Last year Beverly Combs suggested putting a diaper on a book and comparing taking care of a book to taking care of a baby. It worked great! I told the kids I was going to do something that would make them laugh, and then I pulled the diaper out of my bag and put it [...]
Schema: Tell me about times you have been upset because someone is bothering you in some way? Text-to-self connections: Think about how you deal with someone bothering you. Do you tell on them to someone else like your teacher or parent? Metaphor: For older children, this book is a great example of metaphor. The bird [...]
Schema: playing outside, rain Text-to-self connections: What do you like to do outside? Compare and Contrast: Things to do when it is raining with things to do when it is sunny outside Point of View: Seeing a problem from someone else’s point of view helped Piggie. He is upset that it is raining, but when [...]
Schema: wanting to stay up late, following rules Text-to-self connections: having a bedtime schedule, making up excuses, begging for something Text-to-text connections: The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog by Mo Willems Synthesis: Retell the story using something you really like to do that your parents may not want you to do. Here’s an example: Maybe [...]
Schema: hot dogs, finding something Text-to-self connections: not wanting to share, knowing what hot dogs taste like Synthesis: Does a hot dog taste like chicken? What does Finders Keepers mean? Predicting: What do you predict the little pigeon’s idea is going to be? Math: the concept of half Text-to-text connections: other Pigeon books
Schema: list things you want Mental Images: Make a mental image of the pigeon riding on the puppy’s back like piggyback. Synthesis: Explain why watering a puppy once a month is not correctly caring of a pet. What’s not right about playing tennis with a puppy? What made the pigeon change his mind? Text-to-self connections: [...]
Schema: riding the school bus, bus drivers Text-to-self connections: begging parents for something you want Point of View: Who’s POV are we listening to as we read this book? How does this POV differ from the bus driver’s POV? Mental Images: Make a mental image of the pigeon driving the bus when you get to [...]
Schema: first days of school, third grade, speaking in front of the class, telling something about yourself Text-to-self connections: being afraid to speak in front of the class, not listening to others and thinking about what you want to say instead Drawing Conclusions: Tag draws the conclusion that it is not important what others think [...]
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