Engaging English Skills Through Wordless Picture Books

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Explore the benefits of using wordless picture books to enhance English skills for learners of all ages and levels. Discover how these books promote success in language development and foster rich discussions and writing opportunities. Uncover the history of wordless books and their educational impact.

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W O R D L E S S B O O K S : W O R D L E S S B O O K S : S O M U C H T O S AY S O M U C H T O S AY ! ! D R . G I L D A D R . G I L D A M A R T I N E Z M O N I C A M O N I C A C O R T A D A M A R T I N E Z - - A L B A C O R T A D A A L B A

LETS GET TO KNOW YOU Who do you teach? a) PreK 1grade b) 2 3 grade c) 4 6 grade d) 7 12 grade e) College f) Parents

HOW MANY WORDLESS BOOKS DO YOU HAVE? a) 0 b) 1 5 c) 6 10 d) 11 15 e) 20+

HOW OFTEN DO YOU USE WORDLESS BOOKS? a) Everyday b) Once a week c) Once a month d) Once a quarter/semester e) Never

DO YOU KNOW when the first wordless book was published? Was it: a) 1921 b) 1932 c) 1946 d) 1950

1932 http://www.amazon.com/What-Whiskers-did-Ruth- Carroll/dp/B0007DEVGO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1454441007&sr=8-3&keywords=what+whiskers+did

DO YOU KNOW when the second wordless book was published? Was it: a) 1933 b) 1939 c) 1942 d) 1961

1961 http://www.amazon.com/Charlotte-Steiner-You-Tell--Gibralter- Library/dp/B00IWR8MTO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1454440872&sr=8-3&keywords=I+am+Andy%3A++You-Tell-A- Story-Book

WORDLESS BOOKS: FOR MOTIVATION Wordless picture books can be very engaging when used with English learners of all levels and ages to build English skills. Students can feel successful, regardless of their literacy level in any language.

WORDLESS BOOKS: FOR WRITING AND DISCUSSIONS Students of all ages can be authors This can lead to a rich discussion Study at the University of Utah studied wordless versus picture books

WORDLESS BOOKS: DEVELOP COMPREHENSION AND BILINGUAL SKILLS One of the main goals of reading is comprehension Teachers can use wordless picture books to explain comprehension strategies Time to work on comprehension can be provided, while working on speaking and bilingual skills

WORDLESS BOOKS: PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT Parents wanting to participate in their child s education can read the story to their child in any language, even if they cannot read or write in any language. This can potentially lead to get students interested in books, while showing parents how they can help with their child s academic progress.

WORDLESS BOOKS: OTHER BENEFITS for close reading of illustrations to develop discussions to work on making inferences

WORDLESS BOOKS: DEVELOP VARIOUS SKILLS WITH VISUALS oral language vocabulary listening comprehension writing skills and more!

STORIES WITH EASY PICTURES TO FOLLOW: A Boy, a Dog, and a Frog Carl at the Dog Show Chalk Flora and the Flamingo My Friend Rabbit Pancakes for Breakfast Rainstorm Shapes, Shapes, Shapes The Lion and the Mouse The Snowman Wave

STORIES WITH MORE COMPLICATED PICTURES TO FOLLOW: Flotsam Free Fall Journey Mirror Mr. Wuffles Sidewalk Circus The Red Book Tuesday Unspoken: A Story from the Underground Railroad Zoom

SHAPES, SHAPES, SHAPES https://www.amazon.com/Shapes-Tana-Hoban/dp/0688147402

This book shows students how shapes are everywhere in the world The lesson allows great opportunities for speaking and listening

RELATED WEBSITES For additional practice with identifying shapes, go to this website: https://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/name-the-two-dimensional-shape students can To practice using shapes to make pictures, play a pattern block game: http://illuminations.nctm.org/Activity.aspx?id=3577 they can

RELATED APPS Presto Bingo Shapes Lite free app to find hidden shapes in a picture Shape Match Free free app to play memory to match shapes Shape Games free app to sort shapes, build shapes, count shapes, match shapes, and make patterns with shapes

REFERENCE FOR FURTHER READING Economopoulos, K., Murray, M., O Neil, K., Clements, D., Sarama, J., & Russell, S. (1998). Making Shapes and Building Blocks. White Plains, NY: Dale Seymour Publications.

https://www.amazon.com/Mr-Wuffles-Caldecott-Medal- Winning/dp/0618756612/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488543224&sr=1- 1&keywords=Mr.+Wuffles

Mr. Wuffles is a cat who is fascinated by a spaceship full of aliens repairing their ship under a radiator cover. The lesson involves translating the speech bubbles.

RELATED WEBSITES Author interviews and lesson plans (TeachingBooks.net) - https://www.teachingbooks.net/tb.cgi?tid=36047&a=1 Book trailer by the publisher - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=- 5Z5JIl7u68

Online tool to create trading cards with favorite characters on Read, Write, Think http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/activities%20- projects/create-trading-cards-favorite-30171.html

RELATED APPS Toondoo (free) design cartoons for your own cartoon alien visitation stories with this free web-based app. http://www.toondoo.com/ abc Notes Lite ToDo, Checklist & Sticky Note (free although $2.99 unlocks all in-app resources) create sticky notes for iPad, iPhone, and Android

REFERENCE FOR FURTHER READING Johnson, B. (2014). Tools for teaching: The amazing sticky note. Retrieved from http://www.edutopia.org/blog/sticky-note-teaching- tool-ben-johnson.