Craft Lesson # 2

Matching Text with Illustrations




Materials
· book: Good Night Pillow Fight
· construction paper
· crayons, markers, colored pencils
· thinking cap

Discussion
Good Night Pillow Fight is a great book for young children because the illustrations are so elaborate. I think, when teaching a child to read, it is important for the pictures to go along with the text so that they have visual cues. In my craft lesson, I would like to have my class read the book together and discuss what exactly is going on in the pictures, and then decide if it follows the text.

How to teach it (Kindergarten- 3rd grade)
I will start off with having the class gather around me in a circle. I will then read the book, Good Night Pillow Fight, to the class without any discussion. After the first reading I will then go back and have the kids look and analyze the pictures. For example, on page one, the text reads “Good night.” I will have each student in the class share something that they notice going on in the picture. Then I will ask them questions like, “Is this something that happens in your bedtime routine?" "What are some of the things that you are seeing that you, yourself do at home?” We will then go through each page, analyzing the pictures and discussing whether or not we think the illustration fit with the text.After our discussion, I will then have the students go back to their desks. I will pass out paper and coloring utensils and have the students illustrate their favorite part of their bedtime routine.