Children's Literature Lesson Plans, Authors Eboch-Eyvindson
Students use P. D. Eastman's book to search for pronouns and antecedents. Follow the tab for downloadable charts and worksheets. Designed for grades K-2.
A variety of post-reading activities organized by level of difficulty.
This page includes guides to several books:
Pa Lia's First Day
,
Zero Grandparents
,
The Talent Show
, and
Stinky Stern Forever
. Scroll down to find ideas for projects.
Short video interviews. Follow links at the left to biography, bibliography, and a transcript.
Short video interviews. Follow links at the left to biography, bibliography, and a transcript.
Strategies for reading and projects for post reading. Includes art, science, and math activities.
Students listen and make predictions, determine fact from fiction, and write autobiographically. Includes vocabulary and extension activities. The entire document has 112 pages; lesson plans for this book begin on p. 78. Adobe Reader required. Designed for kindergarten.
Summary and 3 sets of discussion questions based on different aspects of the story.
Synopsis, prereading questions, vocabulary words, postreading discussion questions, literature circles roles, reader response writing prompts, ELL/ESL strategies, and interdisciplinary learning activities for social studies, science, math, and art.
Scroll to page 10 of this document to find 8 learning activities. Adobe Reader required.
Author interview, emphasis on
Bird
.
Summary, prereading questions, vocabulary, discussion questions, ideas for literature circles and reader response, strategies for ESL and interdisciplinary connections.
This lesson explores the connections between visual art and language arts, and how both are used to creatively tell stories and express emotions. Students will read the book
Go Away Big Green Monster
by Ed Emberley. They will be introduced to adjectives as descriptive words then create their own monsters using paper sculpture techniques.
Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a culminating task, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.
Louise Erdrich
Lesson plans for
The Birchbark House
.
This teacher guide includes a summary; an author interview; prereading, comprehension check, and discussion questions; and ideas for cross-curricular post-reading activities.
Students will practice comprehension strategies as they examine elements of literature. Students examine their personal learning and experience to connect to the main character, attending to changes in the character's thinking as well as their own. Using context clues, they develop new vocabulary. Companion texts encourage students to compare and contrast characters. Several suggestions for a culminating community activity encourage student involvement with elders, synthesizing learning through action.The entire document has 112 pages; lesson plans for this book begin on p. 97. Adobe Reader required. Designed for grade 2.