Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
A Spanish novel study with discussion questions for the science fiction middle grade novel El escape de la robot salvaje (The Wild Robot Escapes) by Peter Brown. A great book for studying relationships, survival, sci-fi genre studies and for problem-solving! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond in paragraph form using… Read More
A Spanish novel study with discussion questions for the science fiction middle grade novel La Robot Salvaje (The Wild Robot) by Peter Brown. A great book for studying relationships, survival, sci-fi genre studies and for problem-solving! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond in paragraph form using text evidence. If your… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text book Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian and Storyteller Pura Belpre by Anika Aldmuy Denise and Paola Escobar. This book is also available in Spanish titled Sembrando historias: Pura Belpré: bibliotecaria y narradora de cuentos. The printable prompts are in English and Spanish. This is a great book… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers. This book is also available in Spanish titled El dia que los crayones renunciaron. The printable prompts are in English and Spanish. Great for persuasive language, problem-solving and letter writing / correspondence! Google Slides presentation and student activities… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen and Kevin Hawkes. This book is also available in Spanish titled El oso y el piano. The printable prompts are in English and Spanish. Great for friendship, community and pursuing your passion! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book Library Lion by Michelle Knudsen and Kevin Hawkes. This book is also available in Spanish titled Un leon en la biblioteca or Un leon de biblioteca. The printable prompts are in English and Spanish. Great for SEL / social emotional learning, back to school rules and… Read More