Schema: stranger danger Sequencing: Days of the week are the names of the children. Sequence four events that move the story forward. Cause and Effect: Because the children let a stranger in, they were turned into food. Drawing Conclusions: The mother asks each child what they would like from the store. When a witch turns [...]
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: farm animals and sounds Text-to-Text Connections: Click Clack Moo, Cows that Type by Doreen Cronin Use the cluster word web to describe the farm animals attributes. Write farm animal in the center, then add the animal and their attributes in the extended bubbles. Cause and Effect: Because Hilda Mae Heifer was hit in the [...]
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 [...]
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