We have been working on comparing stories and making text-to-text connections. To go along with our Texas/Western theme I picked The Little Red Hen and Armadilly Chili. Here is our venn diagram we completed as a group.
Then they each completed their own venn diagram below.
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I am a huge fan of There was an Old Lady Who Swallowed . . . books. We just read the story There was a Cold Lady Who Swallowed Some Snow. After reading the story we sequenced the things she swallowed.