Literacy Learning Zone

Slice of Life is  hosted  at the  Two Writing Teachers Join in and share a slice of your life.  _____________________________________________________ November arrived quickly, but we were ready. My colleague, Karen, and I have celebrated Picture Book Month in our classrooms over the last few years.  However, this year we decided to share this special month with not just our small groups of students, but with everyone at our school. We started thinking about the importance of reading aloud picture books: Builds commUNITY (Thanks to JoEllen McCarthy for this!) Develops empathy Builds vocabulary Allows for deeper thinking Sho...