Teaching STEM and Common Core with Mentor Texts: Collaborative Lesson Plans, K-5

Librarians can use this book to become leaders in their schools, collaborating with teachers to keep them abreast of resources that will facilitate the inclusion of STEM in the curriculum.

• Offers five library lessons for each STEM subject based on a mentor text and a lesson for the collaborating teacher

• Provides a booktalk to interest the students and a "Book Time" section that allows for reading all or parts of the book accompanied by a general discussion

• Shows the range of grades for which each lesson is most suited and how it can be adapted

• Includes a graphic organizer (GO Chart) with each lesson, as well as two options for assessing the lesson