Schema: teachers, fifth grade Text-to-Self Connections: many students will identify with one of the seven characters Text-to-Text Connections: Jessica refers to many great books that she is reading throughout the book. Students will relate to some of the titles. Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars is about a girl and her mentally handicapped brother, [...]
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: 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: [...]
Book Talk Schema: 4th grade, parents fighting, science fair projects, friends moving away Would you ever think to dig up a dead pet to use its bones for a science fair project? How about realizing your parents have secretly given a pet away and told you it ran away? These things support Camille’s realization that [...]
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