Saturday, October 15, 2011

Invite Authors into Your Classrooms & Lives!

Read aloud and surround the readings with talk about…

  • The people who make books
    • Refer to authors and illustrators by name
    • Show children pictures of authors and illustrators
    • Read author blurbs and dedications
    • Reread books over time
    • Read multiple books by the same author
  • What makes a picture book, a picture book
    • It has both words and illustrations.
    • The words and illustrations change from page to page while still about the same topic
    • It is about something, and the writer decides what this will be
    • They have crafted language in them
  • Different kinds of books
    • Some tell stories
    • Some tell about something (list books)
  • Different purposes for books
    • Some books are fun
    • Some books teach you things
    • Some books do both
  • The decision writers and illustrators make in books

(From: Already Ready Workshop by Katie Ray & Matt Glover)

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