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The Wisdom of Trees: How Trees Work Together to Form a Natural Kingdom by Lita Judge.Links to Literacy Author of: Monthly Archives Monthly Archives Recent Posts All Amazon links are affiliate links and may result in my receiving a small commission. ©2010 by Dawn Little for Picture This! Teaching with Picture Books. What books do you use to teach making predictions? Do you have any touchstone texts or touchstone authors in your classroom? Again, chart student predictions and confirm or refine them as you read. There are several more points in the text in which making predictions is appropriate. Chart student predictions and confirm or refine them as you read. The picture and the title are a bit contradictory. Lesson idea: Prior to reading aloud the text, ask students to make a prediction about the book. It provides several opportunities for students to make predictions based on the pictures and the text. Falker is a fantastic model for a Directed Reading-Thinking Activity (DR-TA). To learn more, read what Patricia Polacco has to say about the book. It takes a special teacher to help her understand that she isn’t “dumb,” but instead has dyslexia. Her ability to write stories that children can relate to makes it easy to see why her books became model texts.Ĭomprehension Strategy: Making PredictionsĪn autobiographical story about a child who has difficulty learning to read.

Patricia Polacco is another author whose books became touchstone texts in my classroom. January Theme: Patricia Polacco picture books
