Using Picture Books for Standards-Based Instruction, Grades K?

This guide presents lesson plans for use in the classroom or library media center that connect picture books to the Common Core State Standards for grades K-2. Messner and Copeland, elementary media specialists, organize the lesson plans by standards related to key ideas and details, craft and structure, and integration of knowledge and ideas, then each grade. Each lesson lists the applicable standard and the objectives, skills, props, and materials needed, and provides instructions, steps, and closure strategies, along with questions for some lessons. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

Patricia A. Messner has been an elementary media specialist for the past 26 years in the Lebanon City School District, Lebanon, OH.

Brenda S. Copeland has been an elementary media specialist for the past 18 years in Palmyra School District, Palmyra, PA.