Schema: Squirrels live in trees, cute, furry, eat nuts “A Busy, Busy, Busy Start” Drawing Conclusions: What text evidence supports the conclusion that squirrel is not a good listener? He makes many apples fall when mouse told him she only needed one. Cause and Effect: Because Squirrel rolled 10 ears of corn down the hill [...]
Schema: sea, setting Questions to activate background knowledge: Can you think of another time in history where a group of people have been treated unfairly because of the color of their skin? Can you imagine being taken away from your family because of your ethnicity? Why is the title so far from the sea when [...]
I ran across a great article about helping students feel safe when discussing or answering questions. The tips would also be good ones to use with our small book club discussions as well as with any class discussion. Here is a link to the article: No Big Deal: Providing a Classroom Environment Where it is [...]
Schema: flippers on the cover connect with swimming, title mentions sea Author’s purpose: to share real information about sea scientist, Jacques Cousteau. Metaphor: Cousteau’s quote on the first page makes a mental image of the sea a casting spell over him and holding him with “its net of wonder.” The sea is like a net [...]
Schema: Pirates or sailors on ships, missing a hand or a foot, we can infer that they take risks if they are missing a limb, they wear funny hats, have parrots for pets, brave, hunt buried treasure, modern pirates steal and harm Text to self connections: Pirates of the Caribbean’s Jack Sparrow, Peter Pan’s Captain [...]
Schema: clouds, things that we see in the sky, different types of precipitation Text-to-Text Connections: Both books are about weather and the sky. The rhymes in Sky will make a connections from nursery rhymes. Text-to-Self Connections: Some kids will have seen a double rainbow, snow, fireworks, and tornadoes. Sequencing: Notice in Sky that there is [...]
Schema: civil wars, traveling alone, the title which is a phrase from the U. S. National Anthem Before beginning, read the guide produced by the publisher which provides a background for understanding: Author’s purpose: The author takes us into the world of a refugee and helps refugee’s to see that they are not alone. POV: [...]
“To heal a sorrowing heart, give something that is dear to your own.” from the Note from Kimeli Naiyomah at the end of the book. Schema: cows, feeling sorrow for someone’s pain Text-to-self connection: remembering or hearing about September 11, 2001; being kind to others; feeling the emotion of something being “sweet and sad” because [...]
Schema: favorite colors, pastas, princesses Text-to-Text Connections: books with a mischievous fairy or sprite. The term “hudgin” is not very common so “hobgoblin or sprite” might be a better term to use in explaining what it is. Text-to-text connection: “glass slipper” for Cinderella, locked in tower-other princess stories such as Sleeping Beauty and Rapunzel. The [...]
Schema: double meaning for the word “chicken” being a real chicken or being afraid Text-to-Self Connections: things you are afraid of, being called a chicken Cause and Effect: Because the chickens were frightened by the wolf, the effect is that they knocked themselves out of the hen house. Because they were locked out of the [...]
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