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Resources for Picture Books and Reading Instruction
November is such a busy month with parent teacher conferences, holidays and short weeks at school, but it's also the perfect month to celebrate picture books with your students! In this newsletter, I'm sharing a collection of resources for picture book month, as well as some of my favorite picture books from 2017! I hope you will all find a way to share a love of picture books with your students this month!
Happy Reading!
Shelly
Resources for Picture Book Month!
Show this incredible video of What Is a Picture Book to your class! Children's book authors and illustrators answer the question: What is a picture book? I think it would be a great idea for your class to come up with your definition of a picture book! Older students could even create their own definitions. It could make for a great hallway display!
Visit the Picture Book Month Website for blog posts and activity ideas!
Here is a link to the Picture Book Month Calendar! Each day, an author/illustrator, is listed. On that day, he/she has an essay posted on the Picture Book Month website about the importance of picture books.
2017 Favorite Picture Books (So Far!)
After the Fall
Red and Lulu
The Book of Mistakes
Little Fox in the Forest
Claymates
Life
Now
Draw the Line
Come With Me
Jabari Jumps
Happy Dreamer
The Thing That Lou Couldn't Do
Book Recommendations
Mock Caldecott
Blog Posts on Instruction and Reading Workshop
"Research suggests that when we see and use gestures, we recruit more parts of the brain that when we use language alone, and we may activate more memory systems - such as procedural memory (the type that stores automatic processes such as how to type or ride a bike) in addition to our memory for events and experiences."
Guide Readers By Interest, Not Level
Great article/interview by Fountas and Pinnell about the importance of connecting levels to books, not readers.
If you have students that you worry may be "fake reading" during independent reading time, you should check out these four tips!
Shelly Moody
Atwood Primary School
Williams Elementary School
Email: smoody@rsu18.org
Twitter: @shelmoody