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 Galimoto by Karen Lynn Williams and Catherine Stock. Great for grit, persistence or growth mindset studies and looking at the power of imagination! A great multicultural book about children around the world! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details (4 strategies: narrative… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the historical fiction mentor text book Drawn Together by Minh Le and Dan Santat. A great book for studying diverse cultures, perspective or Grandparents Day! 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 close reading for… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book I Am Love by Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds. Lesson plans include a dictation / mentor sentence! Great for social emotional learning (SEL), character education, and empathy! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The lesson… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book I Am Human by Susan Verde and Peter H. Reynolds. Lesson plans include a dictation / mentor sentence! Great for social emotional learning (SEL), growth mindset, character education, and empathy! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on:… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text picture book Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the Right to Vote by Tanya Lee Stone and Rebecca Gibbon. Great for civil rights / women’s suffrage studies, biography studies, 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… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book Just Ask! Be Different, Be Brave, Be You by Sonia Sotomayor and Rafael Lopez. Great for social emotional learning (SEL), respecting differences, and community building! 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