
- With end-of-the-year state testing quickly approaching, many upper grade teachers are using picture books to review Communication Arts skills, and they have requested names of books to use.
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- Beginning, middle, end
- Alliteration (in newspaper pictures)
- Foreshadowing (notice signs of burglars throughout)
- Plot

If You Hopped Like a Frog by David Schwartz
Predicting

Infer/Draw conclusions (What happened to Grandpa?)
Questioning: I wonder ... (I wonder why she put a flower in her hair.)
Warning: The Lighthouse book is sad and may make you cry.

Chewy Louie by Howie Schneider
Summarizing
Powerpoint lesson posted @: http://cherylsclassroomtipsdi.blogspot.com/search?q=summarizing
Duke Ellington by Andrea David Pinkney
- A plethora of figurative language included
- Nonfiction
- Beginning, middle, end
Unlovable by Dan Yaccarino
- Beginning, middle, end (plot)
- Strong verbs (author mainly put said to bed)
Yours Truly, Goldilocks by Alma Flor Ada
- Friendly letter format
- Excellent word choice
The Weighty Word Book by Paul M. Levitt, Douglas A. Burger and Elissa S. Guralnick
- Vocabulary in story format
I Saw an Ant on the Railroad Track by Joshua Prince
- Onomatopoeia
Please consider posting your favorite picture books for other teachers to use or e-mail me at cdick@mail.nixa.k12.mo.us, and I'll post them for you. Most of the above mentioned books are recommendations given to me by other teachers.
3 comments:
Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
~Excellent for inferring
The Picnic We Had this Sunday Past.. Jacqueline Woodson
- great for modeling description and mental images
The Lorax by Dr. Suess is great for inferring and predicting
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