Making Meaningful Connections

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Making Meaningful Connections

• By Deanna Tucceri

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Reasons for Making Meaningful Connections

• Helps to gain a deeper understanding and make
  sense of what you are reading
• Allows you to relate to characters, settings, and
  problems in the story
• Helps you determine the solution in the story and
  if you have ever solved a problem in the same
  manner
• Allows you to relate to the gist or main idea of
  the story
• Keeps reading focused

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Types of Connections
When reading, sometime we make connections to the
text.

• These connections can be related to books that I
  have read
• Text-to-Text
• My personal experiences such as the places I have
  gone, things that I have done and things that
  have that have happened to me
• Text-to-Self
• Things that are happening around me
• Text-to-World

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How to get readers to make connections

• Introduce the book by giving a Book Introduction
  ( see previous sections on blackboard).
• As your student is reading, have them pause every
  few pages to think of time when something similar
  has happened to them.
• When they can make a connection, have them tell
  what the characters and events in the story
  reminded them of.
• Have them place a sticky note on the page where
  the connection was made.

Continued
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How to get readers to make connections

• When the students have finished reading, together
  complete the following chart.
• (Click on the chart and then print)

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Remember

• To constantly remind your child that making
  meaningful connections helps us better
  understand the story.
• Have your child continue to make connections and
  fill out the chart. This will help your child
  continue to make connections without even
  realizing it.
• Have fun!!!!