Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the autobiography fiction mentor text picture book Storm Run The Story of the First Woman to Win the Iditarod Sled Dog Race by Libby Riddles and Shannon Cartwright. A great story for reading about sled dogs, the Iditarod Race in Alaska, determination, and Women’s History Month, and more. Google Slides presentation and… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the mentor text book Zombie in Love by Kelly DiPucchio and Scott Campbell. A great story about friendship, social emotional learning (SEL), and that you’re never alone with how you feel about something. A hilarious Valentines Day read aloud! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text book The Most Perfect Snowman by Chris Britt. A great winter story about relationships, friendship, snowmen, and for 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 Wanted But Then… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the historical fiction mentor text picture book Togo by Robert J. Blake. A great story for reading about sled dogs, the origin of the Iditarod Race in Alaska, the Leonhard Seppala Siberians, the Diptheria Serum Run of 1925, and determination. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book Akiak A Tale of the Iditarod by Robert J. Blake. A great story for reading about sled dogs and the Iditarod Race in Alaska and determination. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell,… Read More