Archive for October, 2008

Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig

Schema: collecting rocks, wishing for things Text-to-Self Connections: being afraid, missing home What a great book to reinforce the text to self connections.  First, ask the students if they recognize the donkey from a movie that they’ve seen.  They will recognize the donkey from Shrek.  Show the Shrek book. When reading the book aloud, stop [...]