Dear Families,
Over the past few weeks students have been learning about text-to-text connections. We have been asking ourselves this question a lot lately: How does this book remind me of another book I've read?
This line of questioning has led to lots of great opportunities for comparing and contrasting fiction-fiction, nonfiction-nonfiction, and fiction-nonfiction books about similar characters and/or topics.
Over the past few weeks students have been learning about text-to-text connections. We have been asking ourselves this question a lot lately: How does this book remind me of another book I've read?
This line of questioning has led to lots of great opportunities for comparing and contrasting fiction-fiction, nonfiction-nonfiction, and fiction-nonfiction books about similar characters and/or topics.
Students who make connections between texts are more engaged readers and better understand what they are reading.
This past week we heavily focused on nonfiction. Making text-to-text connections has helped us notice how authors writing on the same topic can share information differently using text features and/or teach us different types of information.
This past week we heavily focused on nonfiction. Making text-to-text connections has helped us notice how authors writing on the same topic can share information differently using text features and/or teach us different types of information.
How can you help make text-to-text connections at home? When you are reading together share the connections you're personally making. Does the book remind them of anything? Does this character remind them of any other character? Does the author's writing style of illustrations remind them of anything?
This type of modeling is a great way to incorporate this comprehension skill at home.
This type of modeling is a great way to incorporate this comprehension skill at home.