Making Connections

A New Project

Using the "Chunky" Glue Stick

Serious Face

Oliver and Oliver's Elephant

Oliver and Mommy started a new project today. We have a box full of paper bag puppets to make. Oliver chose the elephant. We had fun making it together. Afterwards, Oliver brought Mommy Oliver by Syd Hoff. We read the book together and made some text to self connections! The main character in the book is an elephant and his name is Oliver. Two great connections for Oliver to make to our reading!

Mommy's favorite reading strategy to teach in the classroom was making connections. There are three main ones: text to self (you make connections with what your reading to your life) text to text (you make connections with what you are reading to something else you have read) and text to world (you make connections with your reading and something on television/movies or something that you have seen in the world). It is a wonderful feeling when a child comes to tell you that they are making connections with their reading- Mommy can't wait to teach these to Oliver when he becomes a reader! Mommy loves making connections with her own reading!