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Introducing hard-to-get ELA concepts in the context of hard-to-get text can make learning hard for students to get. Leveraging the simplicity of picture books to introduce these difficult skills and concepts can lighten that load by half! This session wil

The Power of Their Own Words

Picture book "database"

Picture book spreadsheet

Building Prolific Synonym Networks

Question Matrix

Semantic Gradients

Possible Sentences/KWL 2.0

Possible Sentences/KWL 2.0

Picture books to encourage creativity

My Pen by Christopher Myers (Illustrator)
The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds
Ish by Peter H. Reynolds
The Wonder Book
What Do You Do with an Idea? by Kobi Yamada; Mae Besom
Not a Box by Antoinette Portis (Illustrator)

From the heart...

Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)
The Heart and the Bottle by Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)
Priscilla Mcdoodlenut Doodle Mcmae Asks, Why? by Janet Mary Sinke; Craig Pennington (Illustrator)
Imaginary Fred by Eoin Colfer; Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)

Picture This: Leveraging Simplicity to Teach Complexity PPT

Picture This Presentation

Picture books that let the pictures say it all

The Arrival by Shaun Tan (Illustrator)
Unspoken by Henry Cole
The Storm in the Barn by Matt Phelan
Home by Jeannie Baker
Chalk by Bill Thomson
Art and Max by David Wiesner
Journey by Aaron Becker

Picture books to inspire a growth mindset

The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton; Tony Persiani
Manfish by Jennifer Berne; Éric Puybaret
Mesmerized by Mara Rockliff; Iacopo Bruno
The Right Word by Jen Bryant; Melissa Sweet
Me... Jane by Patrick McDonnell
Henry's Freedom Box by Ellen Levine; Kadir Nelson (Illustrator)
On a Beam of Light by Jennifer Berne; Vladimir Radunsky (Illustrator)
Blockhead by Joseph D'Agnese; John O'Brien (Illustrator)
Little Melba and Her Big Trombone by Katheryn Russell-Brown; Frank Morrison (Illustrator)
Balloons over Broadway by Melissa Sweet
Noah Webster and His Words by Jeri Chase Ferris; Vincent X. Kirsch (Illustrator)

Librarian

A few professional books that inspired much of this...

Reading Wellness by Jan Burkins; Kim Yaris
ISBN: 9781625310156
Publication Date: 2014-09-23
Make It Stick by Peter C. Brown; Henry L. Roediger; Mark A. McDaniel
ISBN: 9780674729018
Publication Date: 2014-04-14
7 Keys to Comprehension by Susan Zimmermann; Chryse Hutchins
ISBN: 9780761515494
Publication Date: 2003-07-22
Reading Nonfiction by Kylene Beers; Robert E. Probst
ISBN: 9780325050805
Publication Date: 2015-10-20
Notice and Note by Kylene Beers; Robert E. Probst
ISBN: 9780325046938
Publication Date: 2012-11-01

Funny and clever...

Duck! Rabbit! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal; Tom Lichtenheld
11 Experiments That Failed by Jenny Offill; Nancy Carpenter
Dragons Love Tacos by Adam Rubin; Daniel Salmieri
Kid Sheriff and the Terrible Toads by Bob Shea; Lane Smith
Once upon an Alphabet by Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)
Exclamation Mark by Amy Krouse Rosenthal; Tom Lichtenheld (Illustrator)
13 Words by Lemony Snicket; Maira Kalman (Illustrator)
Press Here by Hervé Tullet
Chopsticks by Amy Krouse Rosenthal; Scott Magoon (Illustrator)
The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens; Susan Stevens Crummel
I Scream! Ice Cream! by Amy Krouse Rosenthal; Serge Bloch (Illustrator)
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers (Illustrator)