Archive for October, 2010

Piggle A Homer Story by Crosby Bonsall

Schema: letter “P” Looking for the “p” sound?  This book is full of them. Introducing Rhyming?  The characters also play a game where they think of rhyming words. Sequencing: Sequence the events that led Piggle to find someone to play with him. Text-to-Self Connections: feeling left out

Robot Zot by Jon Scieszka

Schema: Robot Zot is not from planet earth, so the things we have in our schema are not in his.  He fights with a blender, mixer, coffee maker, toaster, television, and thinks that a dog in a warrior to contend with as well. This book would be a great example of how we have to [...]

Heckedy Peg by Audrey Wood

Schema: stranger danger Sequencing: Days of the week are the names of the children. Sequence four events that move the story forward. Cause and Effect: Because the children let a stranger in, they were turned into food. Drawing Conclusions: The mother asks each child what they would like from the store.  When a witch turns [...]

The Ox-Cart Man by Donald Hall

Schema: selling what you make, seasons Circle story: The story begins in the fall and follows the man and his family through a year as they make what they can on their farm to sell and use the money from what they sell to buy the things that they can not make. Predicting: What do [...]