ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Postmodern Picture Books
Using "Black and White" by David Macaulay, this lesson plan demonstrates the use of picture books as learning tools in middle school. Included in the lesson plan is an overview, practice, objectives, resources, preparation, and more.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Teaching Science Through Picture Books: A Rainforest Lesson
Contains plans for five lessons that teach about the tropical rainforest using picture books such as "Welcome to the Green House" by Jane Yolen. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to sites...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: My Family Traditions a Class Book and a Potluck Lunch
Contains plans for eleven lessons that teach about family traditions and diversity using the book "Family Pictures/Cuadros de Familia" by Carmen Lomas Garza. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links...
EL Education
El Education: Book Trading Cards
This collection of trading cards was created by 5th and 6th graders at Shutesbury Elementary School in Shutesbury, Massachusetts, as part of a choice-based fictional reading project. Each student selected a fiction book that he or she...
EL Education
El Education: Picture Alphabet
Students create an alphabet book by writing and illustrating a word for each letter of the alphabet.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Adjectives Around Us
Young scholars will make a photo story book using Flickr pictures.