Schema: dogs, problems with dogs, charts and graphs, letter writing, check the cover and think about having to dress up in clothes you might not like What’s in your schema about the food pyramid? Compare and Contrast: Compare Mr. Mutt’s food pyramid to the one suggested for people. Compare and contrast the behavior of cats [...]
Schema: best way to make a loose tooth come out rhyming text Cause and Effect: Because she has no money to buy Papa a birthday gift, the effect is that she is trying to get her tooth to come out so the tooth fairy money can be used to buy the gift. Predicting: What do [...]
Schema: starting first grade, losing a tooth at school, being frightened by an older kid Explain the dialogue bubbles: The pointing bubble means speaking, the bubble with a bubble trail means thinking. Notice the 3 marks above the first grader’s head before she enters the classroom. The marks are showing that she is alarmed. Inferring: [...]
Schema: Louisianna, bayou, folktale, baking soda Colloquialisms: swaney, scoot over, sody sallyraytus, lickety-split, dillydally, Catawampus, hissy fit, soppin’ mad, nervous as a long-tailed cat in a roomful of rocking chairs, skedaddled, flabbergasted, thumpin’ gizzards, patootie, gooder ‘n’ grits After you say each of these colloquialisms as you are reading, have students repeat them right after [...]
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