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

A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction poem mentor text book Wishes by Muon Thi Van. Great for refugee, Asian American and poetry studies!  Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: summarizing analyzing key details comparing and contrasting identifying main idea and details integrating knowledge from multiple sources close reading for understanding word meaning and figurative… Read More

A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book The Key From Spain Flory Jagoda and Her Music by Debbie Levy and Sonja Wimmer.  A great book about the immigration / immigrants, Jewish history, biographies and preserving culture!  Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell,… Read More