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A Picture Book Lesson to Teach Metaphors in Poetry

Post by Rebecca Reid 2 Comments

I’ve been creating units for kindergarten using picture books to introduce the poetic concepts of rhythm, rhyme, and metaphor. Today I thought I’d write about another picture book that would help in teaching older children about metaphors in poetry: Red Sings from Treetops by Joyce Sidman and illustrated by Pamela Zagarenski.

Write with Creative Word Choice: A Mini-Lesson using Two Bad Ants

Post by Rebecca Reid 2 Comments

I’ve always had a special space in my heart for Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg because of the memories associated with it. Somehow, my teacher knew how to reach me on my first truly horrible big kid bad day. She helped calm down with a picture book, a new book that had just come in to the […]

Figurative Language, Similes and Metaphor

Post by Rebecca Reid 10 Comments

This week’s Mentor Monday (a link up feature at The Reading Tutor/OG blog) is about using text to help teach figurative language. I realize I am a day late this week, but I am very excited about this topic and have a few perfect books to highlight similes and metaphors.

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