A little girl koala feels neglected and unloved by her mom who is busy with younger siblings.
Books to make text to text connections. We want students to make connections with all types of texts so giving them a place to record those connections as the year progresses makes sense. Each type of text connection has a specific purpose and benefit. One good strategy you can use is to make connections from the book.
First we reviewed what a text-to-self connection was and made a quick little anchor chart. Strong books and activities to support making connections will help solidify it for our readers. Key phrases or words like this brings back the memory of For text to self-connection Remember that characterstory used for text to text connections Did you read about that incident in for text.
There are three types of connections that students can make while reading independently. Then we read Thank You Mr. A tracking template is perfect for making text connections throughout the year.
Choose a book that you can make connections to and as you read stop and think out loud about the connections you are making. After sharing and discussing connections students choose and plan. Seuss books Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in the Hat.
Start Book Chats with the books you read together as a class. Then lead students into chatting about their books. Readers use strategies to help them understand what they read.
Introduce the strategy and explain why its important. Here are some possibilities. Due to the nature of the assignment a tracking worksheet makes a great addition to an interactive notebook or reading folder.