Lesson Planet
Search educational resources
  • Sign In Try It Free
  • AI Teacher Tools
    • Discover Resources Search reviewed educational resources by keyword, subject, grade, type, and more
    • Curriculum Manager (My Content) Manage saved and uploaded resources and folders To Access the Curriculum Manager Sign In or Join Now
    • Browse Resource Directory Browse educational resources by subject and topic
    • Curriculum Calendar Explore curriculum resources by date
    • Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom
    • Our Story
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • Testimonials
    • Contact Us
  • Pricing
  • School Access
    • Your school or district can sign up for Lesson Planet — with no cost to teachers
      Learn More
  • Sign In
  • Try It Free

Hi, what do you want to do?

Create a lesson plan
Create a lesson plan
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Generate resources with 80+ AI teacher tools
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Search 200,000 instructional videos
Find a teaching resource
Find a teaching resource
Picture Books, Retelling, and Writing Lesson PlanPicture Books, Retelling, and Writing Lesson Plan
Publisher
Curated OER
Curator Rating
Educator Rating
Not yet Rated
Lesson Plan

Picture Books, Retelling, and Writing

Curated and Reviewed by Lesson Planet
This Picture Books, Retelling, and Writing lesson plan also includes:
  • Project
  • Join to access all included materials

Students create stories using only pictures.  In this visual storytelling instructional activity, students read Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie de Paola and analyze the wordless story.  Students create new text for the book by writing on sticky notes.

37 Views 84 Downloads
Concepts

visual storytelling

Additional Tags

picture book, visual storytelling, writing experiment, english language arts
Show More Show Less

Resource Details

Grade
1st - 2nd
Subjects
English Language Arts
13 more...
Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
2 hrs
Instructional Strategies
Project-Based Learning
1 more...
Usage Permissions
Fine Print

See similar resources:

Organizer

Phonics Teachers Resource Book

McGraw Hill
Looking to improve your classes literacy program? Then look no further. This comprehensive collection of resources includes worksheets and activities covering everything from r-controlled vowels and consonant digraphs, to the...
1st - 3rd English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Activity

Opinion Writing

Bermingham City Schools
It's no secret that children can be very opinionated, but rather than fight against this natural tendency, embrace it with this primary grade writing project. After a shared reading of a children's book about...
1st - 3rd English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Organizer

Summary Writing

Curriculum Corner
Nineteen stylish worksheets offer lesson ideas and practice opportunities designed to reinforce summary skills. Scholars recall events over the weekend as well as favorite books—main characters, problems, solutions, the beginning,...
1st - 3rd English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Printables

Helen Keller: An Inspiring Life (Biography Mini-Book)

Scholastic
Inspire young readers with this printable biography of Helen Keller. Including a timeline, glossary, and realistic illustrations with supporting captions, this is a great resource for not only teaching children about this amazing...
K - 4th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Printables

Book Review

Dawgeared.com
Reflect on your reading with a book review form. After finishing a novel or short story, kids choose the correct genre and discuss their favorite part. They also decide which part they would change, and whether or not they would...
1st - 6th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Lesson Plan

Publish a Book

Curated OER
Help your autistic learners to create a story and publish a book. They write simple stories, then turn their stories into books. A picture is drawn for each page of the book and the story is written below. Note: This is a good activity...
2nd - 5th Visual & Performing Arts
Writing

My Memory Book

abcteach
Look back on the school year by spending a few days putting together books that learners can reflect on in the coming years. Learners note down personal information and their favorite things, respond to questions with goals, stories, and...
2nd - 5th English Language Arts
App

Book Creator

Tools for Schools
Build beautiful books in whatever style you'd like with an intuitive and adaptable app for constructing books. Kids can add images, drawings, text, and audio to make books about any subject. When complete, learners can wrap up the...
K - 12th English Language Arts
Lesson Plan

Writing Poetry with Rebus and Rhyme

National Council of Teachers of English
Young scholars write rhyming poems using rebus. With pictures instead of words, authors create original work about things they love. 
K - 2nd English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
Lesson Plan

What A Pair! A Cross Grade Writing Activity

Curated OER
What a pair! Older pupils interview younger ones and use what they learn to write a short, illustrated storybook that features the youngster as the main character. The youngster responds with a thank-you note in which they identify their...
Pre-K - 12th English Language Arts
Try It Free
© 1999-2026 Learning Explorer, Inc.
Teacher Lesson Plans, Worksheets and Resources

Sign up for the Lesson Planet Monthly Newsletter

Open Educational Resources (OER)

  • Health
  • Language Arts
  • Languages
  • Math
  • Physical Education
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Special Education
  • Visual and Performing Arts
View All Lesson Plans

Discover Resources

  • Our Review Process
  • How it Works
  • How to Search
  • Create a Collection

Manage Curriculum

  • Edit a Collection
  • Assign to Students
  • Manage My Content
Contact Us Site Map Privacy Policy Terms of Use