Tom谩s and the Library Lady by Pat Mora
Lesson plans and teaching resources

Prereading activities, discussion questions, cross-curricular learning activities, and post-reading activities. Follow the link for a 10-page guide requiring Adobe Reader.

Students note details as they read. Includes text-dependent questions, vocabulary words, a writing task, and additional learning activities. Word processor required for access.

Summary, vocabulary, discussion questions, response activities, writing. Supporting videos from YouTube.

Students can read along with this YouTube video (9:52).

4-day unit plan with emphasis on making predictions and inferences. 5 pages; Adobe Reader required.

Summary and 6 discussion questions. Follow links to supporting skill builder sites.

Enrichment Guide
Summary, background information, pre-reading activities, ideas to motiviate young readers, map practice, a few words of Spanish, key quotations, post-reading questions. Designed to accompany a theatrical production but adaptable for reading in the classroom. 23 pages; Adobe Reader required.

Includes prompt, graphic organizer, student handouts, sample essay. Emphasis is on providing evidence to support an inference. 6 pages; word processor required.