Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
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 autobiography mentor text picture book More Than Peach: Changing the World One Crayon At a Time by Bellen Woodard. Great for dealing with activism, diversity and inclusion and problem-solving! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The lesson plans include: DOWNLOAD THE… 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
A novel study with discussion questions for the realistic fiction middle grade novel Millionaires For the Month by Stacy McAnulty. A great book for studying responsibility, consequences, math, 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… Read More
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 novel study with discussion questions for the realistic fiction middle grade novel Holes by Louis Sachar. A great book for studying flashbacks, connections across timelines, 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… Read More