Making Connections Between Stories Activity
This making connections between stories activity gives PreK-1st grade students spinner-picked question cards for text-to-self, text-to-text, and text-to-world talk after any read-aloud.
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How to Teach Making Connections
This Making Connections Between Stories Activity helps preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade students think more deeply about the books they hear. Good readers link a story to their own lives, to other books they know, and to the world around them. With prompting and support, young children can learn to say how two stories are alike and different and how a story reminds them of something real, which builds comprehension and a love of talking about books.
After a read-aloud, a child spins the Connection Spinner to pick a color group, takes a card from that pile, and answers the question out loud. The Me cards build text-to-self connections, the Another Book cards compare two stories, and the My World cards link the story to real life. Children then draw and tell or write about their own connection on the My Connection page. This story connection card game works with any picture book, so you can use it all year.
What’s Included
- Colorful cover page
- How to Use page with setup, directions, and an extension idea
- 18 connection cards in three color groups
- Printable Connection Spinner (just add a paper clip)
- My Connection drawing and writing page
Why This Activity Helps Kids
First, connection questions help children remember and understand what they hear. Second, comparing two stories builds early compare and contrast thinking. Third, spinning and sharing in a small group makes book talk playful, so even shy children join in.
Ideas for Teachers and Parents
Read two books on the same topic, then pull only the Another Book cards. Keep a card by your read-aloud chair and ask one question each day. At home, the making connections between stories activity turns bedtime reading into a fun family conversation.
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