Recommended Books
Encouraging Observation
Where’s
Walrus? by Steve Savage
Duck!
Rabbit! by Amy Krause Rosenthal
Introducing Story Sequence
Wave by Suzy Lee
Fossil by Bill
Thomson
The Girl and
the Bicycle by Mark Peet
Great blog
post with suggestions for wordless picture book read alouds:
Words
and Pictures that Work Together
Blackout by John Rocco
One Day, The
End by Rebecca Kai Dotlich
Where in the
Wild by David M. Schwartz
Pictures that Go Beyond the Words
A Couple of
Boys Have the Best Week Ever by Marla Frazee
Redwoods by Jason
Chin
Visual
Teaching Strategies Method
I use images from picture books I’ve written (A Place for Turtles, Feathers: Not Just for Flying, When Rain Falls,
Under the Snow), but you can use illustrations from any illustrated book,
fiction or nonfiction.
Extracting Content-Area information
Sample Question: How do
animals depend on the place where they live?
Book Pair: Just Ducks by Nicola Davies & Hip-pocket Papa by Sandra Markle
Sample Wonder Statement: I wonder
how a rain forest is different from a desert.
Book Pair: The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry & Here Is a Southwestern Desert by Madeliene Dunphy
For more samples and book suggestions:
Perfect Pairs: Using Fiction & Nonfiction
Picture Books to Teach Life Science, K-2 by Melissa Stewart & Nancy
Chesley
Books with
Designs that Convey an Extra Layer of Information
Move! by Steve Jenkins
Mosquito Bite by Alexandra Siy
The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton
Posts
These booklists are really great! Enjoyed your presentation a lot. Any chance you'd be willing to share your slides?
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words, Ben. If you email me through my website, I can forward you the slides.
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