Making Connections in Informational Text

The different types of connections are

• Text to Self

• Text to Text

• Text to World

• All of the above

Inferencing means

• find the answer directly in the text

• use clues in the text and what you know to understand what is happening

• look in the table of contents

• get a snack

"This reminds of a book I read on earthquakes"...

• Persuade

• Making connections

• Restating the question

• Context clues

"The article I read said that"...

• Restate question

• Answer question

• Cite your source

• Extend your thinking and make a connection

Connecting something I have read, to something else I have read is what type of connection?

• Text to Self

• Text to World

• Text to Text

• Text to Media

A connection we make between one text and another text is called?

• Text to Text

• Text to Self

• Text to World

• Text to Media

Making text connections deepens our understanding of the text and helps us become better readers.

• True

• False

This comprehension strategy means to use what you know to understand what you are reading.

• visualizing

• summarizing

• making connections

• determining importance

What type of conneciton is this:  I read the nutrition label on the back of my frozen pizza. It reminded me of an article I read about how to make healthy food choices.

• text to self

• text to world

• text to text

I read a book about how grocery stores get their food. It reminded me of the grocery trucks that drive by on the highway every day.

• text to self

• text to text

• text to world