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: honey bees, making butter by shaking a jar, flour Text-to-self Connections: baking with an adult, knowing the cow as the animal from which humans drink their milk This is a very sweet picture book about a mama mouse and her baby girl as they go on an adventure to find the ingredients to find [...]
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, [...]
Schema: getting a haircut, monsters, Halloween images Text-to-Self Connections: getting haircut, fall illustrations Sequencing: order the events in this circle story of: leaving home getting to shop changing the pictures on the wall cutting the different monster’s hair cleaning up going back home Point of View: The fly pages show the humans and their POV [...]
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