Archive for the 'Summarizing' Category

Are You a Horse? by Andy Rash

Schema: horses, saddles, birthdays; Roy does not have “horse” in his schema so he has to ask other to share with him. Characterization:  Characterize the traits of a horse as each animal character shares a bit about horses.  He is told that it is a living thing, an animal, has legs, is friendly, doesn’t change [...]

Moo Who? by Margie Palatini

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 [...]

It’s Probably Penny by Loreen Leedy

Schema: math, school, Boston terriers Text-to-Self Connections: homework, eating jellybeans Author’s Purpose: The author uses her story and the events in it to explain the mathematical concept of  probability. Predicting: Have your students predict along with the students in the book. Summarizing and Synthesis: Ask students to summarize the story and explain what they have [...]

Martha Calling by Susan Meddaugh

Schema: dogs, talking dogs, Martha cartoon shows on television Inferring: The family thinks the Inn will infer that Marth is a person when they put her in the wheel chair. What does the maid infer when she sees a very full Martha and a pile of bones on the floor? What do dogs infer when [...]