Archive for Picture Book Lessons

Beyond “Happily Ever After” Conclusions

Friday, July 3rd, 2009

WritingFix has a fun (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Once Upon a Cool Motorcycle Dude by Kevin O’Malley.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Find a Special Place” Lesson

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

WritingFix has a fun (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book A Quiet Place by Douglas Wood.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Hoot and Howl” Lesson

Friday, December 12th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Halloween Hoots and Howls by Joan Horton.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Alliterative Insects” Lesson

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Clara Caterpillar by Pamela Duncan Edwards.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “To Journal Like a President” Lesson

Friday, May 16th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book My Tour of Europe, by Teddy Roosevelt, Age 10 by Ellen Jackson.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Presidential Quotation Report” Lesson

Friday, May 16th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Theodore by Frank Keating.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

“Noun-Inspired Animal Reports” Lesson

Monday, May 12th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book We Are Bears by Molly Grooms.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

“Listen to the Word Choice of Authors” Lesson

Monday, May 12th, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Listen to the Rain by Bill Martin Jr.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

“Showing How to Deal with Anger” Lesson

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book When Sophie Gets Angry–Really, Really Angry by Molly Bang.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

Using the “Poems to Bug Your Reader” Lesson

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

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WritingFix has a fabulous (and free-to-use) on-line lesson inspired by the picture book Insectlopedia by Douglas Florian.  Click here to read the lesson’s overview and have access to all its resources.

If you’ve used this lesson with your students, we want to hear:

1)  What worked well for you with the lesson; or…
2)  What adaptations did you make to have success with your students; or…
3)  Anything else you think other teachers would enjoy hearing.

Share your ideas and adaptations by posting your thoughts in the “comment” box below.   Thank you in advance for participating in this community.

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