Making Connections Text To World
Making Connections Text To World
Making Connections Text To World
~Text-to-World~
Objective: Students will understand and comprehend text more effectively through the use of Text-to-
World connections.
Procedure:
Prior to and following the first lesson take every opportunity to refer to stories, texts, poems, magazines,
etc. as “text.”
1. Do your homework!
• See THINK ALOUD lesson
Assessment:**
Making Connections Drop-in Conference Sheet, anecdotal records, Making Text-to-World Connections T-
Chart, observation of sharing in group, etc.
*This lesson is intended to be repeated with different reading materials daily over a period of 5-7 days and
continuously reinforced throughout the school year.
**Informal assessment should be on-going once the objective is introduced. Formal assessment needs to
occur at appropriate intervals.