 Today, I'm going to be teaching my students a simple reading strategy called use the pictures. I'm going to express to my students that the pictures can help us read the words. You can choose any book in your classroom. As I read it aloud, I'm going to stop at a word and try and figure it out by looking at the pictures. Thank you, all the animals in the world, for keeping our precious forest clean. I'm going to stop right there. Not sure what that word is. It starts with a T and I'm going to look, well, I see something in this picture that might start with a T, trees. I'm going to go back to the word and look, trees, that must be the word. All the trees in the world, we are thankful for the shade and warmth you give us. When we stop and we use the pictures, this helps the child understand that the pictures and the words go together. Try this in your classroom today.