Wordless Picture Book



Wordless Picture Books

Clear Plot

The Snowman by Raymond Briggs

Breakfast for Jack by Pat Schories

Hug by Jez Alborough

The Ring by Lisa Maizlish

Peep! By Kevin Luthardt

Balloon Trip by R. Wegen

Do you want to be my Friend? By Eric Carle

Pancakes for Breakfast by Tomie dePaula

Early Morning in the Barn by Nancy Tafuri

Sidewalk Circus by Paul Fleischman and Kevin Hawkes

Books by Mercer Mayer:

Frog Goes to Dinner

Paddy Pork’s Holiday

Oops

A Boy, A Dog, and a Frog

Drip, Drop

Books by Emily Arnold McCully:

Four Hungry Kittens

School

The Christmas Gift

First Snow

New Baby

Detailed Artwork/more complex themes

(Best used with students who have a sense of story.)

Tuesday by David Wiesner

Window by Jeannie Baker

Anno’s Journey by Mitsumasa Anno

Zoom by Istvan Banyai

References

Adams, D. (200). Retrieved 06 05, 2003, from Writing Techniques Web site: .

Andrea DeBruin-Parecki. (2005). Helping your child become a reader. 3rd ed. Jessup, MD: US Department of Education.

Matulka, D. I. (2005). Wordless picture books. Retrieved September 23, 2005, from .

Reese, C. (1996). Story development using wordless picture books. The Reading Teacher, 50(2), 172-173.

Williams, B. O. (1994). Every picture tells a story: the magic of wordless books. School Library Journal, 40(8), 38-39.

A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words

Katie Lambeth Brann

2nd Grade

Walkertown Elementary School

klbrann@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

RE 5040 Teacher as a Researcher

Should I use wordless picture books?

Wordless Picture books can be used with all levels of learners. Don’t fall into the misconception that only children who cannot read the text on the page can benefit from the use of wordless picture books. Students in high school and college can use this genre to build skills.

One-way wordless picture books can be used is as a transition from oral to written language. Reluctant writers in my second grade classroom used the illustrations to build confidence, which impacted their writing.

Some students find it more enjoyable to write about wordless picture books than to write from their own experiences or imaginations. Students can fill in their details when reading the pictures.

The greatest thing is that students are not bound by the text. They can make their own interpretations. (Reese, 172)

When selecting wordless picture books to use with your students, look for books that would be intriguing to young readers. Look for books that allow students to use their imagination. Lastly, select books in which students are able to follow the sequence of actions.

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What can I teach using wordless picture books?

Main Idea

Inference

Drawing Conclusions

Cause and effect

New Vocabulary

Sequencing

Quotations/Dialog

Summarize

Punctuation

Verb Tense

Character, Plot, setting

Making Connections

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Activities:

* Take a picture walk with a student and then have them read the story to you or tell the story together.

* Talk with students about the objects on the pages to build vocabulary.

* Let students read wordless picture books with a partner

* Have students create their own picture book with their own drawings or pictures from magazines.

*Let students write sentences on post-it notes about the pictures.

Above all:

*Plan activities to challenge the students and that have a purpose

*Help students to be comfortable writing in a variety of writing styles

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