Author and Illustrator Roles Elementary K-2 Read-aloud Activities & Lesson

Teach or review the author’s and illustrator’s job when making a book with these editable read-aloud activities for kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade classes!

The teacher-librarian reads aloud one of the 8 picture book recommendations, and after listening to the story, students check out books and complete one of the activities for the rest of library class.

This lesson includes:

• Recommended books to read aloud and teach your students about what authors and illustrators do (1 page)
  
  • “Chloe and the Lion” by Mac Barnett and Adam Rex
  • “Author vs. Illustrator” by Donald Lemke and Bob Lenz
  • “How This Book was Made” by Mac Barnett and Adam Rex
  • “Little Red Writing” by Joan Holub and Melissa Sweet
  • “I Want to Be in a Scary Story” by Sean Taylor and Jean Jullien
  • “Once Upon a Zzzz” by Maddie Frost
  • “Bearnard Writes a Book” by Deborah Underwood and Misa Saburi
  • “Chester” by Mélanie Watt
• Three (3) Printable Response Activities for students to identify author and illustrator, and what they do (24 slides)
  
  • Editable in Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Activity #1 – Students draw a line from author/illustrator label to the name on the book cover, and write their jobs. (half-page, 2 per letter-size paper)
  • Activity #2 – Students write the names and jobs of the author and illustrator (half-page, 2 per letter-size paper)
  • Activity #3 – Students cut and paste the labels to an image of the book cover. (full page, letter-size paper)
  • The full-color version of the cut-and-paste activity can be laminated to reuse year after year.
  • Full color and black & white versions of all activities
  • Easy to print PDF files also included.
• Digital Student Activity for each book to assess student learning (16 slides)
  • Editable in Google Slides
  • Students move labels to identify the author and illustrator names on an image of the book cover.
  • Optionally students can also label the title on the book cover.
  • Answer key is included and self-correcting so students can check their answers themselves.
• Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd Grade Lesson Plan in Google Docs format (5 pages), aligned to:
  • AASL National School Library Standards for Learners, and
  • National Common Core ELA Standards.
• Directions and Teacher Notes to help you use this lesson and post it in Google Classroom or other elearning platforms (2 pages)

 

Standards Addressed:

AASL National School Library Standards – See the AASL Standards Framework for Learners to view full text.

• Inquire – C.1.
• Collaborate – D.1.
• Explore – A.1.

Common Core English Language Arts Standards –
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• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.6.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.1. –CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.1. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.1.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.K.10. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.1.10. – CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RL.2.10.
• CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.SL.1
  
  

 

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