Teach With Picture Books

How to Encourage Reading through Author Studies

2011-04-11T03:03:00Z

If you've ever considered tackling an author study but wondered Is it worth the time? Is it worth the energy?or What can my students really get out of it? then I encourage you to check out a recent post at my How to Teach a Novel site titled Born to Write:...(read more)

Make Language an Adventure: Learning Grammar with Picture Books

2011-04-01T14:31:00Z

Or, How I Learned to Love Grammar I am a former grammar hater, certainly as a student, but even as a beginning teacher. I simply didn't see the need to learn about past imperfect participial possessives (I know there's no such thing) and I dreaded the...(read more)

Picture Books: Alive and Well

2011-03-19T02:45:00Z

Some time ago I read a post titled Rescuing Picture Books from Extinction . In that post Kim Yaris expresses dismay that picture book sales are seeing a decline, but she goes on to explore why, and also provides a personal anecdote. I, too, have heard...(read more)

I Can Write Like That: Focusing on Mentor Texts

2011-03-16T02:45:00Z

If you're here at this site, you're most likely interested in teaching with picture books. You recognize that these models provide excellent examplars for word choice, idea development, story structure, and many other skills and traits. In fact, You know...(read more)

KidLit Celebrates Women's History Month

2011-03-04T02:37:00Z

I'm incredibly honored and excited to participate in KidLit Celebrates Women's History Month , a fantastic month-long blogging collaboration hosted by The Fourth Musketeer and Shelf-Employed , featuring thirty wonderful bloggers and authors from across...(read more)

Making Peace with Picture Books

2011-02-26T17:24:00Z

Character education is best taught through models. But one look at the headlines of any newspaper should reveal that we, as adults, are failing to provide those models for children. Perhaps picture books can better serve this purpose. But rather than...(read more)

Literary Giveaway Blog Hop

2011-02-19T01:07:00Z

I'm pleased to participate in Leeswammes's Literary Giveaway Blog Hop , which allows blog readers to visit many excellent blogs (see the list below) for the chance to win awesome books and other prizes. Here at Teach with Picture Books I'm giving away...(read more)

Tales from the Black Hills

2011-02-13T01:10:00Z

I admire those who take pride in their people and their homelands. This is certainly the case of South Dakota State Historical Society Press , and by extension, the people of that state. I was very impressed by the titles they shared with me, and I'm...(read more)

Sit Down and Be Counted: Exploring the Civil Rights Movement with Picture Books

2011-02-06T04:56:00Z

Sit-In: How Four Friends Stood Up by Sitting Down History is often made by ordinary people taking extraordinary risks. Such was the case on February 4, 1960, when four black college students took seats at the whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in...(read more)

Fatty Legs: A True Story

2011-02-03T05:04:00Z

Fatty Legs tells the true story of one girl's triumph in the face of oppression and alienation in a foreign environment. Although the tales eight year-old Olemaun (OO-lee-mawn) hears of the outsiders' school are ominous, she wants nothing more than to...(read more)

Congratulations to Our Winner!

2011-01-31T03:06:00Z

Congratulations to Abi from North Dakota, who was chosen by RANDOM.org to receive a copy of Lemony Snicket's 13 Words . You left an awful lot of disappointed people in your wake! In the coming days, look for the following topics to be posted here at Teach...(read more)

Great Minds Thinking Alike: Sites for Teaching Using Picture Books

2011-01-29T02:54:00Z

I founded this humble blog for the purpose of sharing picture book teaching ideas with my fellow teachers. I frankly wasn't able to find anything like it on the Internet. Since that time, many teachers have emailed me to say how much they appreciate the...(read more)

13 Words in One Word: Entertaining

2011-01-26T21:31:00Z

It's my first picture book giveaway of 2011! Read on to see how to enter! So often I expound on such serious matters for picture books: the Holocaust, scientific inquiry, and war. It's nice once in a while to pick up a picture book that's just fun to...(read more)

Picture Books in the Secondary Classroom

2011-01-25T02:38:00Z

About a month ago I was harassing folks to come out and support my proposal for Basic Literacy through Picture Books at the Open Innovation Portal (not too late! you can still be an educational activist!). I posted my (obviously) hand-made video here...(read more)

A Nation Divided: Exploring the Civil War Through Picture Books

2011-01-20T03:55:00Z

The Civil War, or War Between the States, was arguably one of the darkest periods in American history. Over seven hundred thousand lives were lost in the conflict that pitted father against son, brother against brother. If this was such a horrific event,...(read more)