Schema: drawing Text-to-Text Connections: obeying parents Text-to-Text Connection: Harold and the Purple Crayon Large font and colorful, but simple drawings make this a super read aloud. The plot sequence lends itself to teaching predicting. A young boy is about to draw when his mother says that no one draws on this particular day, Doodleday. He [...]
Schema: waiting, obeying, favorite foods, making healthy choices, tantrums Text-to-text connection: Where the Wild Things Are by Sendak Point of View: The story is told from Betty’s POV. Thoughtful language and detailed illustrations come together to create a book about patience and manners that does not talk down to children. The feeling and lesson this story [...]
Schema: families, new moms and dads, getting a second pet, accepting change Text-to-text connections: Detective LaRue books by Teague, and Help Me, Mr. Mutt! by Stevens Emma, owned by George, and Hankie, owned by Loretta, are worried about what is happening to their owners, each thinking the other’s owner may be trying to kidnap their own owner, [...]
Schema: fairy tales, element of magic Genre: traditional literature Setting: Virginia Predicting: Predict what young Sam will do when the man comes back with the request to make his wife young again Character Motivation: What motivates young Sam to charge the man for what the hired hand did? What motivates him to change at the [...]
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