Picture book library lesson plans, games and activities & book lists
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the wordless mentor text book The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker. A great story about nature, the human impact or for Earth Day. Activities include a dictation / mentor sentence. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The lesson plans include:… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book Gibberish by Young. Reading response and analysis prompts including a dictation / mentor sentence. Great for problem-solving, growth mindset, multicultural studies and language learning, and friendship! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The lesson plans include:… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy. This is a striking book for teaching about Black History Month, civil rights, social justice, discrimination, or prejudice! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty from the Questioneers series. Great for problem-solving, growth mindset, introducing poetry, reading struggles and character education! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The lesson plans include: DOWNLOAD THE LESSON PLAN… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book Creepy Crayon by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown. Great for Halloween or an Aaron Reynolds author study! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The lesson plans include: DOWNLOAD THE LESSON PLAN AND ACTIVITIES
A novel study with discussion questions for the realistic fiction middle grade graphic novel Drama by Raina Telgemeier. A great book for studying crushes, coming of age and change, 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. If your students struggle to respond… Read More