Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book I Am Farmer Growing an Environmental Movement in Cameroon by Miranda Paul, Baptiste Paul and Elizabeth Zunon. This is a great book for Earth Day, environmental studies, Africa, and farming. 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 historical fiction mentor text book That Book Woman by Heather Henson and David Small. This is a great book for back to school, library, love of reading and learning about the Pack Horse Librarians. 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 narrative nonfiction mentor text book 30 Minutes Over Oregon by Marc Tyler Nobleman and Melissa Iwai. This is a great book for Memorial Day, Veterans Day, learning about World War 2 (WWII), forgiveness and the military. 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 narrative nonfiction mentor text book Twenty-One Steps Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesefeld and Matt Tavares. This is a great book for Memorial Day, Veterans Day, learning about national monuments and the military. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: analyzing author’s… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book Game Changers The Story of Venus and Serena Williams by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome. This is a great book for teaching about Black History Month, tennis, Women’s History Month or sports! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book R-E-S-P-E-C-T Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul by Carole Boston Weatherford and Frank Morrison. This is a great book for teaching about Black History Month, Rosa Parks, biographies, music studies or for Women’s History Month! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus… Read More