RL 3.7/ RL 2.7 Understanding Pictures and Words

Have you struggled with teaching RL 3.7 or RL 2.7?   I recently taught this skill.  I used a mentor text to assist my students in understanding this standard.  I chose the story Dear Mrs. LaRue.  This is a great story with wonderful illustrations that are easy to understand.  I made large copies of the pages in the story for my students.  I had students work in pairs.    The students also used post its to write down their thoughts of each illustration.  Later they talked about their thoughts on each illustration and shared it with the class.  Finally, I posted it under the anchor chart that was introduced to them earlier in the week.