Pictures and Text Working Together
Describe the relationship between illustrations and the text in which they appear; use pictures to support and extend comprehension
Lesson
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“Pictures and Text Working Together means practising the idea at the table with a short text or prompt and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.”
Bring to the table
- A short familiar text, poem, or picture book page
- Sticky notes or pencil
Extra for the adult
Worked example. “I think she is worried because the text says her hands were shaking.”
Optional challenge. For Pictures and Text Working Together, add one harder example after success.
What to notice. Keep one parent note: examples tried; results; support used. This session samples Pictures and Text Working Together, not mastery.
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Pictures and Text Working Together means practising the idea at the table with a short text or prompt and one clear check. We will demo once, then your child tries.
Materials: A short familiar text, poem, or picture book page; Sticky notes or pencil. 1. Say the goal of Pictures and Text Working Together in plain words once. 2. Adult reads a short stretch aloud and models one think-aloud (predict, notice, or question). 3. Child reads or listens to three short stretches and gives one evidence-based response each time. 4. Fresh check: one fresh evidence-based response. Record and stop. Done: three responses tied to words or pictures in the text. Proof: parent note of examples and results. Stop: End after the fresh check; keep optional challenge for another day.
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The Tortoise & the Ducks
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The Tortoise & the Ducks supports noticing how pictures and text work together. Not a comics course.
Free public-domain story text, no sign-in.
Before you openAsk the learner what the picture shows that the words also say, and one detail only the words give.
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Public Library of Congress Read.gov Aesop page. An anonymous GET on 2026-11-12 returned HTTP 200 with no login or payment prompt. The story text is public domain on this page. Opening the link does not save practice or assess mastery. This is reading text, not an automatically marked comprehension quiz.
Library of Congress / Read.gov. “The Tortoise & the Ducks.” Public-domain text linked only; Gakuva does not copy, host, embed, or redistribute a separate edition.
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Check understanding
- Use pictures to predict or confirm story events
- Describe what is happening in an illustration and how it relates to the text
- Explain how an illustration, photograph or labelled diagram adds information not stated in the words
“When your child is reading a picture book, do they look at the illustrations to help them understand what's happening in the story — and can they explain how a picture connects to the words on the page?”
Curriculum record
- Type
- Representational
- Subject
- English
- Domain
- Reading Comprehension
- Age range
- Ages 5–12
Standards