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Using Picture Books to

teach standards and

skillsTeri Lesesne

@professornana

Karin Perry

@kperry

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www.slideshare.net/prof

essornana

Where is the

presentation?

Picture Books

as Mentor texts

Caldecott 2015

Examining NF Structures

NF Template

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Applying template to other

texts

Biographies

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History through Biography

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Telling the truth

HISTORY A DAY AT A TIME

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“Slice” of life

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Civil rights

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Other biographies

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So how can we use PB

biographies?

S As model for report writing

S As model for narrative versus expository text differences

S As a model for handling “difficult” events in lives of the famous

S As model for teaching about AUDIENCE

S What else? (hint, we need to do this more with NF)

Examining plot structures

Developing Empathy

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Mood and Tone

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Use of B&W

Archetypes

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This read aloud brought to you by Mo Willems

S“Once upon a time there were three dinosaurs: Papa Dinosaur,

Mama Dinosaur, and some other Dinosaur who happened to be

visiting from Norway.” 21

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What does the opening sentence

tell readers?

Setting

Main characters

Motif

Archetype

And…it’s going to be funny!

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Plus it addresses this CCSS (anchor standard):

Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details,

and well-structured event sequences

ccss

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.1

Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it; cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.2

Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.3

Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.

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ccss

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.4

Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.5

Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.6

Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text. 24

Celebrating Cultures

Through extensive reading of stories,

dramas, poems, and myths from

diverse cultures and different time

periods, students gain literary and

cultural knowledge as well as

familiarity with various text structures

and elements.

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Examining parody

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AWARD WINNERS

2015

A closer look

Caldecott 2015: beekle

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Viva Frida!

Sam and Dave Dig a Hole

The Right Word

This One Summer

Nana in the City

Noisy paint box

Maybe Caldecott 2016?

Using PB with Pre-K

Caldecott Honor 2014

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Caldecott Honor 2014

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Mentor Text

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Text in english and spanish

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ccss

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.CCRA.R.9

Analyze how two or more texts address similar themes or

topics in order to build knowledge or to compare the

approaches the authors take.

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Creating talking points

From song to PB

Got issues?

Culture

Point of View

Dealing with tragedy

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Remixing

Steps

S Use F&Gs of picture books or purchase old

copies from library sales, etc.

S Design a “poster” for the book using

illustrations and key words (one word,

phrase, key sentence, theme, etc.)

Sample from Paul Hankins

Owl Moon

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Black out poetry

Use ARCs, discarded

books, etc.

Owl Moon

S Write a haiku

S Use a cinquain

S Take words from each page and rearrange into poem

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Edge or Fringe Reading

Finding Time to Read

S Average person can read

300 words per minute

S In one week, that is

31,500 words

S In one year, it is

1,512,000 words

S Average book is 75,000 words

S Can read +20 books a year

with only 15 minutes a day

S More than 1000 extra

books in a lifetime

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So how do picture books play out?

S Average picture book is 32 pages

S Average picture book can be read aloud in less than 10 minutes

S Fluency and prosody are being modeled

S Readers are being introduced to new words (splendiferous)

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Cause and Effect

What leads to what?

Now without text

Using visual clues

Tell the story using cues

Add history to the mix

Which comes first?

Texas accents

Origin of Stories

32 pages to a punch line

Don’t lose sight of the pb