Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book Jabari Tries by Gaia Cornwall, the sequel to Jabari Jumps. Great for SEL / social emotional learning, point of view, problem-solving and trying something new! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic… Read More
Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall. Great for SEL / social emotional learning, point of view, bravery and trying something new! 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… Read More
Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the mentor text book Follow Those Zebras Solving a Migration Mystery by Sandra Markle. Great story for studying migration / migrating, mysteries, and the scientific method! 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 with text evidence writing… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the folktale fairy tale mentor text picture book Yeh-Shen A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie and Ed Young. An excellent multicultural fairytale excellent for a fairytale unit, Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI) or as part of a unit of study on Cinderella tales. Google Slides presentation and student… Read More
Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book Milo Imagines the World by Matt de la Pena and Christian Robinson. Great for SEL / social emotional learning, point of view, prejudice and diversity studies! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline,… Read More
Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book Selena Queen of Tejano Music by Silvia Lopez and Paola Escobar. This is a great book for teaching about Hispanic Heritage Month, Latin music and Latinx musicians, and Selena Quintanilla! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4… Read More