FREE K-5 Engineering Literacy Lesson Guides
Each of the teacher guides below provides a Common Core ELA close reading lesson using a picture book. The picture books and teacher guides also provide opportunities to introduce students to the Engineering Design Process in the Next Generation Science Standards.
Click the teacher guide link to download a MS Word document of the guide and if you need a copy of the book (these are all excellent books by the way) I’ve embedded a link to Amazon for each.
These literacy guides are a great way to introduce engineering to students (and teachers).
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| Grade | Picture Book (Amazon Link) | Teacher Guide Link |
| Pre- K | Stuck by Oliver Jeffers | Stuck TG |
| K | Monkey with a Tool Belt and the Noisy Problem by Chris Monroe | Monkey TG |
| 1 | If I Built a Car by Chris Van Dusen | If I Built a Car TG |
| 2 | If I Built a House by Chris Van Dusen | If I Built a House TG |
| 3 | Those Darn Squirrels by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri | Those Darn Squirrels TG |
| 4 | Rosie Revere, Engineer by Andrea Beaty | Rosie Revere Eng TG |
| 5 | Papa’s Mechanical Fish by Candace Fleming | Papa’s Mechanical Fish TG |
| ALL | Girls Think of Everything by Catherine Thimmesh and Melissa Sweet | Many of the above guides refer to readings from this informational text. An excellent book. |
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