Reading



INFERENCING
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=THE GIVING TREE=

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KNOWLEDGE: Find a page that shows the boy or the tree befriending each other.

COMPREHENSION: Identify all the ways the tree is generous.

APPLICATION: Tell about a friend of yours. How are they generous to you?

ANALYSIS: Think about how you are generous to other people.

SYNTHESIS: Rewrite The Giving Tree with a different beginning, or middle, or end of the story.

EVALUATION: Is it acceptable to continue "taking" from a friend? IF so, for how long? If not, why not? media type="custom" key="26782670"

GENEROSITY: THE RAINBOW FISH

The Rainbow Fish is an award-winning book about a beautiful fish who finds friendship and happiness when he learns to share. The book is best known for its morals about the value of being an individual and for the distinctive shiny foil scales of the Rainbow Fish. The Rainbow Fish learns the true value of generosity. media type="custom" key="26835440"

By Marcus Pfister. Read by Ernest Borgnine.

We made connections to the text and talked about the times when we'd been asked to be generous. We all agreed that it's very hard to give away things that are precious. Zoe made the connection to the ending of Toy Story 3 when Andy shows generosity and gives away his prized toys!

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