LITERACY-THE POWER OF PICTURE BOOKS

Fri, February 11, 2011 at 2:00AM —
Here is just the beginning of a list of recommended picture books by grade level.  Next to each book is the specific teaching concept linked to the book (Note: picture books are routinely used to teach multiple themes.  For purposes of our “show me” exercise, I have selected one theme per book.)

 

Grade                        Book/Author                                              Concept

 

Kindergarten                                                                          Identifying the lesson in the story

 

Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell                                                              Stand; The Paperbag Princess by Robert Munsch                                                A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon                                                               Princess Penelope's Parrot by Helen Lester                                                                 The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister

 

 

 

 

Grade 1           Ira Sleeps Over                                              Character study; personal decision

 

                                                by Bernard Waber                   making  

 

                        Owl Moon                                                       Analyzing context clues; inferring

 

                                                By Jane Yolen

 

 

The Story of Ferdinand                                 Self awareness; do what you love to

 

by Munro Leaf                         do; what makes you happy, even if

 

                                                you appear different

 

Grade 2           Clancy the Courageous Cow                         Interactive reading aloud; stopping

 

by Lachie Hume                    and wondering out loud

 

Grade 3              Fireflies!           by Julie Brinkloe                           How characters change over times  

 

inferring.       

 

 Knuffle Bunny   by Mo Willems                  Analyzing context clues.

 

Clancy The Courageous Cow                        Taking a stance, defending it with supporting details, listening to others, reevaluating t thinking, and explaining why.

 

Grade 4          Snowflake Bentley                                         Narrative nonfiction vs. fiction                      by Jacqueline Briggs Martin, Mary Azarian                 Character traits                                                                                                                                  Summarizing     

 

                                                                                                Main event vs. details                                               

 

Tiger   by Steven Mill                                    Making a plan for reading

 

Nonfiction; identifying the important vs. the interesting information

 

Grade 5           A Platypus, Probably                                      Developing research skills by

 

                                    by Sneed B. Collard III                     efficiently reading nonfiction

 

                        The Wretched Stone                                     Author’s purpose; inferencing

 

                                    by Chris von Allsburg