Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
Looking for the best children’s books about Black Athletes? Look no further! Whether you want to read some of these for February’s Black History Month or just for any occasion, these childrens books about Black people in sports are perfect! Athletes from a variety of sports like basketball, tennis and horse racing are sure to interest your kids and add… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book Twenty-One Steps Guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by Jeff Gottesefeld and Matt Tavares. This is a great book for Memorial Day, Veterans Day, learning about national monuments and the military. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: analyzing author’s… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text book Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright and Stephen Gilpin. A great winter story about relationships, friendship, snowmen, and problem-solving. 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) close… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text picture book Paper Son The Inspiring Story of Tyrus Wong Immigrant and Artist by Julie Leung and Chris Sasaki. This is a great book for teaching about Asian immigrants, artists, determination, discrimination and Disney animators. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key… Read More
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text book I Talk Like a River by Jordan Scott and Sydney Smith. A great poetry book about being different and dealing with a speech impediment (stuttering). 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
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the biography mentor text picture book The Astronaut Who Painted the Moon The True Story of Alan Bean by Dean Robbins and Sean Rubin. This is a great book for teaching about space, the moon, space, arts and biographies of scientists. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on:… Read More