Teacher Guides
Optimize Your Book’s Educational Value with a Teacher Guide
Standards-Based Teacher Guides for Authors
An easy-to-use Common Core-aligned teacher guide demonstrates to educators and librarians that your book deserves space on their shelf, and that your content supports their educational mission.
If you send it to schools as part of your author visit promotional packet, it also helps justify the cost of your visit to administrators by assuring that your program is packed with educational value that extends into the classroom even after your visit ends.
Sleek, black and white reproducible pages make it quick and easy for teachers to download and print from your website.
“Rebecca has consistently produced high-quality instructional materials that are well-structured, engaging, and aligned to standards...
She understands how to connect curriculum to literature in ways that are meaningful and easy for teachers to use.”
Guides by an Experienced Lesson Designer
Hi, I’m Rebecca Langston-George!
Besides being the author of 19 books and a retired teacher with 26 years of classroom experience, I also wrote lesson plans for the California Deptartment of Education!
I understand how teachers use books in the classroom and what schools are looking for in a school visit to make it educational, entertaining, and adhering to Common Core standards.
I love using my unique combination of expertise to help fellow authors enhance their school visits and reach more classrooms!
Pricing & What’s Included
Each teacher guide is designed for one grade level, since classroom standards vary from grade to grade.
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Guide Length: 8 Pages
Activities Included: Overview, 2 Common Core ELA Standards, Teacher Directions, Reading Questions w/oral sentence frames & answers, 1 Graphic Organizer w/answers, 1 Speaking/Writing/Picture response prompt with assessment expectation, 1 fun activity
Price: $725
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Guide Length: 8 Pages
Activities Included: Overview, 2 Common Core ELA Standards, Teacher Directions, Reading questions w/ written sentence frames & answers, 1 Graphic organizer w/ answers, 1 Writing prompt with writing checklist and assessment expectation, 1 fun activity
Price: $725
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Guide Length: 12 Pages
Activities Included: Overview, 2 or 3 Common Core ELA standards, teacher directions, 1 Vocabulary activity broken down by chapter answers, 1 Reading questions broken down by chapter or groups of chapters w/answer key, 2 Graphic organizers w/answers, 1 Writing prompt with writing checklist and assessment expectation, 1 fun activity
Price: $1025
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Guide Length: 9 Pages
Activities Included: Overview, 2 or 3 Common Core ELA standards, teacher directions, 1 vocabulary activity w/ answers, 1 Reading/Discussion questions with answers, 2 Graphic Organizers w/answers, 1 Writing prompt with writing checklist and assessment expectation, 1 fun activity
Price: $795
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Guide Length: 14 Pages
Activities Included: Overview, 2 or 3 Common Core ELA standards, teacher directions, 1 vocabulary activity broken down by chapter w/ answers, 1 Reading questions broken down by chapter or groups of chapters w/answer key, 2 graphic organizers w/answers, 1 Writing prompt with writing checklist and assessment expectation, 1 test w/answer key, 1 fun activity
Price: $1225
Requirements:
To create your guide, I must read the book & constantly refer back to the book, so I do require you to send me a print copy of the book along with half the payment at the time the contract is signed.
Add-Ons:
Add an additional ELA activity for $75.
Add a common core math standard + math activity (if applicable to the book’s content) $100.
Add another grade level with standards $100-$125 depending on how standards differ.
Add a history/social studies standard + activity $100 (Note there are no common core history/social studies standards until grade 6, until then the standards differ from state to state).
View Sample
Click below for an example of a teacher guide for a picture book or graphic novel for older readers.
FAQs
How do I use the guide?
You can link the PDF on your website (like this!), send them to teachers, and/or bring them with you to school visits.
Activities are designed to be copied in black and white - making it easy for you or teachers to make copies for a classroom!
How much does it cost?
Pricing depends on type of book and grade level. See all prices here.
More Questions? Let’s Chat!