Book Club… Text-to-World Connections 18 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 As my Book Club students grasped text-to-self connections, it was time to move to text-to-world. To help them understand this, I created a PowerPoint/Google Presentation and walked through it with…
Assignments… Monster in the Barn 16 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 For Book Club, I'm always looking for good resources to help my students make connections to their reading. I came across this great source from ReadWorks, and I created two…
Assignments… Poetry Connections 13 Nov 20151 Dec 2015 Making text-to-self connections can be pretty simple when you're working with a story, explanatory text, or short passage. Poetry, on the other hand, can be a challenge. That's why I wanted…