1 Wordless Books: So Much to Say! Dr. Gilda Martinez-AlbA Monica CortadA

2 Let’s get to know you… Who do you teach? PreK – 1grade 2 – 3 gradeCollege Parents

3 How many wordless books do you have?1 – 5 6 – 10 11 – 15 20+

4 How often do you use wordless books?Everyday Once a week Once a month Once a quarter/semester Never

5 Do you know… when the first wordless book was published? Was it: 19211932 1946 1950

6 1932 Carroll/dp/B0007DEVGO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid= &sr=8-3&keywords=what+whiskers+did

7 Do you know… when the second wordless book was published? Was it: 19331939 1942 1961

8 1961

9 Wordless Books: For MotivationWordless 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.

10 Wordless Books: For Writing and DiscussionsStudents of all ages can be authors This can lead to a rich discussion Study at the University of Utah studied wordless versus picture books

11 Wordless Books: Develop Comprehension and Bilingual SkillsOne 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

12 Wordless Books: Parental InvolvementParents 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.

13 Wordless Books: Other Benefitsfor close reading of illustrations to develop discussions to work on making inferences

14 Wordless Books: Develop Various Skills with Visualsoral language vocabulary listening comprehension writing skills and more!

15 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

16 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

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

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

19 Related Websites For additional practice with identifying shapes, students can go to this website: https://www.ixl.com/math/kindergarten/name-the-two-dimensional-shape To practice using shapes to make pictures, they can play a pattern block game:

20 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

21 Reference for Further ReadingEconomopoulos, K., Murray, M., O’Neil, K., Clements, D., Sarama, J., & Russell, S. (1998). Making Shapes and Building Blocks. White Plains, NY: Dale Seymour Publications.

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

23 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.

24 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

25 Website Example Online tool to create trading cards with favorite characters on Read, Write, Think – projects/create-trading-cards-favorite html

26 Related Apps Toondoo (free) – design cartoons for your own cartoon alien visitation stories with this free web-based app. abc Notes Lite ToDo, Checklist & Sticky Note (free although $2.99 unlocks all in-app resources) – create sticky notes for iPad, iPhone, and Android

27 Reference for Further ReadingJohnson, B. (2014). Tools for teaching: The amazing sticky note. Retrieved from tool-ben-johnson.

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29 Questions?

30 Google – Gilda Martinez-Alba Towson UniversityFor this PPT: Google – Gilda Martinez-Alba Towson University