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Pillars of a Great Picture Book
1.Does it suit our purpose?
2.Does it cause a reaction?
3.Is it accessible?
4.Can we read it more than once?
5.Do the students love it?
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Our Epic Nonfiction Picture Book Project Teaches
■ How to take organized notes in a way that works for them.
■ How to write a paragraph and all of the myriads of lessons that are attached to that.
■ Grammar! Spelling! Punctuation!
■ How to find legal images.
■ How to cite sources, including images, books, and websites.
■ How to uncover reliable sources (yes, there is a place for Wikipedia in our research).
■ How to search the internet better.
■ How to conduct market research using Skype to ask 2nd or 3rd graders what they want to read and how they
want to read it.