Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text picture book Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly and Laura Freeman. Great for Black History Month, biography studies, STEM and Women’s History Month! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies:… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the autobiography mentor text book Dreamers by Yuyi Morales. A wonderful story about the immigrant experience! This book is also available in Spanish titled Soñadores. The printable prompts are in English and Spanish. Great for Women’s History Month, immigration, and biography / autobiography studies! Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the autobiography mentor text book The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind by William Kamkwamba, Bryan Mealer and Elizabeth Zunon. This book is also available in Spanish titled El niño que domó el viento. Activities are in English and Spanish. Great for community, STEM, Earth Day, Inventions or Engineering, and units on recycling! Google Slides presentation and student activities… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction poem mentor text book The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson. Great for Black History Month and poetry 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) analyzing key details comparing and contrasting identifying main… Read More