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 [...]
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