Schema: flippers on the cover connect with swimming, title mentions sea Author’s purpose: to share real information about sea scientist, Jacques Cousteau. Metaphor: Cousteau’s quote on the first page makes a mental image of the sea a casting spell over him and holding him with “its net of wonder.” The sea is like a net [...]
Schema: clouds, things that we see in the sky, different types of precipitation Text-to-Text Connections: Both books are about weather and the sky. The rhymes in Sky will make a connections from nursery rhymes. Text-to-Self Connections: Some kids will have seen a double rainbow, snow, fireworks, and tornadoes. Sequencing: Notice in Sky that there is [...]
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: windy days Personification: The wind takes on human traits and speaks in this tale. Cause and Effect: Because the wind blows the sisters’ cornmeal away, the effect is that Willa is determined to get it back or get something in return. Characterization: Willa is a strong woman character. She can be described as fearless [...]
Schema: March winds, the old saying that “March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb,” chasing something that has blown away Cause and Effect: Because it was so windy, the effect is that everything is blowing away Predicting: Ask the students to predict what is going to blow away next. There are [...]
Schema: people you know that are always helping others Sequencing: the book goes through each season Setting: Vermont Characterization: Make a graphic organizer to show Darrell’s characteristics. With Tommy he takes the time to let him play like he is driving his truck With The Barretts he gives the firewood to them even though they [...]
Schema: sheep, wool, sweaters, cloaks, the invisible cloak in the Harry Potter stories Text-to-Text Connections: These two books make a big connection in that they both talk about how wool is used to create a garment. Charlie shares more technical information about the process. Red Berry shows how the words used to create fabric can [...]
Schema: potatoes Text-to-Self Connections: the one potato two potato rhyme crows, rodeo, roots growing out of the potato Sequencing: counting, seasons Reader’s Theater: The text is simple and could be written into a reader’s theater. Each student could hold a real potato and add some features to it with a marker. Personification: The potatoes take [...]
Schema: soup, favorite vegetables, gardening, tools Text-to-Self Connections: bring fresh or canned samples of green beans, green peas, corn, squash, and carrots to show. Open them or mix them if fresh in a pot to cook. Usually the school cafeteria has soup everyday so it might work to get some already made from there for [...]
Schema: trees, birds, nests Persuasion: This book might be a good example to teach persuasion. What are the birds trying to persuade Harry to do? What is Harry’s mother trying to persuade him to do? What is Harry trying to persuade his Mother to do? Inferring: Harry infers that a car hit the bird. I [...]
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