Margaret Wise Brown Lesson Plans

Pupils examine what is important about reading and complete a short writing using the format from Margaret Wise Brown's book, "The Important Book." They use complete sentences and correct punctuation.

Students study word choice by authors.  In this reading comprehension lesson, students read the book The Little Fir Tree by Margaret Wise Brown and discuss with their classmates the importance of an author's words.  Students create a chart that reveals their selections of powerful language in the text.

First graders examine the ways families provide basic needs to their members. They listen to the book, The Important Book, by Margaret Wise Brown, and create a flip book that demonstrates the important things about a family.

Students examine the writing traits of sentence fluency and conventions. In this 6 traits of writing lesson, students read The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown and then write important poems about themselves.

Second graders read "The Important Book" by Margaret Wise Brown. They use PowerPoint to write a class book following the pattern in Wise Brown's book.

Second graders use various tools to make a class book about their school. They use descriptive and narrative writing to clarify thinking in all disciplines. Students create a class book and class PowerPoint presentation about the people who are important to their daily life at school based on the book "The Important Book" by Margaret Wise Brown.

Readers will recognize the rhyming words in a short story. They use the rhyming words from Goodnight Moon to complete a book belt (using sentence strips). Then they sing about bunnies and illustrate a class book together. Additional books are recommended.

Sixth graders investigate a flower plant and the plant cycle. They extend observational skills when looking at a tree by observing, questioning and sharing ideas. They observe a living and nonliving flower and compare and contrast how they are alike and different.

Young scholars review their notes, drawings, photos and writing from the field trip to share with the whole group. They make a fiction or nonfiction storybook as a group. They include writing from all students and can include artwork and photographs.

In this U.S. history lesson plan, 1st graders study the westward expansion movement of the mid-1800's. Students use a graphic organizer to compare and contrast a modern road trip to the methods of travel in the days of the wagon trains. There are many excellent resources embedded in this well-designed lesson plan.