Children's Literature Lesson Plans, Authors Waber-Weber
Bernard Waber
Lesson plans for
Ira Sleeps Over
and other books.
This lesson will take words that are unknown to students and teach students how to determine their meanings. Students will exhibit expanded vocabulary and sentence awareness by writing a story using new vocabulary words. This lesson uses the book
Farmer Duck
by Martin Waddell and includes handouts. It is designed for second grade.
by Martin Waddell
This lesson begins on p. 69 (73rd page of document). It includes pre-reading song, during-reading and post-reading suggestions and poem, and an extension activity that focuses on counting. Adobe Reader required. This document is very large; let it load completely before you work with it.
Questions with emphasis on economic concepts of entrepreneur, producers, consumers, market, supply and demand, and natural resources.
Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a writing task, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.
Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a writing task, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.
This teacher's guide offers prediction questions, comprehension questions using Bloom's Taxonomy, and ideas for projects that address multiple intelligences.
A variety of activities to support the novel.
by Ellen Stoll Walsh
This lesson begins on p. 54 (58th page of document). It includes pre-reading poems and discussion, during-reading, and post-reading art activities, extension activities including "snack mice" (cookies the children decorate), and a take-home activity. Adobe Reader required. This document is very large; let it load completely before you work with it.
Students learn about kittens, work with syllables and the days of the week, explore artist's craft, and write a letter to illustrator Tomie DePaola. Adobe Reader required for access.
After reading the book and discussing life in the desert, students write their own poems.
This lesson begins on p. 73 (77th page of document). It includes pre-reading poems and discussion, during-reading, and post-reading questions, an extension activity, and printables related to counting. Adobe Reader required. This document is very large; let it load completely before you work with it.
Learning activities that help students identify development of theme, explore point of view, and practice narrative writing. 3 pages; Adobe Reader required.
This writing task includes a prompt, graphic organizer, student handouts, and a model essay. Emphasis is on providing evidence to support an inference. 6 pages; word processor required.
Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a culminating task, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.
Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a culminating task, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.
Summary and background, prereading and comprehension questions, vocabulary, suggestions for use in literature circles, reader response and writing topics, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies.
Scroll to page 7 of this document to find a summary, 11 learning activities, and related titles. Adobe Reader required.
Scroll to page 8 of this document to find a summary, 8 learning activities, and related titles. Adobe Reader required.
Summary, prereading and comprehension questions, vocabulary, suggestions for use in literature circles, reader responde and writing topics, ESL and interdisciplinary strategies.
18 discussion questions.