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Lesson Plan

Treat Books Right!

Preschoolers can have a range of book knowledge. With this lesson plan, make sure that everyone is on the same page of how to treat books.
Need extra help for EL students? Try the What Do You Do with a Book? pre-lesson.
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Learning Objectives

Students will be able to identify how to appropriately treat books.

Introduction

(5 minutes)
  • Call students together.
  • Read We Are in a Book! by Mo Willems.
  • While reading, encourage students to help turn the pages of the book. Model reading from left to right and treating the book with respect.

Beginning

  • As you model how to treat a book, provide students with student-friendly definitions in their home language (L1) as able.

Intermediate

  • Provide students with concrete ideas of ways to treat books respectfully, acting as a guide.