Although I am using Daily 5 and CAFE to structure my reading block, I will be pulling my mini-lessons from these two books:

On this page, I will post read aloud ideas and correlating chapters from the books pictured above.

This is a work in progress - I have recently rearranged this page. I am leaving the lesson plans for Aug/Sept but there probably won't be any more for future months because I am just not going to be able to keep up with this. Instead I hope to list a lesson from Growing Readers (GR) or Reading with Meaning (RWM) to go along with each of the picture books listed here. I have also broken this down into several pages because it was just getting too long! Please note these books are not listed in any particular order at the moment (although I have tried to group them somewhat). Maybe sometime in the future I will rearrange them in order.

December - Schema, Prior Knowledge, Making Connections

Text to Self (books most kids can connect to):

Text to Self (some of my favorite personal examples that I use for modeling making connections- I bring in personal photos to show the kids to go along with these):

(remind me of my stuffed rabbit, Mr. Jarvis)

(reminds me of my dog and his blanket)

Text to Text:

Fractured fairy tales are great for text to text connections! Here are just a couple of examples:

Corresponding chapters with mini lessons that will fit well with this unit:

Growing Readers: Chapter 6 – Readers Think and Talk About Books to Grow Ideas

Reading with Meaning: Chapter 5 - Schema

CAFE strategies introduced in this unit:

Use prior knowledge to connect with text

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