Schema: farm life, rock bands Predicting: What are the animals are getting ready for to do? Go to bed? Inferring: What are the animals inferring when they see that the farmer’s light is on? I am inferring the animals are sleepy at the end of the book because…. Text-to-Self Connections: waiting in line Mental Images: [...]
Mental Images: This book has some good examples to practice making mental images. Mathematics: Math word problems are provided at the end of the book to show how the comparisons were mathematically determined. Compare and Contrast: The book lends itself to comparing.
Schema: dogs, talking dogs, Martha cartoon shows on television Inferring: The family thinks the Inn will infer that Marth is a person when they put her in the wheel chair. What does the maid infer when she sees a very full Martha and a pile of bones on the floor? What do dogs infer when [...]
Schema: mice, snacks, other books about mice, Thanksgiving, feasting Text-to-text Connection: One is a Feast for a Mouse: A Thanksgiving Tale by Judy Cox Point of View: the illustrations show the mouse’s point of view. Counting: Mouse sees a certain number of each of the foods he selects. Younger children could count the items as [...]
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