Schema: Little Red Riding Synonyms: Each page has a focus word printed large at the top of each page, and the word is used in context. Ask students to give you a synonym for some of the words as you read. Carmine writes a haiku about her grandmother. Students may connect with writing their own [...]
Schema: Frankenstein, Halloween, having a new baby in the family Point of View: The story is told from a monster family’s point of view. From the parents’ point of view, Frankie is the scariest of all of the family. Voice: The voice of the book is that of the monster parents until the end. Then [...]
Schema: text-to-text connections with Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Parody: copying someone’s style in a humorous way, making a spoof of something Goodnight Goon is a parody of Goodnight Moon. Compare and Contrast: Similarities: same story pattern, same room design, same color of P.J.’s, both have snacks in their rooms, both have rocking chairs, [...]
Schema: visiting relatives, being taken care of while parents are away Book Talk: The book is set in Carbon City, near Seattle, Washington. Characters: Aunt Ethel: 83 years old Josh: 12 1/2 years old Josh is sent to his step-father’s Great Aunt Ethel’s for the summer, and he is very upset about missing summer baseball [...]
Schema: handmade brooms, fall decorations, define widow Text-to-self connections: fantasy fiction with witches Cause and Effect: Because the witches broom lost its power suddenly, the effect is that the witch falls to the ground and is injured. Because the widow is kind to the witch by giving her a place to heal, the effect is [...]
Schema: visiting pumpkin farms, tricking someone Text-to-self connections: choosing a pumpkin, playing dunking for apples, biting a donut on a string, not wanting to play with a girl if you are a boy Predicting: Why to you predict Andy is hiding from Delores in the pumpkin patch? Maybe he is afraid of her, maybe he [...]
Even though I’m a grown up school librarian, I get a little freaked out every time I think about it. I keep thinking the camera in the hall will catch something some day, but up to now, it just shows a screen full of snowy static. I wish I never had to stay late to [...]
Schema: favorite foods, weather, tall tales Text-to-Self Connections: food, making up a story Mental Images: Make a mental image of your favorite food falling from the sky and you trying to catch it Cause and Effect: Because of the pancake landing on Henry, the effect is that Grandpa made up the tall tale about falling [...]
Schema: potatoes Text-to-Self Connections: the one potato two potato rhyme crows, rodeo, roots growing out of the potato Sequencing: counting, seasons Reader’s Theater: The text is simple and could be written into a reader’s theater. Each student could hold a real potato and add some features to it with a marker. Personification: The potatoes take [...]
Schema: mice, food, snacks Text-to-Self Connections: quiet sounds, stuffed toys, bedtime snacks; using brown sugar packed in a measuring cup, the mouse stacks the forms up to build a sandcastle like structure. Have you ever packed sand in a cup to build a sandcastle? Condiments: olives, pickles, catsup–What is your favorite? Bubble bath in a [...]
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