Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard

Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard

A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the nonfiction mentor text picture book Fry Bread by Kevin Noble Maillard. An excellent book for study of Native American Heritage Month, Indigenous Peoples Day, American Indian cultures and traditions. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The […]

Bowwow Powwow by Brenda Child

Bowwow Powwow by Brenda Child

A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book Bowwow Powwow by Brenda J. Child. An excellent book for study of Native American Heritage Month, Indigenous Peoples Day, American Indian cultures. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The lesson […]

‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore and Matt Tavares

'Twas the Night Before Christmas by Matt Tavares

A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore and illustrated by Matt Tavares or Account of a Visit From St. Nicholas.  Great for Christmas, poetry, and figurative language study! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. […]

The Treasure Box by Dave Keane

The Treasure Box by Dave Keane

A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the realistic fiction mentor text picture book The Treasure Box by Dave Keane and Rahele Jomepour Bell.  Great for dealing with tragedy, family and dealing with the grief of a loss of a family member! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons […]

Brave Dave by Giles Andreae

Brave Dave by Giles Andreae

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.  Great for accepting your uniqueness and social emotional learning (SEL)! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The lesson plans include: DOWNLOAD THE […]

The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett

The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett

A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fairytale mentor text picture book The Three Billy Goats Gruff by Mac Barnett. An excellent book for fairy tale studies. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The lesson plans include: DOWNLOAD THE LESSON PLAN AND ACTIVITIES

John’s Turn by Mac Barnett

John's Turn by Mac Barnett

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: The lesson plans include: DOWNLOAD THE LESSON […]

We’re Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey

We're Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey

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 […]

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

The Bridge Home by Padma Venkatraman

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 […]

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus by Dusti Bowling

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 […]