Making Text to Self Connections

Making ConnectionsO When readers connect things they read

about to their own life it is called a text-to-self connection.

O Making text-to-self connections can help a reader better understand what they read

O When readers connect a text to their own experience they get involved in their reading and the text becomes more meaningful to them.

Making ConnectionsO Good readers know that they need to

stay focused on how their experiences connect to the text and not be distracted by thinking about unrelated experiences.

Chart it!My Text-to Self Connections How They Help Me

Understand the Text

Like Elise I like to cook I understand why Elise would want to start a food business

I went to the bank as a kid to set up an account and Evan was on the Youth Advisory board of a bank

I can understand the importance to investing and saving money

Use with pages: 4-6 of The Chocolate Farm.

Give it a try…O Look at pages 16-17 in the Chocolate

FarmO Think about how the text reminds

you of something you’ve experienced in your own life.

O Create your own T-chart to show your connections and how they helped you to understand what you have read

Chart itMy Text-to Self Connections How They Help Me

Understand the Text

Emma made cake pops and shared with family and friends

It helped her understand that people’s opinion of what you make is important to starting a food business.

Hunter worked together with her brother to start a lemonade business

It helped her understand that sometimes the products don’t work the first time and need to be fixed before you can sell them.

Use with pages 16-17 of The Chocolate Farm

Let’s talk about it

Your TurnO Read pgs. 83-90 (Gloria Estefan) in

your student reader

O Create a T-chart to record your connections and how they help you to understand the text better