This year the students have learned many strategies to help them comprehend what they are reading. They learned that good readers make predictions, ask questions, clarify and summarize while they are reading text. The class was introduced to a new strategy that all good readers do while reading: making connections. The students learned that they can make text to self, text to text or text to world connections to whatever they are reading. Text to self means that they are able to connect an event or character to something that has happened to themselves, family or friends. Text to text means they can connect the text, event, or character to another book, show or movie. Text to world means they can connect the events in the story to something that happens in the world around them. They did an amazing job making connections. One story we read was called "Hobbies." The students made many connections to the story such as music, gardening, collecting and sports. The students also read the story "Mother's Day." The students made text to text connections to television shows they have seen about mothers day. They connected the story to the world because mother's day is around the corner. They also made many text to self connections of their own mother's day memories. In the back of our room we have a "Making Connections" board. Anytime a student makes a connection to a book they read they can add a connection form to the wall.
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