Bluebird by Bob Staake
Recommended Grades: 3-5
A lonely boy meets a special friend in this wordless picture book. A beautiful story of how the friendship is tested.
The Common Core State Standards have placed a lot of emphasis on close reading. Here is a way to teach students how to “read closely” using pictures as a scaffold.
Lesson Idea:
Close Reading/Making Inferences: Share Bluebird with students. Provide students with sections of the story to “read.” What do they notice? Ask them to make inferences about the section they have. Ask students how words and pictures work together to help us understand what we read. Would words help them understand what is going on in the pictures? How?
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