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 [...]
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: wild birds Read the note at the back of the book so the students can understand the problem better before you begin the book. Text-to-self connections: doing a project with a sibling, feeling sorry for the birds, seeing problems that wild birds cause What city animals help keep the balance of nature in our [...]
Schema: making tamales, looking forward to getting to do the things your older brothers and sisters are doing Text-to-Self connections: helping mother, wishing to be older Sequencing: The book begins when Ana is 6, and she goes through each part of the book with her age increasing. Math: numbers are added by 2′s throughout the [...]
Schema: sneezing, allergies Text-to-Self Connections: sneezing for one of the reasons listed in the book; understanding how the brain works to make connections Although this nonfiction book discusses the causes and physical reactions associated with sneezing, the book is an excellent source for showing how the brain makes connections. Inventors: At the end of the [...]
Schema: holiday meals, favorite birthday meal Text-to-text Connections: Duck Soup by Jackie Urbanovic, Tumbleweed Stew by Susan Stevens Crummel Mental Images: Badgers makes a mental image of a mole taco, a rat burger, and a rabbit banana split. The expression in his eyes on the cover indicate that he is imagining something. This is a [...]
Schema: favorite foods, weather, tall tales Text-to-Self Connections: food, making up a story Mental Images: Make a mental image of your favorite food falling from the sky and you trying to catch it Cause and Effect: Because of the pancake landing on Henry, the effect is that Grandpa made up the tall tale about falling [...]
Schema: reading in bed before going to sleep, falling asleep while reading, losing a book Text-to-Self Connections: getting snuggley in bed with a book and stuffed animals, think about where you look at your house when you have lost a library book. Inference: Have students infer what the words would be on the first few [...]
Schema: our school library, our classroom, our class pets Text-to-Self Connections: going to the school library Sitting in a special corner or area of the library Listening to stories in the library Wanting to check out the book the librarian is reading to the class Seeing magazines, puppets, newspapers in the library Noticing that we [...]
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