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 * Welcome to Beyond the Bookcase-a wiki created by Mrs. Williams to encourage and empower educators to utilize trade books to teach skills our students need to know. I welcome you to add your own examples of how you use picture books, fiction books, nonfiction, poetry, etc. to reach your students. Together, we can go beyond the bookshelf and basal texts and create a more meaningful and fun learning arena.**

How to contribute:
 * Add a category (i.e. Comprehension Skills)
 * List books that you use to help teach, reinforce, etc. a skill
 * That's it! Feel free to also create links to lesson plans

__**Comprehension Skills**__


 * Text to Self Connections**
 * 1) Julius the Baby of the World-Kevin Henkes (almost every student can relate to the perils of sibling rivalry).
 * 2) Llama Llama Misses Mama-Anna Dewdney


 * Text to Text Connections**
 * 1) Piggie Pie-Margie Palatini (lots of references to other fairy tales)
 * 2) Cinderella Bigfoot (Use this without mentioning the title first and see if students recognize the connection)
 * Making Predictions**
 * 1) Dog Breath-Dav Pilkey
 * 2) If You Take A .... books-Laura Numeroff
 * 3) Is Your Mama a Llama?-Deborah Guarino


 * Problem/Solution**
 * 1) Dog Breath-Dav Pilkey
 * 2) Halloweiner-Dav Pilkey
 * 3) Chicks and Salsa-Aaron Reynolds