FOR TEACHERS
How to make the most of your School Author Visit
(Share digitally—links are clickable)
RACHELLE BURK, CHILDREN’S AUTHOR
Please click link to share my Greetings Video with your students!
POSTER ANNOUNCING VISIT Click link to print and post around school.
LUNCH "Rap Session" WITH THE AUTHOR CONTEST
If your school plans to have a "lunch time rap session" with the author, here's one way to choose participants. (Instructions may be edited). Please have lunch participants wear name tags and have them bring a sample of their creative writing with them.
READ MY BOOKS!
Get the students excited by familiarizing them with my work. All of my books may be ordered directly from me in advance of the visit for your classrooms or library.
You may also request a PDF of some of the books to read to your class.
Click the titles for more info about the books.
Click the links below titles for activity printouts.
(Picture book. Paperback)
* ClassroomGuide *Word Search * Maze *Crossword Puzzle *Paperbag Frog Puppet
* Draw-a-Treehouse * Coloring Pages * Find-The-Differences * Bookmarks (4 per page)
Science-adventure novel, grades 4-7.
*BEST SCIENCE TRADE BOOKS for K-12 (National Science Teachers Association & Children's Book Council)
*COMMON CORE-ALIGNED CLASSROOM GUIDE by Publisher
For another guide designed by PROJECT LEARNING TREE, a national environmental education organization, Please click HERE
*Compare/Contrast 2 characters (Venn Diagram)
*Create a PREHISTORIC FISH THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DISCOVERED!
K-2 Chapter book.
*Design your own tooth fairy trap *Tooth Fairy Coloring Sheet
*Tooth Fairy Job Application *Tooth Fairy Trivia Contest (reading comprehension)
*Draw a picture in Sami’s Book * Draw Little Bear getting ready for bed
* Decorate Sami’s Pajamas * Decorate Little Bear’s Pajamas:
* Maze (help Sami get to bed) * Bookmarks (color) (4 per page)
*SONG and DANCE (to the tune of "Row Your Boat")
PAINTING IN THE DARK: Esref Armagan, Blind Artist
Activities to help understand how blind experience art.
(Grade 2-4 chapter book - humor - school setting. Paperback.)
Classroom Guide: Trivia / Comprehension Questions and Discussion Questions
Compare/Contrast 2 characters (Venn Diagram)
The Sisters Who Wrote the Most Famous Song in the World
A GIFT OF LIFE: A Story of Organ & Tissue Donation
Activities and discussion questions
Click here for a few other activities (bottom of page)
Simone Biles / Taylor Swift / Caitlin Clark, as well as
She's a Mensch! Jewish Women Who Rocked the World all contain thought provoking
discussion questions within the books.
NONFICTION MAGAZINE ARTICLES
(Click links below)
Volcanic Lightning & Moon Smash (Scholastic Science World)
The Skis No Limit (Scholastic Scope). Disabled skiers use adaptive equipment and take to the slopes.
Ask Science World (What are the deadliest animals? Why do fingers wrinkle when wet?
Q&A:
Help the students prepare relevant questions to ask the author at the visit.
AFTER THE PROGRAM:
Please visit (and bookmark) RACHELLE'S SITE:
The most comprehensive list of writing and research related resources for children on the web
