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This resource includes 24 task cards for students to practice making connections while reading. It offers both print and digital options, differentiation choices, and is suitable for 3rd-5th grade. It is part of a money-saving bundle and has received positive feedback from teachers.
$3.49
Use these 24 task cards to help your students practice the making connections reading strategy. Each card prompts the student to make a different connection: text to self, text to text, and text to world.
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Great for 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade!
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This resource is part of a money-saving bundle!
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NOTE: This resource uses American English and is not editable.
The cards are divided into three sets of eight, one set for each of the three types of connection (text to self, text to text, and text to world). You will also find a Challenge Card that can be used in conjunction with any other card in the set, which asks students to make connections to media. Because text to text and especially text to world can be challenging, the cards have been created with stories specifically written to spark ideas.
Teacher Tip
Here’s what teachers are saying:
✏️ “I have an extremely active group this year that thrives from scaffolded, differentiated instruction/activities, so I knew this resource was perfect for my students. My reluctant learners seemed to do well with completing one task card at a time, instead of seeing ALL of the work ahead of them on a worksheet. I varied the number of task cards I assigned students based on practice they needed at the time.” -Sarah P.
✏️ “Great examples to use to teach making connections. I used these in small group instruction and students enjoyed responding to these task cards.” -Sarah H.
✏️ “My students use this as comprehension task cards for Reading Groups. The texts are great for their reading level and they love this activity!” -Cui Yean T.
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About the Author
Rachel Lynette is a published author of over 120 nonfiction books for children on a variety of subjects, as well as several teacher resource books. She has written for publishers such as Harcourt, Thompson-Gale, Rosen, Children’s Press, Evan-Moor, Kagan, and several others. This resource reflects more than a decade of professional writing experience.
Terms of Use
This resource was created by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack for Minds in Bloom INC., all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
If you want to share this resource with colleagues, please purchase additional licenses from TpT. Thank you for respecting these terms of use.
This product is happily brought to you by Rachel Lynette and Cassi Noack of Minds in Bloom
SKU: 197340
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| Grade Level | 3rd, 4th, 5th, Homeschool |
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Regina D. –
Nice way for students to stay engaged when finished with work.
Kathryn P. –
I used this with slightly older students who hadn’t been encouraged to use the skill before. It was really helpful for adding actual value to our literature classes.
Destiny C. –
Great for independent practice and small group! My students found it easy to think of connections!
Jonathon Z. –
Great digital resource. It was handy to set up as a quick assessment activity in SeeSaw. I love how there are audio recordings of each task card as well!
Jennifer S. –
This was so much fun. The students were engaged and learning.
Angela Pallero –
I used the task cards for my making connections unit and they were a big success. Began the week doing whole group with the first 3 from each category (text to world, self, text). By the end of the week, they were using the remaining task cards independently in centers. Thank you!
BriAnne L. –
A great resource to use with students as they review connections independently while I am working with a small group. Thank you!
Nicole C. –
It was easy to use and my students really enjoyed it.
Lauren I. –
I liked the diversity in question prompts- it allowed me to differentiate and pick prompts that I know my students could make connections to (especially within text to text!) One thing to add would be some Text to Media cards!
Brandie H. –
This resource really helped my students how to make connections with what they read, which helped them better comprehend.