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 [...]
Schema: pets; what do your pets do that make you love them? Word Choice: This is a great book for verbs. The cat has lots of actions. Many words that represent sounds are used. Cause and Effect: Because the cat jumps into the paint, the effect is that the mother loves art and thinks he [...]
Schema: seeds, greenhouse, garden, Spring Text-to-Self Connections: mail carrier bringing a package, seed coat like our coat to keep us warm and dry; Buddy has a text-to-self connection with food. Students may have a connection with saving seeds from fruit to plant. Some may have a connection with eating sunflower seeds or making a home [...]
Schema: ducks, getting lost, or figuring out which way to go Compare and Contrast (Characterization)Ruby and her siblings: Siblings: Big Bold Adventurous/ Ruby: Small, Steady, Slow to tried new things The siblings go on an adventure: 1. through the edge of the reed beds 2. past a waterfall 3. to the middle of the reed [...]
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