Reading picture books in a group setting is an engaging way to approach this type of guided instruction.
How to teach text to text connections. Describe the connection between a series of historical events scientific ideas or concepts or steps in technical procedures in a text. Jul 15 2020 - Explore Ana Milenas board Text to text connections followed by 516 people on Pinterest. An easy way to make text connection organizer is to draw a line down the middle of the paper and write When I heard or read the part where on one side and it reminded me of on the other.
Like other reading comprehension skills repeated exposure and practice with the cognitive process of making connections with the text will help students develop the confidence necessary for it to happen when reading. Falker by Patricia Polacco. Making Connections can be as difficult or as easy as you make it for our upper elementary students.
Making connections is linking what the students read to what they already know. According to Into the Book 2015 good readers make connections as they read. After reading and discussing the book give each student a graphic organizer where they can record their own text connection.
Remind students to refer to their text connections in Part 1 to complete the reading response paragraph frame. Read the text aloud and model your thinking out loud. Includes individual organizers for text to self text to text and text to world connections.
This short video discusses the importance of teaching students to make reasonable and informed connections within a set of texts. Reading comes alive when we recognize how the ideas in a text connect to our experiences and beliefs events happening in the larger world our understanding of history and our knowledge of other texts. This Making Connections Poster also available in color Graphic Organizers for Building Background Knowledge and Making Connections are a must have.
Introduce the strategy and explain why its important. Plan out the connections that youd like to model for you students ahead of time. Let students practice with.