Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text picture book Counting On Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker and Dow Phumiruk. Great for Black History Month, biography studies, STEM and Women’s History Month! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book Sofia Valdez, Future Prez by Andrea Beaty from the Questioneers series. Great for problem-solving, growth mindset, introducing government or civics studies, and character education! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book Giraffes Can’t Dance by Giles Andreae and Guy Parker-Rees. Also great for bilingual classrooms as the book is also available under the title Las jirafas no pueden bailar. Activities in English and Spanish! Great for growth mindset and social emotional learning (SEL)! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction poem mentor text book The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson. Great for Black History Month and poetry studies! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative retell, timeline, graphic organizer, Somebody Wanted But Then So) analyzing key details comparing and contrasting identifying main… Read More