause and effect relationships, making it easy to use as a springboard for modeling or independent practice.

This simple resource includes four sentence stems. Each sentence stem presents an effect. Students will use what they know about the book to fill in the cause of the effect.
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Identifying the Author's Purpose with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (Spanish)

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Making Connections with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (Spanish)

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Making Predictions with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (Spanish)

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Retelling & Summarizing with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (Spanish)

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Understanding Text Structure with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (Spanish)

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Cause and Effect with Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes (Spanish)

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Title: Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes
Author: Eric Litwin
Genre: Fantasy
Themes: Laugh Out Loud, STEAM / STEM
ISBN: 9780062065605
Publisher's Summary:
Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes, written by Eric Litwin and illustrated by James Dean, is a vibrant and engaging picture book that has quickly become a classroom favorite. The story follows the ever-cool Pete, a blue cat with a laid-back attitude, as he strolls down the street in his brand-new white shoes. As Pete walks, he steps in a series of colorful messes—strawberries, blueberries, and more—each time changing the color of his shoes from white to red, blue, and brown. Instead of getting upset, Pete responds with a cheerful song and keeps moving forward, teaching children that it's okay when things don't go as planned.

This book stands out for its rhythmic, repetitive text and catchy refrain, which invite students to read, sing, and participate actively. The story uses simple, bold illustrations and an easy-to-follow narrative, making it accessible to young readers and ideal for group read-alouds. Teachers will find the book a valuable tool for reinforcing color recognition, encouraging resilience, and fostering a positive classroom atmosphere. The central theme—that it's all good, no matter what you step in—offers a gentle, memorable lesson about optimism and perseverance in the face of everyday challenges. Pete the Cat: I Love My White Shoes is not only fun to read but also creates opportunities for creative movement, music, and discussion, making it a versatile addition to any teacher's toolkit.
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