Text to world connections

Picture books make amazing mentor texts for making connections! These books can help kids make text to self, text to text, or text to world connections!

Today, I’m sharing our book list for making connections! Be sure to check out all our reading comprehension book lists. We even have printable comprehension book list. *This post contains affiliate links. One important comprehension strategy we want readers to use is making connections. There are three kinds of connections readers make before, during or after ... Read More about Book List for Making Connections

Who doesn't love a good anchor chart? Now - an anchor chart with a purpose? That takes a little inspiration, and that's what this post is all about! We all teach students about making connections at some point during the school year, so I wanted to give you some great examples o

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Reinforce text connections using picture books and oral questioning (questions provided for each book).

Take this free printable for Text to World Connections. It comes in English and Spanish. You Might Also Like:Do You Have Classroom Systems?Factory Field Trip GuideFree Rainbow Frames – Rectangular, Square, Circle, and StarPlay to Learn: Odd One Out Place Value

Do you teach your students about community helpers? This fun whole group reading unit is perfect to teach about text to world. It is also a great theme to incorporate social studies topics such as needs and wants, goods and services, and different parts of a community. These five books are the anchor books I have chosen for the week. I also share four other non-fiction digital readers that I have made on Boom Learning. We begin the week by focusing on the story "On the Town" by Casely. This…

Text-to-Self, Text-to-Text, Text-to-World

One of the first skills I teach in Reading Workshop is how to make connections with books and characters! Making connections with books is SO important and really make the books come to life! I teach each of the three connections exclusively: Text to Self Text to Text Text to World Sometimes it can be hard to find the perfect book to go with each connection, so I put together this little list for you! I hope it's helpful as you teach your readers make connections! Click on any book to order…