Making Connections

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Making Connections

• Ashley BrownWestwood Elementary, 2005

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What are Connections?

• Connections are links that readers can make
  between what they are reading and things they
  already know about.

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Why should we make connections?

• Good readers make connections to better
  understand what they are reading.

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How do readers make connections?

• Good readers use their own background knowledge
  and prior experiences to make connections.
• There are 3 different ways that a reader can make
  connections

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Types of Connections

• Text to Self
• Text to - Text
• Text to - World

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ConnectionText to - Self

• These are connections that readers make between
  the text (what you are reading) and their own
  past experiences and/or background knowledge.

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ConnectionText to - Text

• These are connections that readers make between
  the text they are reading and other texts the
  reader has read before.
• Other kinds of texts might include books, poems,
  scripts, songs, or anything written.
• You could even include movies or television shows
  that you have seen before.

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ConnectionText to - World

• These are connections that readers make between
  the text and the bigger issues, events, or
  concerns of society.
• To make these types of connections the reader
  must think about what is going on in the world
  around them.

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Response Options for Sharing Connections

• Verbal Reponses The reader would discuss the
  connections they made with a text aloud with
  others in a group.
• Written Responses The reader would write the
  connections they could make with a text down on a
  sheet of paper or in a response journal.

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Ways to Start your Connections

• That reminds me of
• Remember when
• This is like
• This character makes me think of
• This setting reminds me of

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Lets Practice

• Our Text
• The Best School Year Ever
• by Barbara Robinson