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Hi. My name is Angie. I teach third grade, and I believe picture books are vital in the classroom. Sure, I love chapter books, too, but there's something about a picture book. They can be used for so many different purposes. Of course, they help continue to build the love of reading, they're great for reading with expression (accents are the best!), they're fabulous mentor texts during mini-lessons, they can help us solve problems, they can help us feel better, the list goes on and on. It literally tears my heart apart when I hear teachers and administrators declare that picture books have no place in an upper elementary classroom. Talk about crushing any soul who loves and appreciates the joy of reading.
Last summer, I went to Nerd Camp Michigan (if you don't know, NOW you know!) and attended a breakout session by Annemarie Johnson (@ajohnsont2t). Her session was about creating reading rituals in the classroom. You know, not attaching rewards to reading and fostering the love for getting lost in a book. She provided us with an endless amount of rituals to incorporate into our classroom. I already participate in #classroombookaday (we really do attempt to read a picture book a day. Doesn't always happen, but we try!) and Annemarie had an idea to get the kids more involved in the selection process. So easy...pick 2 books and have the kids vote on which book they'd like to read that day! To say they love it is an understatement! Today's choices were Rodeo Red by Maripat Perkins and Louise Loves Art by Kelly Light. We're investigating point of view in Reader's Workshop, and these two books were terrific mentor texts for first person point of view. So, the kids voted, and Rodeo Red it was! It secretly made me really happy because I got to use my southern accent...which was loved by all, of course! I've found that reading rituals really have changed the climate in my classroom, and I'm thrilled that picture books pay a big role in my students' lives! #greenteamphotochallenge
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