Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
A novel study with discussion questions for the fiction middle grade novel A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry. A great book for studying relationships, family, survival and for social emotional learning (SEL)! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond in paragraph form using text evidence. If your students struggle to… Read More
A novel study with discussion questions for the historical fiction middle grade novel Allies by Alan Gratz. A great book for studying relationships, impact of setting, bravery, working together, World War 2 (WWII), and for social emotional learning (SEL)! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond in paragraph form using text… Read More
A novel study with discussion questions for the historical nonfiction middle grade novel Bomb: The Race to Build and Steal the World’s Most Dangerous Weapon by Steve Sheinkin. A great book for studying history, World War 2 (WWII), multiple perspectives, spies, and more! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond in… Read More
A novel study with discussion questions for the realistic fiction middle grade novel Ban This Book by Alan Gratz. A great book for studying activism, banned books, speaking up, empathy, and courage, and for social emotional learning (SEL)! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond in paragraph form using text evidence…. Read More
A novel study with discussion questions for the historical fiction middle grade novel The War I Finally Won by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley. A great book for studying relationships, impact of setting, bravery, loss, and for social emotional learning (SEL)! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond in paragraph form using text… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book Stolen Words by Melanie Florence. An excellent book for study of Native American Heritage Month, Indigenous Peoples Day, the colonial school / residential school program or modern American Indian cultures. Activities include discussion of the troubling history of colonial schools. Google Slides presentation… Read More