Teaching With Picture Books (Picture Book Bonanza)

THE SECOND INSTILLATION OF PICTURE BOOK BONANZA. 

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Author says: I don't have a particular lesson plan for each book. However, if the commenter had a blog, I linked to it. You can always visit their sites and see. I would also Google the title of the picture book and "lesson plan."

The Picture Book Bonanza Continues!  THE FIRST INSTILLATION FOLLOWS :-)

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Picture Book Bonanza!

More picture books as recommended by you.
(No giant asparagus included.)

Becca of Whole Words uses Children Make Terrible Pets to teach plot diagram.  I love that title!

Fiona uses Diary of a Worm to teach point of view and voice.

"Dan" uses Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street to introduce narratives.  I love this book!  There is so much that you can do with it.  By the way, I write "Dan" because it's Dan's wife that actually posted under Dan's name. However, Dan is always welcome to comment, too! :-)

Jennifer likes My Great Aunt Arizona to help her students write about what inspires them.

Nari uses Charlie Anderson to teach questioning.  I don't care if this book is great or horrible!  The cover alone would make me buy it, and I'm not even a cat person!  How cute is that cat?

Tracy at Grade 3 Top Dogs uses Big Chickens to discuss story elements.

Allie-Gator of And so it begins. . .  likes to use Peanut Butter and Jelly to teach sequencing.

Prudence likes to introduce writing workshop with Born Yesterday, The Diary of a Young Journalist.

Stjstinn uses a Patricia Polacco classic, Thank You Mr. Falker,  to teach about the importance of reading.

Michelle likes to use The Important Book at the beginning of the year to help the students share things about themselves.  I like this book a lot.  Like Michelle, I've used it as part of a getting to know you activity.  Once you have introduced it though, it's great for content area lessons.  My friends have created "The Important Book" to wrap-up science units.  It's a great way to make sure they really know the content, and it's fun! (Michelle, for some reason I couldn't get to your profile from your link to see if you had a blog. Sorry.) Michelle also suggested The Worry Stone and Mrs. Spitzer's Garden. 

This is a list that could go on forever!  I love how my big, tough fifth graders get so caught up in picture books.  I love even more how much they learn from them.  This has been fun.  Expensive considering all the books I couldn't resist ordering, but still lots of fun. Thanks for all the great suggestions.

PART ONE:
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Some of these books you recommended I have used, but some were new to me.  My Amazon wish list is getting bigger by the minute!  I've listed some links to all the different books suggest by you.  By the way, I've linked them all through Amazon.com but I'm sure you can purchase them anywhere.  Or even better, visit the library.  I just use Amazon because it's easy to link to. 

It's a Picture Book Bonanza!

Lindsay at My Life as a Fifth Grade Teacher likes Owl Moon for personal narrative lessons.

Meghan at Third Grade in the First State likes A New Coat for Anna for sequence lessons.

Dana at Mrs. Gentry's Class likes I Wanna Iguana for persuasive writing. I also use this one.  It's very cute.

Amy at The Resource(ful) Room likes Memoirs of a Goldfish for teaching memoir and biography writing.  I can't wait to get this one!

MBriscoe01 likes "The Three Little Pigs from the Wolf's POV" for teaching point of view.  I couldn't find that exact title, but I have used The True Story of the Three Little Pigs for point of view lessons.  It's always a favorite in my class.

Shannon teaches ancient civilizations in social studies and likes Weslandia.  Love picture books in the content areas!

Mary likes Dr. Xargle's Book of Earthlets as an introduction to the differences between observations and inferences.  This is a new book to me. I feel the need to check this one out!

Denise at Mrs. Coker's Fourth Graders  likes The Giving Tee to inspire story writing about a gift you have received.  By the way, if you Google images for The Giving Tree you will come across this. . .

WOW!  I have nothing against tattoos, but you have to be seriously committed to a book to do this!  I have to say though, I can't help thinking it looks like a giant asparagus!  Oh well, back to more picture books. . .

KayloKatt of Diary of a Nonconformist Teacher likes Math Curse for first day lessons.  She also likes Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day.

Nicole at Nicole's Crafting Adventure uses I'll Love You Forever for teaching six traits.  I have to say, Nicole wrote a very touching comment about how this book makes her cry every time she reads it.  I have many friends and teacher friends that feel the same way.  As for me, am I alone in thinking the part where in the dark of night the mother climbs in the window of her GROWN ADULT son's bedroom to rock him to sleep is just a wee bit creepy?  I probably am because I know how many people Love with a capital L this book.  So, it is highly recommended.  I personally just can't get over that one part.   :-)

Cristina uses The Humongous Cat to teach punctuation, fluency, and synonyms.

That's about half the books suggested.  I'm planning to list the rest of your suggestions tomorrow.  Hopefully, you saw a book today that you think would be perfect for your friends.