Schema: weather Text-to-text connections: What memories of weather do you have? Scary storms, fun days at the sunny beach, or cozy days inside? Point of View: What a great book to illustrate point of view as each animal says what the weather would be if they were in charge of it. Discuss why each creature would [...]
Schema: Hansel and Gretel , step-mothers, fairy tales, science fairs Big Idea: Good vs. evil The publisher offers a detailed reading guide for teachers that includes vocabulary, poetry, and writing responses. Text-to-Self Connections: sibling rivalry, bullying, moving to a new apartment, visiting the library Author’s purpose: to entertain Cause and Effect: Because an inheritance was [...]
Schema: letter “P” Looking for the “p” sound? This book is full of them. Introducing Rhyming? The characters also play a game where they think of rhyming words. Sequencing: Sequence the events that led Piggle to find someone to play with him. Text-to-Self Connections: feeling left out
Teaching kids to think while reading is a goal I continue to reinforce all throughout the year. We talk about the text to text, text to self, and text to world connections that are explained fully by Debbie Miller in Reading With Meaning: Teaching Comprehension to the Primary Grades. I would recommend this book to [...]
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