Reading with Meaning Debbie Miller

Schema (Making Connections) chapter 5

Text to Self First Schema Lesson pg.57 The Relative Came Cythia Rylant

Other good “text to self” books- pg.59 Fireflies Julie Brinkloe My Great Aunt Arizona Gloria Huston Koala Lou Mem Fox The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats Chrysanthemum Kevin Henkes

Text to Self Lesson- The difference between connections that help us with our reading, and the ones that don’t.

pg.60Hazels Amazing Mother Rosemary Wells

Text to Self Lesson- small group work

pg. 61Ira Sleeps Over Benard Weber

Creating Mental Images (Visualizing) Chapter 6

Text to Text Lesson- Good pair to read aloud and demonstrate how to make text to text connections. pg. 63 Amazing Grace Mary Hoffman Oliver Button Is a Sissy dePaola

Text to Text Another good pair- pg.65 Now One Foot, Now the Other dePaola The Two of Them Aliki

Think Aloud Creating Mental Images pg. 77 Night Sounds, Morning Colors Rosemary Wells

Dramatization pg. 82 The Zoo at Night Martha Robinson

Images are Fluid (the can change) pg.83 Greyling Jane Yolen

Focusing on just a snippet or two from a picture book pg. 79 Night in the Country Cynthia Rylant The Salamander Room Anne Mazer Quiet Please Eve Merriam Say Something Mary Stoltz The Napping House Audrey Wood Creatures of Earth, Sea and Sky Georgia Heard

Inferring Chapter 8

Determining unknown words pg. 107 Where Are You Going, Manyoni? Catherine Stock

Make and confirm predictions pg.109 The Royal Bee Frances and Ginger Park

Use prior knowledge and textual clues to draw conclusions pg.111 Creatures of the Earth, Sea, and Sky Georgia Heard

Author’s Purpose pg. 116 Miss Maggie Cynthia Rylant

Infer answers to questions not explicitly stated in the text pg. 114 How Many Days to America Eve Bunting

Asking Questions Chapter 9

Introducing Questioning pg. 124 The Stranger Chris Van Allsburg

Readers ask questions before, during and after reading pg.125 Grandfather Twilight Barbara Berger

Determining whether the answers can be found in the text pg.127 The Lotus Seed Sherry Garland

The most intriguing questions are not answered explicitly in the text pg. 130 All I See Cynthia Rylant

Question web pg. 131 Monarch Butterfly Gail Gibbons

Determining Importance in Nonfiction Chapter 10

Listening to other’s questions and answers inspires new questions and answers pg.131 An Angel for Solomon Singer Cynthia Rylant

Selecting a Burning Question pg. 133 Amelia’s Road Linda Altman

The process of questioning is used in other areas of our lives (personal and academic) pg. 134 The Wise Woman and Her Secret Eve Merriam

Modeling the difference between fiction and non fiction pg.144 Grandfather’s Journey Allen Say Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Jennifer Dussling

Synthesizing Information Chapter 11

Monitoring overall meaning, important concepts and themes pg. 160 Smokey Night Eve Bunting The Alphabet Tree Leo Lionni A Color of His Own Leo Lionni

Sharing, recommending and criticizing books pg. 164 Oliver Button is a Sissy Tommie dePaola

Synthesis of literal meaning to inferential level pg. 164 (start with fables) The Story of Jumping Mouse John Steptoe The Table Where Rich People Sit Byrd Baylor The Rag Coat Lauren Mills Fables Arnold Lobel See the Ocean Estelle Condra