Patricia Polacco Lapbook

This product is a Patricia Polacco lapbook that highlights her life and work. Students can read and discover information about her life through her many children’s books available and apply what they learn with this project. This project is a great culminating activity after an author study.

WHAT TOPICS ARE INCLUDED IN THE PATRICIA POLACCO LAPBOOK?

The following topics are included:

1. Cover
2. 3 Favorite books
3. Timeline of her life
4. The Author and Me (how we’ve overcome challenges)
5. Patricia’s Family Traditions
6. Words that Describe Patricia and evidence from the reading
7. Just the Facts
8. Summarizing what I’ve learned
9. The books I enjoyed
10. Patricia’s Writing Process

HOW IS THE PATRICIA POLACCO LAPBOOK ORGANIZED?

The lapbook resource is a printable. You will have your students cut out the pieces and glue them to a file folder with the edges folded inward. You can see the image on the cover to see how it is put together. There are directions included too. Students will need scissors, glue, crayons and a pencil to complete the project.

WHY YOU MIGHT WANT TO PURCHASE THIS PATRICIA POLACCO LAPBOOK?

Kids love hands-on learning, and this project incorporates crafting with writing and analysis of author’s craft. Plus, the finished projects are great for displaying.

WHAT TEACHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT THE PATRICIA POLACCO LAPBOOK:

• My students loved this!
• Excellent complement to my Polacco unit!
• Very useful. Thank you!
• Great addition to my Patricia Polacco author study!
• This was a great resource for my unit!
• We have quite a few of her books in our literacy closet so I look forward to an in-depth look at her life using this lapbook at some point in the year or as an extended project. Thanks !

PATRICIA POLACCO UNITS YOU MIGHT LIKE:

• Chicken Sunday
• Bully
• My Rotten Redheaded Older Brother
• Thunder Cake
• The Keeping Quilt
• The Bee Tree
• Junkyard Wonders
• Just Plain Fancy
• When Lightning Comes in a Jar
• Christmas Tapestry
• For the Love of Autumn
• Mr. Lincoln’s Way
• Patricia Polacco Lapbook
• Thank You Mr. Falker

To get them all, purchase the Patricia Polacco Author Study Bundle.

PATRICIA POLACCO AUTHOR STUDY IN DIGITAL AND PDF

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