Picture Book Month

November is Picture Book Month.  "Picture Book Month is an international literacy initiative that celebrates the print picture book during the month of November." via Picture Book Month website.



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We actually call them everybody books at BES because, well, everybody can read them.  Last week in the MC we read two great picture books in the lower grades.  The Three Little Bears ABC's and Z is for Moose.  We worked on letter recognition with Pre-K and Kindergarten, and talked about how we can read books using pictures!  If you have a reader that isn't confident because they "don't know how to read", using the pictures is a great way to get them hooked and start the reading process.  The Daily 5, which we use at BES, teaches the three ways to read a book are:
Read the Pictures
Read the Words
Retell the Story

I challenge you to read a picture book everyday during the month of November with your BES readers!

Mrs. McElroy