Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text book We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen. Great for read aloud, examining humor / comedy, and examining the text to illustration connection! 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… Read More
Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction biography mentor text book Star Stuff Carl Sagan and the Mysteries of the Cosmos by Stephanie Roth Sisson. Great for outer space studies, biographies, STEM and scientist units. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: close reading for understanding text features analyzing and summarizing key details… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text book I Promise by Lebron James. Great for talking about back to school, social emotional learning (SEL), grit and goal setting. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: close reading for understanding the meaning of unknown words and phrases / vocabulary analyzing… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text book 7 Ate 9 The Untold Story by Tara Lazar and Ross MacDonald. Great for talking about mystery / caper genre, jokes, homophones and words with more than one meaning. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book Julian at the Wedding by Jessica Love. This is a great multicultural book for teaching about respecting differences, friendship, self-love, accepting who you are and more. 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 fiction mentor text book Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright and Stephen Gilpin. A great winter story about relationships, friendship, snowmen, and problem-solving. 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