SECOND GRADE READ ALOUD BOOKS
We have learned how important it is to use our schema when reading. Making connections to our background information helps us better understand the text. The following sites should help you better visualize, predict and infer.
The Cricket In Times Square by George Seldon Chester is a field cricket from Connecticut who finds himself in the Times Square Subway Station. Read these articles and learn more about crickets. Do you think a real cricket could survive in a subway station? The Bellinis love opera. Visit this site to learn about one of their favorite composers and listen to pieces of some of his operas. Have you ever visited New York City? Have you ever ridden on a subway? The pictures on this page will help you visualize the station. Just click on the image and it will enlarge the photo. Tucker and Harry take Chester to Times Square at night. Chester is so overwhelmed that he has to close his eyes for a moment. Imagine that you are a tiny cricket when you look at these pictures of Times Square at night. Would you be overwhelmed? Would you like to see what New York City looks like undergound? Take a tour with this National Geographic site. |
The Prince of the Pond The setting for this story is the Pond. Explore this site to learn a little about ponds. There are many creatures that live in the pond. Visit some of these sites to learn about these creatures. All About Turtles Snapping Turtle Arthropods Pond Insects Frogs Fiction Connection When you are reading the story, The Prince of the Pond, you may make a connection to another text, The Frog Prince. Although the stories are not the same, there are some parts of the texts that are similar. Here is an online version of The Frog Prince. The Frog Prince |
Poppy by Avi The following links will help you make connections, predictions, and inferences during our reading of Poppy. Deermouse Porcupine Great Horned Owl Owl Pellets Avi |
