Part 2: Using Your Text Connections in a Thinking Paragraph

This lesson helps your students practice making text connections so they can write about their reading. It can be taught on its own or serve as a precursor to the Reading Response Letters lesson.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

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Glossary: Making Text Connections

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Glossary: Making Text Connections

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Making Text Connections.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

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Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response

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Making Connections Part 1: Literary Response

Students will practice making connections between a text and their real life experiences in this reading comprehension activity.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

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Vocabulary Cards: Making Text Connections

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Vocabulary Cards: Making Text Connections

Use these vocabulary cards with the EL Support Lesson: Making Text Connections.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

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Part 2: Prepositional Phrases in Nonfiction Text

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Part 2: Prepositional Phrases in Nonfiction Text

This activity will have your students reading short paragraphs to identify prepositional phrases, and then using this knowledge to answer questions about the text.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

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Part 2: Summarizing the Problem and the Solution with a Paragraph Frame

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Part 2: Summarizing the Problem and the Solution with a Paragraph Frame

Help your students summarize the problem and the solution of a story using selected conjunction words and a paragraph frame.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

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Making Connections: Thinking Stems

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Making Connections: Thinking Stems

These thinking stems will set the stage for a rich reading environment and spark thoughtful reading responses.

4th grade

Reading & Writing

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Making Connections Tic-Tac-Toe

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Making Connections Tic-Tac-Toe

Get your students excited about making text connections!

4th grade

Reading & Writing

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Making Connections with Texts Concept Web

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Making Connections with Texts Concept Web

Use this handy concept web to teach your students about ways to interact with text, including text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world connections that can help deepen their understanding of what

4th grade

Reading & Writing

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Review Your Thinking!

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Review Your Thinking!

Help students track their thinking in the beginning, middle, and end of learning new concepts.

3rd grade

Reading & Writing

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