Description

Want to help kids with reading comprehension? Teach tier 2 vocabulary using picture books. You’ll help kids build vocabulary in a fun way with books that can be read seasonally or year-round!

Explicit vocabulary instruction is direct instruction where you tell and explain the meaning of a word using a student-friendly definition and discuss using examples. Implicit vocabulary instruction is when you teach kids how to figure out the meaning of a word by making inferences about the definition. They use clues from the text to figure out word meaning.

Why teach vocabulary using picture books?

Well-written children’s books help kids build knowledge and the language in books is richer than any other source. When you read aloud picture books to kids, it helps them build vocabulary, print and linguistic awareness, knowledge of text structure, and information about the world and how different people live. We can expose kids to so many great stories and help them learn about a variety of topics just from picture books. All while helping them build vocabulary.

SAVE TIME! Check out the preview for other literacy skills you can teach using the same picture books from this resource.

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Included in this tier 2 vocabulary with picture books curriculum:

• Detailed Lesson Plans so you know exactly how to teach the lessons.
• Vocabulary Journal Sheets so your students can work on writing while building their vocabulary knowledge.
• Notes on the Following Topics: Why Teach Using Picture Books, Explicit and Implicit Vocabulary Instruction, Ways to Use the Same Picture Books for Other Literacy Lessons and in Content Areas so you have evidence-based documents to back up your instruction.

There are vocabulary companions for 31 books with a BONUS one for back-to-school. They each include:

• New Word Introduction Guide for Explicit Vocabulary Instruction so you can used science of reading evidence-based methods to introduce new words before reading aloud the picture books.
• Word Guide with 6 Vocabulary Words so you can explicitly teach 3 of the words and implicitly teach the other 3 words. The word guide also includes a student-friendly definition, part of speech, and suggested synonyms, and antonyms.
• Picture Cards for Each Vocabulary Word for visual learners and English language learners.
• Book Overview with the text genre, structure, background knowledge, purpose for reading, and assessment answer key so you can prepare students for the read-aloud and have an easy way to check the assessment answers.
• Assessment so students can show mastery of the vocabulary in context.

Check out the preview for the full book list with themes/topics and suggested months for use.

Who is this curriculum best for?

This tier 2 vocabulary curriculum is best for educators who teach kids in 2nd, 3rd, or 4th grades.

Full Picture Book List:

August:

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson

The Name Jar by Yangsook Choi

Two Bobbies, A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery

Chester’s Way by Kevin Henkes

 

September

The Potato Chip Champ by Maria Dismondy

Sonia Sotomayer A Judge Grows in the Bronx by Jonah Winter

Ada Twist, Scientist by Andrea Beaty

 

October

I’m Trying to Love Spiders by Bethany Barton

Stellaluna by Janell Cannon

The Spooky Tail of Prewitt Peacock  by Bill Peet

 

November

Grace for President by Kelly DiPucchio

Turk and Runt A Thanksgiving Comedy by Lisa Wheeler

Ordinary Mary and the Extraordinary Deed by Emily Pearson

 

December

Those Shoes by Maribeth Boelts

Silver Packages by Cynthia Rylant

A Bike Like Sergio’s  by Maribeth Boelts

 

January

Brave Irene by William Steig

Polar Bears by Mark Newman

Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester

 

February

Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli

Whoosh! Lonnie Johnson’s Super Soaking Stream of Inventions by Chris Barton

Have You Thanked an Inventor Today? by Patrice McLaurin

 

March

Counting on Katherine  by Helaine Becker

Wilma Unlimited, How Wilma Rudolph Became the World’s Fastest Woman by Kathleen Krull

Allie’s Basketball Dream by Barbara Barber

 

April

Rescue and Jessica by Jessica Kensky & Patrick Downes

Give Bees a Chance by Bethany Barton

The Slug, Disgusting Critters by Elise Gravel

 

May

Swimming with Sharks: The Daring Discoveries of Eugenie Clark by Heather Lang

The Hole Story of the Doughnut by Pat Miller

Rolling Thunder by Kate Messner

 

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Hi, I’m Marlene!

I’ve taught third grade for more than 15 years and am currently a second grade ELA (English Language Arts) teacher.

I’m trained in LETRS (Language Essentials for Teachers of Reading and Spelling), a course that uses scientifically backed methods to teach literacy.

This curriculum was designed using those methods. It’s also been used in real classrooms with a lot of success.