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 has 48 total pages and slides, and 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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