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
topic	character action/reaction	knowledge of the topic or similar topic
main idea	setting	opinion or beliefs about the topic
theme	story event	likes/dislikes of the topic
information	argument	life events—personal
quote	problem/solution	life events—people you know
Make connections by looking for
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
topic	main idea		characters
setting	text type		text structure
tone	theme		message
Make connections—compare & contrast
text’s structures		text’s features
text’s purposes		text’s themes
text’s messages		text’s tones
author’s stances		author’s intentions
Examples of texts to compare with
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
topic	main idea
theme	information
quote	character action/reaction
setting	story event
argument	problem/solution
Look for similarities in the real-world
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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