Making Connections to Text

This week we focused on making connections to text to deepen our understanding of the story. My students used their reading books and a graphic organizer to make 3 connections: text-to-text, text-to -self, and text-to-world. I started by modeling a text-to-world connection using our read aloud book, I Am Malala. Then, I modeled writing a paragraph about the connection using my previous example. The students used my models and their online portfolios to type their connections. They were responsible for making all three types of connections.