Three kinds of connections
What you have practiced is called making text-to-text connections!
As we’ve learned, making connections is a reading strategy that we can use to better understand
what we are
reading. There are three ways we can make connections:
- text-to-self
- text-to-world
- text-to-text
To refresh your memory about these types of connection, explore the following images:
Kite in tree
Text-to-Self Connection: “This story reminds me of the time my
kite got stuck in a tree, just like the main character.”
Sitting in front of a screen
Text-to-World Connection: “This part of the book makes me think
of the year 2020 schools closed so that people could stay safe during the
pandemic.”
Thinking of a butterfly
Text-to-Text Connection: “I once read a book similar to this one
that explained the life cycle of a butterfly.”
Student-friendly definitions
We have now explored three different ways to make text connections! Come up with definitions for
the different text connections we can make. We can use these definitions to help us make
connections whenever we read!
Complete Definitions: Three Kinds of Connections in your notebook or use the
following fillable and printable document. You can record your connections any way you like. For
example, you could write, draw, use speech-to-text, software, or make an audio recording.
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Press the ‘Activity’ button to access the Definitions: Three Kinds of
Connections.
Practise making connections
Think of the stories that you have recently read that remind you of another story that you have
read.
This is called a text-to-text connection.
Use these sentence starters to help you make text-to-text connections:
- This book reminds me of another book I’ve read because…
- This book is similar to another book I’ve read because…
- This book is different from another book I’ve read because…
Record your ideas in a notebook or another method of your choice.
