Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text book The Raft by Jim LaMarche. Great for relationships, summer, and studies of nature and the environment! 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) describing character point of view… Read More
Dive into the Caldecott Medal with this fun Mock Caldecott unit! Lessons to help students learn about the medal, pretend to join the Caldecott Medal Committee, learn about some top books that could win for 2020 – 2021 as well previous winners. Learn about selection criteria as well with activity pages as well as Google Slides and Google Form for voting! Lessons and activities… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text book Above the Rim How Elgin Baylor Changed Basketball by Jen Bryant and Frank Morrison. Great for biography studies, Black History Month and sports! 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) describing character traits /… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction mentor text picture book Your Place in the Universe by Jason Chin. Great for earth science, outer space, measurement or Earth Day! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: K-W-L chart / KWL chart analyzing information depicted in illustrations comparing and contrasting texts analyzing the main idea and details The lesson… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the historical fiction mentor text book Christmas in the Trenches by John McCutcheon and Henri Sorensen. This is an excellent holiday story for focusing on WWI / World War I / the Great War, history and relationships. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the Christmas / winter mentor text picture book How Santa Got His Job by Stephen Krensky. A really fun holiday book with a perfect social-emotional learning (SEL) connection about perseverance, not giving up and being yourself. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4… Read More