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
Ruth and the Green Book by Calvin Alexander Ramsey
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
Mesmerized by Mara Rockliff
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
Ben Franklin’s Big Splash by Barb Rosenstock
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
Without Separation by Larry Dane Brimner
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book Without Separation: Prejudice, Segregation, and the Case of Roberto Alvarez by Larry Dane Brimner and Maya Gonzalez. This is a great book for Hispanic Heritage Month, social justice, segregation studies, and biographies. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key… Read More
Wishes by Mượn Thị Văn
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