Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
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 biography mentor text book Nicky and Vera A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued by Peter Sis. A great book about Holocaust, heroes, history, and World War 2 (WWII). 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
Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text book Watercress by Andrea Wang and Jason Chin. This is a great book for studying Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (AAPI), family traditions, and diversity. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell,… Read More
Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the wordless realistic fiction mentor text picture book One Little Bag An Amazing Journey by Henry Cole. Great for Earth Day, Arbor Day, conservation, recycling, renewable and nonrenewable resources, or environmental awareness! 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