Grade: Kindergarten

Subject: Reading
Key Goal: With prompting and support, name the author and illustrator of a story and define
the role of each in telling the story.
Essential Question: What is an author? What is an illustrator?
Learning Target: Today I will name the author and illustrator of a story and tell what each one
does.
Minimal Technology: Infusion Technology:
I do: Introduce the lesson by stating the I do: Introduce the lesson by stating the
learning target for the day. Introduce the learning target for the day. Introduce the
Story I Don’t Want to Be a Frog. Telling the Story I Don’t Want to Be a Frog. Read Story
students that the author is Dev Petty and the to students. State who the author and
illustrator is Mike Boldt. Ask students if they illustrator are. Using smart board, show
know the different between an author and an students the
illustrator. Read story to students. Point out video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
on the cover that where it would say author it un5c1zS2fgs&t=4s
says written by. As students if they know the Play Video Ask students what an author
different between an author and an does and ask them what an illustrator does.
illustrator. State that the author is the person Recap by saying Dev Petty wrote the words
who writes the words in the story and the to this story and Mike Boldt drew the
illustrator is the person who draws the pictures for the story.
pictures.

We do: Watch the story: Be Kind by Pat
Zietlow Miller https://youtu.be/8KYT75ajLbg
Play Video After story teacher reviews the
names of the author and illustrator and ask
for volunteers to share who is author and
illustrator and volunteers to describe which
each one does.
We do: Watch the story: Be Kind by Pat
Zietlow Miller https://youtu.be/8KYT75ajLbg
Play Video After story teacher reviews the
names of the author and illustrator and ask
for volunteers to share who is author and
illustrator and volunteers to describe which
each one does.

You do: Students complete an exit ticket with
picture to show what and author and
illustrator are. The exit ticket will also have a
picture of the cover of Be Kind and the
students will circle the author and illustrator
with different colored crayons.
You do: Students complete a Seesaw
activity where they are shown a cover of Be
Kind students will use the edit tool to circle
the author and illustrator in different colors.
The second part of the activity can be read
aloud to them and they will have to select
the correct picture to show who does what.

Evaluation:
Exit ticket Seesaw activity