Schema: holiday meals, favorite birthday meal Text-to-text Connections: Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic, Tumbleweed Stew by Susan Stevens Crummel Mental Images: Badgers makes a mental image of a mole taco, a rat burger, and a rabbit banana split. The expression in his eyes on the cover indicate that he is imagining something. This is a [...]
Schema: runt, Wilbur in Charlotte’s Web by E. B. White Drawing Conclusions: When we draw a conclusion we should be able to go back and find evidence in the text to support it. When Turk concludes that Runt has been right about being chosen to be a dinner, it’s a great time to look back [...]
Schema: mummies, geometry, Egypt Cause and Effect: Because the kids get locked inside of the pyramid, the effect is that they have to find the clues in order to get out. Compare and Contrast: the different shapes and number of faces on each one Sequencing: Make a map that sequences the trail to the Pharaoh.
Schema: stew, Texas, tumbleweeds Text-to-Self Connections: making vegetable soup Text-to-Text Connection: The Little Red Hen, Armadilly Chili by Helen Ketteman, Stone Soup, Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic Cause and Effect: Because Rabbit is so persuasive, the effect is that he motivates the others to bring some ingredients for the soup. Predicting: What do you predict [...]
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