Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book The Treasure Box by Dave Keane and Rahele Jomepour Bell. Great for dealing with tragedy, family and dealing with the grief of a loss of a family member! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees. Great for accepting your uniqueness and social emotional learning (SEL)! 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… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book Somewhere in the Bayou by Jarrett Pumphrey and Jerome Pumphrey. An excellent book for studying animals, cause and effect, and fables. 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
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fairytale mentor text picture book The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett. An excellent book for fairy tale 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)… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book John’s Turn by Mac Barnett. An excellent book for realistic fiction studies, talents, being different 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 novel study with discussion questions for the science fiction middle grade novel We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey. A great book for studying the sci-fi genre and immigration / immigrants! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond in paragraph form using text evidence. If your students struggle to respond… Read More