Categories: Learning Techniques & Templates
Estimated Time: 30-40 minutes
Materials Needed: Post-it® Super Sticky Notes, Post-it® Easel Pads, Assortment of books/articles/poems/tales from which students may choose, single text that the whole class will read, Text-to-Text Graphic Organizer Handouts, Markers
Materials Needed:
- Post-it® Super Sticky Notes
- Post-it® Easel Pads
- Assortment of books/articles/poems/tales from which students may choose
- single text that the whole class will read
- Text-to-Text Graphic Organizer Handouts
- Markers
Description:
Students use a text-to-text connection chart to understand the connection between different texts they’ve read.
Instructions:
Step 1: Explain that Text-to-Text connection is when “good readers frequently remember another text as they read.”
Step 2: Explain that the purpose of Text-To-Text connections is to help students understand and comprehend a text more effectively and activate their prior knowledge.
Step 3: Remind the students to think about how the information they are reading connects to other familiar texts such as books by the same author, books from a similar genre, or books on the same topic.
Step 4: Model filling out the Post-it® Text-To-Text Connection chart by writing the titles of the book under each category on the board with Post-it® Super Sticky Notes.
Step 5: Hand out Post-it® Text-To-Text graphic organizers with Post-It® Super Sticky notes and have students fill-out the chart as they read. Students will place a Post-it® Super Sticky Note with their connection under either one of the two categories: I read it in this text…and …This is similar to...
Step 6: Explain during Shared Reading or Guided Reading they can make a Text-to-Text connection.
Afterwards:
Objective: Students will understand the text through the use of text-to-text connections with Post-it® Super Sticky Notes
Evaluate The Activity: Did I give the students enough time to discuss their connections? Review if the students made the connection to the text they read.
Lesson Extensions: Use test-to-text connections from a newspaper or magazine. Give students the Post-it® Note Text-to-Text organizer with Post-it® Super Sticky Notes and assigned the task of making connections while reading text in another subject area.
Supporting All Learners: Students that have a problem writing in the Text-to-Text chart can draw a picture instead to show the connection of the two books.
Assignment/Home Connection: Assign students to read a story of their choosing, making connections, and writing them down on the Post-it® Note Text-to-Text chart using Post-it® Super Sticky Notes.
