Making Connections – Reading Strategies

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e0113

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making-connections-reading-strategies

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Reading Strategies | Elementary

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English Language Arts

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What Is Making Connections?

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what-is-making-connections

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Making connections is finding links between the text and:

yourself
other texts you have read
the world around you

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Connection Types

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connection-types

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There are 3 types of connections you can make.

Connection types	Connecting the text to	Examples
Text-to-self	• your experience • your knowledge	• something that happened to you • something you saw • something you were told • something you learned
Text-to-text	• other texts you have read	• printed texts • media texts (movies, shows, songs…)
Text-to-world	• the world around you • real-life situations/events	• historical events • social issues • discoveries • beliefs

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Making Connections at a Glance

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making-connections-at-a-glance

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Summary of the making connections reading strategy. There are 3 types of connections to make. The first type is the text-to-self connection. This is connecting the text you are reading to your personal knowledge and experiences. The second type is the text-to-text connection. This is connecting the text you are reading to any other text you read before. It includes printed texts like books, comic books or articles, but also media texts like movies, podcasts, posters or presentations. The third type is the t

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Making Connections: ConnectionTypes

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making-connections-connectiontypes

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Text-to-Self Connections

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text-to-self-connections

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Find connections between the text and your personal experience or knowledge.
Here are some suggestions on what to look for.

Text elements to look at	Personal experience & knowledge to consider	Make connections by looking for
• topic • main idea • theme • information • quote • character action/reaction • setting • story event • argument • problem/solution	• knowledge of the topic or similar topic • opinion or beliefs about the topic • likes/dislikes of the topic • life events—personal • life events—people you know	Familiar	• topics/information • settings • events
		Interesting	• information • themes • main ideas
		Relatable	• quotes • character actions • events
		Similar	• topics • events • experiences

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Text-to-Text Connections

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text-to-text-connections

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Find connections between the text and other texts you have read.
Here are some suggestions on what to look for.

Look for similarities or differences in

Make connections—compare & contrast

Examples of texts to compare with

• topic

• main idea

• characters

• setting

• text type

• text structure

• tone

• theme

• message

• text’s structures

• text’s features

• text’s purposes

• text’s themes

• text’s messages

• text’s tones

• author’s stances

• author’s intentions

Printed texts

• books
• comic books
• magazines
• newspaper
• flyers

Media texts

• movies
• TV shows
• documentaries
• podcasts
• posters
• lectures/presentations
• songs

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Text-to-World Connections

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text-to-world-connections

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Find connections between the text and the world around you.
Here are some suggestions on what to look for.

Text elements to look at

Look for similarities in the real-world

• topic

• main idea

• theme

• information

• quote

• character action/reaction

• setting

• story event

• argument

• problem/solution

• historical events

• current events

• social issues

• environmental issues

• economic issues

• scientific discoveries

• new technology

• beliefs

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Reading Strategies at a Glance

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reading-strategies

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Summary table of the 12 reading strategies: previewing, activating prior knowledge, making predictions, decoding, visualizing, questioning, annotating, making connections, graphic organizers, inferring, summarizing and skimming & scanning.

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