Schema: honey bees Text-to-Self Connection: standing still when a bee is near, being afraid of bees Point of View: Rhyming text tells two tales from a bee’s point of view and a girl’s point of view as the two go to gather pollen and berries. Both are afraid of each other, but their mothers tell [...]
Schema: drawing Text-to-Text Connections: obeying parents Text-to-Text Connection: Harold and the Purple Crayon Large font and colorful, but simple drawings make this a super read aloud. The plot sequence lends itself to teaching predicting. A young boy is about to draw when his mother says that no one draws on this particular day, Doodleday. He [...]
Schema: honey bees, making butter by shaking a jar, flour Text-to-self Connections: baking with an adult, knowing the cow as the animal from which humans drink their milk This is a very sweet picture book about a mama mouse and her baby girl as they go on an adventure to find the ingredients to find [...]
Welcome to the September 28, 2011 Edition of Carnival of Children’s literature. Thank you for sending your wonderful contributions to Texas Librarian. This is my first time to host, and it was a challenging experience which I enjoyed! My blog focuses on research which indicates that children can comprehend and become better readers by making [...]
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