Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
Looking for the best children’s books about identity? These picture books on identity for elementary students are engaging for primary and upper elementary kids. Books with lesson plans and activities linked. Picture books about various topics such as culture, personality, family history, each person’s own uniqueness and more for your kindergarten, first, second, third, fourth or fifth grade students. Your… Read More
Looking for the best January read alouds for the classroom? These picture books for read alouds in January for elementary students are engaging for primary and upper elementary kids. Books with lesson plans and activities linked. Picture books about various topics such as winter, arctic animals, Martin Luther King Jr. Day / MLK Day and more for your kindergarten, first,… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book The Rough Patch by Brian Lies. Great for SEL / social emotional learning, grief and loss, and problem solving studies! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So) Close… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the historical fiction mentor text book Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper. A great book about Jim Crow Laws, racial segregation, and historical fiction! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted… Read More
Looking for the best children’s books about identity? These picture books on identity for elementary students are engaging for primary and upper elementary kids. Books with lesson plans and activities linked. Picture books about various topics such as culture, personality, family history, each person’s own uniqueness and more for your kindergarten, first, second, third, fourth or fifth grade students. Your… Read More
Looking for the best January read alouds for the classroom? These picture books for read alouds in January for elementary students are engaging for primary and upper elementary kids. Books with lesson plans and activities linked. Picture books about various topics such as winter, arctic animals, Martin Luther King Jr. Day / MLK Day and more for your kindergarten, first,… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book The Rough Patch by Brian Lies. Great for SEL / social emotional learning, grief and loss, and problem solving studies! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So) Close… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the historical fiction mentor text book Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey and Floyd Cooper. A great book about Jim Crow Laws, racial segregation, and historical fiction! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text picture book Mesmerized: How Ben Franklin Solved a Mystery that Baffled All of France by Mara Rockliff and Iacopo Bruno. This is a great read for Ben Franklin, biographies, STEM and scientific method studies! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on:… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text picture book Ben Franklin’s Big Splash: The Mostly True Story of His First Invention by Barb Rosenstock and S.D. Schindler. This is a great read for word choice, figurative language, Ben Franklin, biographies, STEM and history studies! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and… Read More
