Explains how to use picture books with middle school students to teach a variety of topics and introduce new concepts across the curriculum.
Picture books appeal to students of all readiness levels, interests, and learning styles. Featuring descriptions and activities for fifty exceptional titles, Mary Jo Fresch and Peggy Harkins offer a wealth...
Teaching With Picture Books in the Middle School invites you to take a closer look at these books, many of which present complex ideas suitable for older students
. ." So begins this classic story of one summer on a Maine island from the author of One Morning in Maine and Blueberries for Sal.
When Farmer Brown's cows find a typewriter in the barn they start making demands, and go on strike when the farmer refuses to give them what they want.
How much TV is too much TV? Welcome to Triple Creek, where the townspeople watch TV day and night.
Four brief "stories" about parents, trains, and cows, or is it really all one story? The author recommends careful inspection of words and pictures to both minimize and enhance confusion.
A new, hilarious picture book for kids from the #1 New York Times bestselling authors of P IS FOR PTERODACTYL! What makes this picture book for kids be THE WORST read aloud book ever?
Themes: cats, people. All grade ELLs. CLT: retelling. Sneakers, the Seaside Cat (Brown, 2003) Stage 4. Theme: cats. CLT: retelling. Storm Cats (Doyle, 2004) Stage 3. Themes: cats, friendship. All grade ELLs. CLT: retelling, reenactment.
To Shirley Hudspeth and her class at Mason Intermediate School for trying out the turtle fortune-tellers. ○ To Kim Rader and her class at Mason Intermediate School for their popcorn investigations. ○ To Julie Wellbaum for her ...
These tools are available in the book and as eResources to help you build your own classroom of passionate readers.