If you are featuring Cynthia Rylant in your next author study, this Cynthia Rylant Lapbook is the perfect culminating activity. Students can read and discover information about her life and accomplishments through her many children’s books available as well as author information on the website provided.

WHAT’S INCLUDED IN THE CYNTHIA RYLANT LAPBOOK?

• Cover
• 3 Favorite books
• Timeline of her life
• Compare/Contrast Cynthia Rylant and the student
• Four descriptive books
• Words that Describe Cynthia’s Work using evidence from the reading
• Just the Facts about Cynthia’s Life
• Summarizing what I’ve learned
• The books I enjoyed
• Cynthia’s Writing Process and Book Highlights

HOW TEACHERS CAN USE THE CYNTHIA RYLANT LAPBOOK?

In the classroom, I loved using Cynthia Rylant’s books in the fall. My author study includes 10 of her titles and each book companion comes with before, during, and after activities for various comprehension skills. I used the lapbook as a culminating project for the author study, and it was fun for the students to analyze author’s craft through it’s completion.

WHAT TEACHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT MY CYNTHIA RYLANT LAPBOOK:

• This was great to use with our author study. It was very helpful.
• My students loved the interactive activities that enhanced their understanding of author, Cynthia Rylant. The activities included were engaging and comprehensive! My second graders loved creating and sharing their lapbook!
• Wonderful hands on activity.
• Very user friendly.

OTHER CYNTHIA RYLANT RESOURCES YOU MIGHT LIKE:

• The Relatives Came
• In November
• Silver Packages
• Scarecrow by Cynthia Rylant
• When I was Young in the Mountain
• Christmas in the Country
• The Great Gracie Chase
• Snow
• All in a Day
• All I See