Schema: mice, food, snacks Text-to-Self Connections: quiet sounds, stuffed toys, bedtime snacks; using brown sugar packed in a measuring cup, the mouse stacks the forms up to build a sandcastle like structure. Have you ever packed sand in a cup to build a sandcastle? Condiments: olives, pickles, catsup–What is your favorite? Bubble bath in a [...]
Schema: books, farm animals, walking in a line Text-to-Self Connections: Do our pets miss us while we are at school? Alliteration: animals sounds, pig pouted Predicting with Context Clues: Where do you predict the animals are going? There is a sign with the word “library” on it, and the frog is carrying a book. At [...]
Schema: butterflies, eggs Text-to-Text Connection: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, the Magic School Bus series with lots of true information in the story Text-to-Self connections: taking a photo of yourself with your head seen through a hole in a wooden painting Text-to-Self with the word “metamorphosis” Have you ever heard of the word [...]
Schema: In the title: “predator” What do you know about predators? Look at the shell on the cover. Does it make you have a text-to-self connection with seashells? Mental Image: Water running off of porch; What if you don’t have a porch? Can you make a mental image of water running down the curb or [...]
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