How to Make a Connection

1. How to Make a Connection In Reading Open Response

2. The Highest form of comprehension……

3. Your Brain and How It works

4. Spider Web = interconnected strands

5. Your Brain works the same way

6. More connections = more plugs

7. As we make more connections…

8. At birth 7 years

9. Showing you can make a connection shows just how smart you are!

10. Something new….. This shows that_________ BECAUSE______, JUST LIKE_____.

11. Reading = ThinkingListen to your brain!

12. metacognition • Listen to your brain as you read. • Your brain will be trying to make connections. • Your brain will be linking your prior knowledge (things you already know) to the new information (things you read) in order to understand it better. • The new information will plug into the information that is already there to form a connection.

13. This shows a high level of understanding…. And gets you a “4”on Open Response!

14. Text – to- self connections

15. Link the text to yourself • Good readers always think as they read.  • Sometimes, the story or text reminds the reader of something that happened to them.  • “That reminds me of when I went to Florida and saw a shark.” • The reader just made a connection with the story.  • We call this a text-to-self connection. To YOU =

16. Text - to - self connection

17. Text – to – Text connections

18. Link the text to another text • Good readers always think when they read. • Sometimes a text will remind the reader of another text they have read. • “That reminds me of a book I once read because……” • The reader just made a connection with a prior text. • This is called a text-to-text connection. To =

19. Text – to – world connections

20. Text – to- world • Good readers always think as they read.  • Sometimes, the story or text reminds the reader of something else.  • “That reminds me of the way people on Wheel of Fortune want to spin the wheel for more money…..” • The reader just made a connection to something in the world. • We call this a text-to-world connection. To =

21. Text – to - world • Internet • TV • History • Movies • Life experiences

22. Let’s practice! • Question: Explain why Rudolph was asked to lead the sleigh on Christmas Eve.

23. M – make a statement • Rudolph was asked to lead the sleigh on Christmas Eve because…..

24. A – Answer the Question • …his bright red nose would help guide the way on a foggy night.

25. C – , “Comma quote” • In the story Santa says, “Rudolph with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my sleigh tonight?”

26. C – connection This shows that Rudolph would be a good choice to lead the sleigh BECAUSE….

27. C – connectiontext – to - self • …because his nose would light up the foggy night just like my flashlight at home lights up my room when the lights go out.

28. C – connectiontext – to - text • ….because his nose would light up the foggy night just like the night light lit up the dark room in the book, “Eli’s Night Light.”

29. C- connectiontext – to - world • …because his nose would light up the foggy night justlike the headlights of a car do.

30. Let’s try again! • Question: Explain why the children on Bobtail Ring were having fun.

31. M – make a statement • The children on Bobtail Ring are having fun because….

32. A – Answer the Question • …They are riding through the snow in a sleigh.

33. C – , “Comma quote” • In the story the author said, “Dashing through the snow in a one horse open sleigh, over the fields we go laughing all the way.”

34. C – connection • This shows that the kids are having a great time BECAUSE….

35. C – connectiontext – to - self • Because they are playing out in the snow in the sleigh just like I have the most fun ever when I get to go sled riding in the winter.

36. C – connectiontext – to - text • Because they are playing out in the snow in the sleigh just like the children who had so much fun in the book, “On a Wintry Morning.”

37. C- connectiontext – to - world • Because they are playing out in the snow riding in the sleigh just like they do in the movie, “Santa Claus.”

38. Name that connection • Question: Explain why stars in the sky are compared to diamonds.

39. M – make a statement • Stars in the sky are compared to diamonds because…

40. A – Answer the question • They both twinkle and shine.

41. C - , “Comma Quote” • In the text the author said, “Twinkle, twinkle little star…..like a diamond in the sky.”

42. C - Connection • This shows that stars are like diamonds BECAUSE….

43. ??????? • Because they both sparkle and shine brightly, just like the city lights twinkle and shine in the book, “Bright Lights, Big City.”

44. Text – to - text • Because they both sparkle and shine brightly, just like the city lights twinkle and shine in the book, “Bright Lights, Big City.”

45. ??????? • Because they both sparkle and shine brightly in the sky, just like we now know through science that some stars really do have diamonds that can be found in the material that surrounds them.

46. Text – to - world • Because they both sparkle and shine brightly in the sky, just like we now know through science that some stars really do have diamonds that can be found in the material that surrounds them.

47. ??????? • Because they both sparkle and shine brightly, just like my lights shine against my dark green Christmas tree.

48. Text – to - self • Because they both sparkle and shine brightly, just like my lights shine against my dark green Christmas tree.

49. You try!! • Question: Explain why the spider got to climb up the spout again.

50. M – Make a statement • Take off “Explain why” and add because: • The spider got to climb up the spout again because…..