This week our schema focus was on Informational Text. We use Informational Text (or non-fiction) to get information. Each day we read a little bit of the book Frogs by Gail Gibbons. Then the students evaluated their new knowledge to create this chart: While we were reading, a few students thought a piece of information in the book was incorrect. The book stated that frog eggs are laid underwater and showed a picture of the eggs towards the surface. A few students said the eggs should be at the bottom of the pond. One student utilized PebbleGo! to do research for us. On the pink sticky note, she wrote what she found: "Frogs lay eggs under the water." We decided this could mean anywhere under the water, including the surface and the bottom of the pond. It's great to see their minds questioning and researching! Next week will practice that research
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The past few weeks we have been talking about using our "schema" to make connections. Schema includes things we know and experience that we can use to help us understand the story. There are 3 types of connections we focused on: Text to Self
Text to Text
Text to World
Today, Students were able to make a Text to Text connection using the books Little Oink and Little Hoot by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. We found quite a few similarities between the books. Some students made Text to Self connections by connecting with the characters with these books as well.
Yesterday we practiced making Text to Self connections using the book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. In groups we wrote "This book reminds me of...because..." to help us make connections that are meaningful to our reading. |
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