Teaching Through Trade Books: Communicating With Pictures and Precision

by: Christine Anne Royce

From the earliest civilizations, humans have used drawings and pictures as a form of communication and to convey information—whether it was the seasons or location of good hunting grounds. In this month’s column, simple alphabet picture books show students how pictures can be used to communicate information about a topic. In the first activity, students create their own picture books. In the second lesson, older students try to describe an image with precision and accuracy.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2009Stock # sc09_046_05_16Volume 046Issue 05

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