Text Connections

Above you'll find some "making connections" vocabulary that you can use with your child! This is a chart that we actually made in class that helps us understand what connections are and how we make them!

Also.. Here are some guiding questions you can use for discussion! These are great questions to ask your children while reading!

Text-to-self:
What does this remind me of in my life? 
What is this similar to in my life? 
How is this different from my life? 
Has something like this ever happened to me?
How does this relate to my life?
What were my feelings when I read this?

Text-to-text:
What does this remind me of in another book I’ve read? 
How is this text similar to other things I’ve read? 
How is this different from other books I’ve read?
Have I read about something like this before?

Text-to-world:
What does this remind me of in the real world?
How is this text similar to things that happen in the real world? 
How is this different from things that happen in the real world? 
How did that part relate to the world around me?