Teaching with picture books is a great way to help students understand so many comprehension skills. Stuck, by Oliver Jeffers, is the perfect read-aloud for teaching cause and effect. Why?…
If you’re looking for a heartwarming story to share with your students this winter, The Mitten Tree by Candace Christiansen is the perfect choice. This beloved picture book not only…
Before She Was Harriet is genius. Sequencing is a crucial comprehension skill that lays the foundation for understanding the order of events in a story...and therein lies the genius! Before…
Reading The Polar Express (or watching the movie) has certainly become a classroom Christmas tradition. From wearing pajamas and drinking hot cocoa, to completing a book study, this book is…
If you need an uplifting Christmas read aloud for your classroom, Dasher is just the book for you! Let's look at this picture book that promotes kindness, bravery, and the…
Three Hens and a Peacock is a charming tale written by Lester Laminack that tells the story of an unlikely group of farm animals who learn to appreciate each other's…
Have you finished a book only to hear your littles say, "Oh no! It's going to happen all over again!"? Well, they are already making inferences and drawing conclusions.
These Snowflake Bentley activities are not your ordinary worksheets. This is a picture book challenge! Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin tells the story of Wilson A. Bentley, a photographer…