Picture booksin primary schools

Objectives

We are going to explore the following questions:1. What will the children get from using picture books?2. What are we trying to achieve by using them?3. HOW can we use them?4. Where can we get them from?

1) What will the children get from using picture books?

What are our motivations for doing it?

Programmes of Study

2) What are we trying to achieve by using picture books?

What do we want to get from using them?How do they help the children make progress?

Programmes of StudyTeaching Proficiency through Reading and Storytelling (TPRS)

3) How can we use them?

• As a treat, to develop general listening skills• To encourage reading for pleasure, as a class or individually • To tell a story in assembly• To teach vocabulary• To teach grammar• To encourage speaking• To develop writing skills• As a basis to arts and crafts activities

4) Where can we get books from?

• Amazon, ebay• Specialist languages businesses: Little Linguist, b small publishing,

The Bilingual Bookshop, The European Bookshop, Mary Glasgow• Friends and/or relatives abroad; colleagues• To borrow a range of books and resources: Le Biblio-Book @

Natta-Lingo• For digital copies: Les Quatre Amis (also in Spanish and German),

ALL Literature Wikidot, CulturethèqueNB for puppets: Tiny Tots Shop

When are you next going to read to your

pupils??