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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.
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 =
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 =
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 =
…because his nose would light up the foggy night just like my flashlight at home lights up my room when the lights go out.
….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.”
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.”
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.
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.”
Because they are playing out in the snow riding in the sleigh just like they do in the movie, “Santa Claus.”
Because they both sparkle and shine brightly, just like the city lights twinkle and shine in the book, “Bright Lights, Big City.”
Because they both sparkle and shine brightly, just like the city lights twinkle and shine in the book, “Bright Lights, Big City.”
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.
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.
Because they both sparkle and shine brightly, just like my lights shine against my dark green Christmas tree.
Because they both sparkle and shine brightly, just like my lights shine against my dark green Christmas tree.
In the story the author said, “The sun came out and dried up all the rain, so the Itsy Bitsy Spider climbed up the spout again.”