Paradise Sands by Levi Pinfold
Description A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the mystery/horror/fantasy mentor text book Paradise Sands: a Story of Enchantment by Levi Pinfold. Great for mystery, cautionary tales, and for inferring! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The lesson plans include: DOWNLOAD THE LESSON PLAN AND ACTIVITIES
The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the wordless mentor text book The Tree and the River by Aaron Becker. A great story about nature, the human impact or for Earth Day. Activities include a dictation / mentor sentence. Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus […]
Choosing Brave by Angela Joy
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the narrative nonfiction mentor text book Choosing Brave: How Mamie Till-Mobley and Emmett Till Sparked the Civil Rights Movement by Angela Joy. This is a striking book for teaching about Black History Month, civil rights, social justice, discrimination, or prejudice! Google Slides presentation and student […]
Aaron Slater Illustrator by Andrea Beaty
A guided reading or interactive read aloud lesson plan for the fiction mentor text picture book Aaron Slater, Illustrator by Andrea Beaty from the Questioneers series. Great for problem-solving, growth mindset, introducing poetry, reading struggles and character education! Google Slides presentation and student activities on Google Docs. Lessons and activities focus on: The lesson plans […]
Drama by Raina Telgemeier
A novel study with discussion questions for the realistic fiction middle grade graphic novel Drama by Raina Telgemeier. A great book for studying crushes, coming of age and change, empathy, and courage, 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 […]
Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan
A novel study with discussion questions for the realistic fiction middle grade novel Amina’s Voice by Hena Khan. A great book for studying cultural discrimination, cultural identity, coming of age and change, empathy, and courage, 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 […]
Huele a gol by Morat
A Spanish song study with discussion questions for the song Huele a gol by Morat – a group from Colombia. A great song for studying poetry, figurative language, and soccer / football! 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 […]
Del Estadio Al Cielo by Morat
A Spanish song study with discussion questions for the song Del estadio al cielo by Morat – a group from Colombia. A great song for studying poetry, figurative language, and soccer / football! 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 […]
A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry
A novel study with discussion questions for the fiction middle grade novel A Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne Parry. A great book for studying relationships, family, survival 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. […]
Allies by Alan Gratz
A novel study with discussion questions for the historical fiction middle grade novel Allies by Alan Gratz. A great book for studying relationships, impact of setting, bravery, working together, World War 2 (WWII), and for social emotional learning (SEL)! Printable worksheets and student activities on Google Docs with provided sentence stems to help students respond […]