Skill Making Connections

Which question should you ask to make connections to the world around you?

• Have I read something like this before?

• Have I experienced something similar at home?

• What do I remember about world news report when I read this?

• What have I read before that I remember when I look at this?

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

What connection are you making to a text when you ask, “Which news report remind me of this?”

• text-to-world

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• all three

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Which connection DOES NOT show a text-to-self connection?

• What does this remind me in the real world?

• How is this different to what is happening to me?

• Has something like this happened to me before?

• What are my feelings when I look at the information?

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

After reading a text about how a family sustained their needs by planting fruits and vegetable in the garden, you recalled how our ancestors used to do the same. What kind of connection was made?

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

• text-to-self

• no connection made

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

While reading, Hakeem notices that the main character in the story is tough, just like the main character in the book he read yesterday.

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Lisa is reading a science fiction story. In the story, she thinks that what happens to the characters could also happen on Earth if people don't start recycling more.

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Eddie is reading a book where a character visits a loved one in the hospital. It reminds Eddie of when he visited his grandmother in the hospital.

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Marshall is reading a book and notices that the main character's aunt is very similar to his Aunt Maria.

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

Carly is reading a non-fiction book about the Civil War. She thinks that the author of the book would disagree with a point another author made about the Civil War.

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8

What are the different ways a learner can connect to a text?

• text-to-self

• text-to-text

• text-to-world

• all three

Tags

CCSS.RF.1.3A

CCSS.RF.1.3D

CCSS.RI.1.3

CCSS.RI.2.3

CCSS.RI.3.8