CCSS ELA Reading
Informational Text #7 is all about the role visual elements play in conveying
information to the reader.
Integration of Knowledge & Ideas #7
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Kindergarten
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Grade 1
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Grade 2
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With
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Use the
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Explain
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Grade 3
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Grade 4
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Grade 5
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Use
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Interpret
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almost any group of nonfiction picture books to address the goals for K-2 . But
among the assortment of titles you choose, I’d like to suggest that you include
some by Steve Jenkins. Jenkins images do a lot of the work in his books.
I highly recommend for early elementary students are The Day-Glo Brothers by Chris Barton
(illus. Tony
Persiani) and Redwoods by Jason Chin.
The Day-Glo Brothers, the
colors start out muted and build in intensity as the brothers get closer and
closer to perfecting their paints. The climax spread has the brightest day-glo
brothers you can imagine.
straightforward, so the art steals the show. Each painting shows the young
reader’s imagination at work as he reads the same text we read. It’s one of the
most clever books I’ve ever seen.
elementary.
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