Linking Picture Books to Standards

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This practical handbook provides more than 30 ready-to-use lesson plans that connect picture books to the national language arts standards set forth by NCTE and IRA. Designed for the primary grades, all lessons have been classroom tested and come with dozens of reproducible patterns and worksheets. Each lesson plan includes bibliographic information, a description of the standards applied in the lesson, skills and objectives, grade level, lists of props and materials, costume ideas, a step-by-step lesson description, comprehension questions, and follow-up activities. A wonderful tool for anyone who works with young students, this guide will generate hours of creative exploration, learning, and delight. Grades K-3

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In this collection of lesson plans for more than 30 picture books, grades K-3, the standards for English-language arts are made concrete....This work will be helpful to both librarians and teachers.-Booklist
Teachers from all curriculum areas are being required to teach standards-based lessons. They need tools that will enable them to align trade books to national standards and integrate them into their curriculum. This book does just that....Teachers will find this resource a great asset to their classroom and library. Recommended.-Library Media Connection
Thirty-five lesson plans for Grades K-3 connect favorite titles to the NCTE/IRA Standards for the English language arts. Each lesson includes a list of props and materials, instructions and reproducibles.-Teacher Librarian
[F]ascinating in concept.- School Librarian
[F]ascinating in concept.-School Librarian
[F]ascinating in concept.School Librarian
"Fascinating in concept."-School Librarian
"[F]ascinating in concept."-School Librarian
"In this collection of lesson plans for more than 30 picture books, grades K-3, the standards for English-language arts are made concrete....This work will be helpful to both librarians and teachers."-Booklist
"Thirty-five lesson plans for Grades K-3 connect favorite titles to the NCTE/IRA Standards for the English language arts. Each lesson includes a list of props and materials, instructions and reproducibles."-Teacher Librarian
"Teachers from all curriculum areas are being required to teach standards-based lessons. They need tools that will enable them to align trade books to national standards and integrate them into their curriculum. This book does just that....Teachers will find this resource a great asset to their classroom and library. Recommended."-Library Media Connection

Author Bio

BRENDA S. COPELAND has been an elementary librarian for the past six years in Palmyra School District, Palmyra, Pennsylvania. She earned her MLS degree from Kutztown University and her BA in Elementary Education at the University of Delaware. PATRICIA A. MESSNER has been an elementary media specialist for the past seventeen years in the Lebanon City School District, Lebanon, Ohio. She earned her Masters of Education degree from Miami University, Oxford, Ohio and her BA in Elementary Education at Asbury College, Wilmore, Kentucky.