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A Wordless Picture Book: Spark Storytelling & Narrative Writing

Using or creating a wordless picture book is ideal for building students’ storytelling skills, strengthening oral language, and practicing a variety of story structures (linear, circular, flashbacks, etc). Today we'll explore my favorite wordless picture books and the benefits of using this genre of text with littles. In this post, you’ll find Amazon Affiliate links, which means Amazon tosses a ...

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