Picture book lesson plans and activities for busy teachers
Looking for the best children’s books about black scientists, artists and inventors? Check out these engaging picture books for February’s Black History Month. Fun nonfiction children’s books about Black scientists, artists and inventors. Award-winning books about famous African Americans in STEM and the arts from history. Your elementary students will love these books and connected lesson plans and activities for… Read More
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 realistic fiction mentor text picture book All Because You Matter by Tami Charles and Bryan Collier. Great for poetry studies, Black History Month, BIPOC studies, Black Lives Matter, etc.! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: Summarizing key details analyzing figurative language / descriptive language comparing and contrasting with a… Read More
Black History Month is right around the corner, and there are SO MANY great books out there to teach your students about African American heritage and history in this country. When I first started teaching, it seemed like every teacher knew really good books to read for every holiday, while I was left asking around everywhere. After years of talking… Read More