tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post4936934285726698423..comments2024-03-22T01:00:38.320-04:00Comments on I.N.K.: Wishes for the New YearLinda Salzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17217322360480267856noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-64975094131329786072010-12-14T13:24:35.177-05:002010-12-14T13:24:35.177-05:00Thank you for your words on picture books as well ...Thank you for your words on picture books as well as quality books within the classroom. As a teacher and a writer, I have been promoting (with the help of the librarian)the use of picture books in the upper elementary classroom. I think children at that age, or any age, gain so much from reading a fiction or nonfiction picture book. As you say, the visual pulls them in and reveals more of the world the well-crafted words are describing. The combination of both words and pictures is so much more powerful than any textbook.<br /><br />I especially enjoy a nonfiction picture book that presents ideas through a story, allowing a reader to become part of the exploration.<br /><br />But picture books are not only a fantastic way to immerse children in nonfiction. They also help older children better understand the structure of story and the craft of writing.<br /><br />We have been successful in my school doing the above, but how can we make other schools, other districts and other states see this?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1337206901491734394.post-38412655089804686272010-12-13T09:24:39.272-05:002010-12-13T09:24:39.272-05:00Well said, Susan!! I've just attended two worl...Well said, Susan!! I've just attended two world conferences on education--one virtual and one in Qatar and I can report that there is virtually NO DISCUSSION about the quality of reading material in the classroom, let alone mention of the role of books in the learning processes. All of us need to keep ranting away.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07214356318088069618noreply@blogger.com