Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction poem mentor text book Wishes by Muon Thi Van. Great for refugee, Asian American and poetry studies! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: summarizing analyzing key details comparing and contrasting identifying main idea and details integrating knowledge from multiple sources close reading for understanding word meaning and figurative… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book The Book Rescuer: How a Mensch from Massachusetts Saved Yiddish Literature for Generations to Come by Sue Macy and Stacy Innerst. A great book about the Jewish history, books / reading, biographies and preserving culture! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book The Key From Spain Flory Jagoda and Her Music by Debbie Levy and Sonja Wimmer. A great book about the immigration / immigrants, Jewish history, biographies and preserving culture! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell,… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book Pride The Story of Harvey Milk and the Rainbow Flag by Rob Sanders and Steven Salerno. This is a great book for June LGBT Pride Month, civil rights, and biographies. 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 narrative nonfiction mentor text book Sharuko Peruvian Archaeologist Julio C. Tello by Monica Brown and Elisa Chavarri. This is a great book for Hispanic Heritage Month, Latin America, biographies, and archaeology. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline,… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the folktale fairy tale mentor text picture book The Turkey Girl A Zuni Cinderella Story by Penny Pollock and Ed Young. An excellent multicultural fairytale excellent for a fairytale unit, Native American Heritage Month or as part of a unit of study on Cinderella tales. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google… Read More