SAT Words in Picture Books

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SAT Vocabulary Words in Picture Books: New Shoes for Sylvia

Posted on February 8, 2012September 4, 2016 by Pragmatic Mom

The words for Week 10 are from the picture book, New Shoes for Sylvia by Johanna Hurwitz, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney. To think that reading picture books will expose your child not only to a wonderful and gorgeously illustrated story, but to SAT building vocabulary. Jerry Pinkney is also a Caldecott winning illustrator and we are enjoying The Lion and the Mouse at home which is an amazing work that tells the story solely through watercolor illustrations with almost no words. This is not the case for New Shoes for Sylvia!

SAT Vocabulary Words for Kindergarteners in Stellaluna

Posted on November 1, 2011September 7, 2016 by Pragmatic Mom

The words for Week 13 are from the picture book, Stellaluna by Janell Cannon, a beloved classic!

Best Picture Books to Build Vocabulary (ages 2-8)

Posted on September 2, 2011October 15, 2018 by Pragmatic Mom

Favorite picture books to build vocabulary.

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SAT Vocabulary Words for Kindergarten in Big Al

Posted on July 3, 2011December 14, 2013 by Pragmatic Mom

The words for Week 12 are from the picture book, Big Al by Andrew Clements, illustrated by Yoshi.

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SAT Vocabulary for Kindergarteners from Gregory, the Terrible Eater

Posted on June 20, 2011October 21, 2012 by Pragmatic Mom

The vocabulary words for Week 12 are from the picture book, Gregory, the Terrible Eater.

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SAT Vocabulary Words from Annie and the Wild Animals

Posted on June 15, 2011November 27, 2018 by Pragmatic Mom

The words for Week 11 are from the picture book, Annie and the Wild Animals by Jan Brett. I noticed that in my son’s Kindergarten room, the teacher or maybe literacy specialist, mounts a special poster with the cover of book and the list of vocabulary words from the book. They have a time called “Text Talk” where they read the story and talk about the big words. The words stay up all year so the children can look at them. Sometimes, the words come home via a handout to the parents in my child’s backpack, but times are tough and I think they are conserving on paper so I copied these words from the posters and made up the sentences myself. I find that this post is very popular so I will continue it on my own as my child is moving on first grade next year.

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SAT Vocabulary Words from Picture Book The Gingerbread Man

Posted on May 28, 2011October 21, 2012 by Pragmatic Mom

The words for Week 9 are from the picture book, The Gingerbread Man by Jim Aylesworth and Barbara McClintock. It turns out that my son has “Text Talk” at school and this is the source of all the SAT Vocabulary Words for Kindergarteners. They read a picture book and then talk about the “big words.” Picture books are great sources for not only gorgeous artwork, a complete story with a beginning, middle and end in about 36 pages, but rich language!! Did I mention that I LOVE picture books?!

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SAT Vocabulary Words from Picture Book The Scarecrow’s Hat

Posted on April 20, 2011October 29, 2012 by Pragmatic Mom

The words for Week 8 are from the picture book, The Scarecrow’s Hat by Ken Brown. Lest you be alarmed that it’s freaky to be teaching SAT vocabulary words to Kindergarteners, I wanted to REITERATE that all the words in this series are from a picture book; however, I failed to notice which picture book on earlier posts. This brings me to another point: picture books often have richer language than easy chapter books, not to mention gorgeous art work. I am a HUGE fan of picture books for all ages. How else can one be transported to a different time and place and/or walk in the shoes of another in the short space of 24ish pages? I digress, onward for the words.

SAT Vocabulary Words for Kindergarteners from Caps for Sale

Posted on March 27, 2011November 27, 2018 by Pragmatic Mom

My son’s Kindergarten teacher is really up on the latest ideas on early childhood education. She believes in big words for little people and uses these six new words during daily conversations at school and during activities. We are also encouraged to use them at home and to make a game out using them. So I asked my 6-year-old son what “ordinary” means and he gave me this long winded story about how from one day to the next, the books in the bookshelves of an “ordinary” day would not be disturbed. I think the smile/laugh value of hearing kids relate these words to their every day lives is well worth this exercise. I think the same of my son’s karate class — it’s like an episode of Saturday Night Live, only actually funny.