Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book John’s Turn by Mac Barnett. An excellent book for realistic fiction studies, talents, being different and more. 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… Read More
Internet safety is an important topic that parents should discuss with their children. Oftentimes, though, parents do not know how, and librarians and teachers are better prepared to teach about internet safety and digital citizenship. Here are some great resources for teaching kids how to keep safe online complete with videos, lessons, and more! Internet Safety Videos Videos About Using… Read More
A novel study with discussion questions for the science fiction middle grade novel We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey. A great book for studying the sci-fi genre and immigration / immigrants! 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
A novel study with discussion questions for the realistic fiction middle grade novel The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman. A great book for studying the resilience, poverty, survival and children’s rights! 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 thoughtfully… Read More
A novel study with discussion questions for the realistic fiction middle grade novel Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling. A great book for studying resilience, mystery genre, bullying and children with disabilities for social emotional learning (SEL)! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond in paragraph… Read More
A novel study with discussion questions for the fiction middle grade novel Pax by Sara Pennypacker and Jon Klassen. A great book for studying relationships, loss, war 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… Read More