This Mock Caldecott Library Lesson introduces the Caldecott Award for Grades 2-5. Includes lesson presentation, activities, reading list, and detailed lesson plan.
This Mock Caldecott Library Lesson introduces the Caldecott Award for Grades 2-5. Includes lesson presentation, activities, reading list, and detailed lesson plan.
This Mock Caldecott Library Lesson introduces the Caldecott Award for Grades 2-5. Includes lesson presentation, activities, reading list, and detailed lesson plan.
This Mock Caldecott Library Lesson introduces the Caldecott Award for Grades 2-5. Includes lesson presentation, activities, reading list, and detailed lesson plan.

Mock Caldecott Library Lesson – Introduction to Caldecott

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Introducing Mock Caldecott to your students? This Caldecott Award Library Lesson introduces students to the Caldecott Medal and Honors, eligibility requirements, and who chooses the winners. Includes fun facts, trivia questions, vocabulary, sign language, and more!

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THIS MOCK CALDECOTT LIBRARY LESSON IS MADE ESPECIALLY FOR:

  • elementary librarians looking for activities for December or January (Caldecott winners and honors are announced every year in late-January)
  • elementary librarians on Specials rotation
  • secondary teachers who are now elementary librarians
  • busy parents who just don’t have time to create detailed library lessons

 

I have been all four of these at the same time! My Library Lessons and Storytimes are the lessons I would have wanted when I was a new, overwhelmed, and exhausted school librarian.

 

FAST FACTS ABOUT THIS MOCK CALDECOTT LIBRARY LESSON:

  • Recommended for: Grades 2-5
  • Lesson Duration: 50 minutes total (easily divides into two 25-minute lessons)
  • Formats: PPT or Google Slides; PDF
  • Editable: YES, all text is editable

 

HERE’S WHAT YOU’LL GET WITH THIS MOCK CALDECOTT MEDAL LIBRARY LESSON:

  • 45-slide PPT + Google™ Slides
  • two differentiated scavenger hunt activities (2 pages)
  • answer key for the second scavenger hunt (1 page)
  • printable list of Caldecott Medal winners from 2020-2026 (1 page)
  • Caldecott Medal Library Lesson Take-Home Extension Activities (2 pages)
  • prep and set-up tips (2 pages)
  • standards-aligned lesson plan for Grades 2-5 (5 pages)
  • complete, detailed instructions for all included pieces
  • Presentation and all printable pages can be edited in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF.

 

ACCESSIBILITY

All parts of this Mock Caldecott Medal Library Lesson are optimized for readability.

Here’s how:

  • uses only two fonts (Arial and KG Blank Space Solid)
  • Arial font is one of 8 accessibility fonts recommended by the British Dyslexia Association. It is also pre-loaded on most school computers.
  • all slides feature black text on a solid white background
  • no cursive fonts, fancy fonts, or random capitalizations
  • body text line spacing is 1.5
  • minimal text on each slide
  • lots of white space on each slide
  • scavenger hunt includes two versions. One is images only and requires no reading. The other is for students who can read short text well.

 

PART I – MOCK CALDECOTT MEDAL LIBRARY LESSON SLIDES:

Part I introduces students to the Caldecott Award. This is intended as a librarian-led, whole-group discussion. Slides include:

  • introduction to the Caldecott Award
  • “Book” in American Sign Language (includes written instructions and video link)
  • Caldecott Medal criteria for selection
  • Difference between Caldecott Medal and Caldecott Honor books
  • Information about the Award Ceremony, which are announced LIVE online every year (late-January)

 

PART II – SCROLLING SLIDES INCLUDE:

The slides in Part II need to be set on a timer.  Students watch the slideshow to find the images and information included in the differentiated Scavenger Hunt activities. Instructions with visuals to set timers are included.

The scrolling slides include fun facts about:

  • previous Caldecott Medal winners
  • 2 Caldecott-themed vocabulary words: accolade and illustrator
  • Would-You-Rathers
  • library skills review

 

SCAVENGER HUNTS

All my Elementary Library Lessons include two differentiated scavenger hunt activities.

  • differentiated (one is images-only; one is images + text)
  • 2 pages, PDF
  • Scavenger Hunt #1 is an images-only hunt. Students can complete this scavenger hunt without reading the text on the slides.
  • Scavenger Hunt #2 includes both images and text. This one is for the students who are able to read the Part II slideshow. This scavenger hunt includes images and questions about the information in the slideshow.
  • Scavenger Hunt #2 includes answer key

 

LIST OF RECOMMENDED READS

The Recommended Reads list for this resource includes a printable list of all Caldecott Award winners from 2000-2026.

  • all text is editable
  • organized chronologically by decade

 

TAKE-HOME EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

I am so excited about this new addition to my Library Lessons! You can download a FREE sample (Spiders) here. This Caldecott Medal Library Lesson includes a similar Take-Home Extension Activities handout, except it’s Caldecott-themed.

Students love sharing their knowledge! With this 2-page Caldecott Award Take-Home Extension Activities Handout, students can:

  • quiz siblings, friends, and family members about some of the Caldecott facts they learned in the lesson
  • decorate a cupcake themed for The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats (Caldecott winner, 1963)
  • read Caldecott picture books from 2020-2026
  • review vocabulary words from the lesson
  • learn to draw a box of crayons using simple, step-by-step directions
  • remember how to sign “book” in American Sign Language
  • complete a bookish maze
  • 2 pages, text is editable in PPT, Google Slides, or PDF

 

MORE ELEMENTARY LIBRARY LESSONS

Click an image below to see more Elementary Library Lessons like this one:

This Book Awards Library Lesson is for elementary librarians serving Grades K-5. Updated for 2026.   This Winter Library Lesson is for Grades K-5. The theme is Snow and Ice.   This Black History Month Library Lesson is for Grades 2-5. Includes Google Slides, PowerPoint, and PDF versions.