Welcome to ELL Picture Books!

Here you'll find teaching suggestions, resources, and recommended readings for using picture books with English Language Learners.

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Using Picture Books to Teach Grammar (including Parts of Speech)

Using Picture Books to Teach Text Structure

Using Picture Books to Teach Literary Devices

Using Picture Books to Teach Genre

Using Picture Books to Teach Social Skills

Using Picture Books to Teach Vocabulary

Using Picture Books to Teach Content Knowledge

Using Picture Books to Teach Reading Comprehension 

Using Picture Books to Teach Writing Extensions

List of Picture Books Sorted by Focused Reading Skill (at Keith's Teaching Reading and Language Arts wiki)

Get the 27 page Picture Books Workshop Hand-Out. (At this link, scroll to bottom)

Other Great Sites for ELL Teaching (your recommendations are welcome!)

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Keith Schoch is a 6th grade Reading/Language Arts teacher in Bedminster, NJ.  

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