Reading is a big part of your child's learning and a life long skill they will need. I am going to try and gradually share with you some strategies we practice at skill that you can take part in at home also.
The first strategy I am going to introduce you to is called, “Making Connections.” This means students connect their background knowledge to the text they are reading.
The Purpose of the Strategy:
Readers comprehend better when they actively think about and apply their knowledge of the book's topic, their own experiences, and the world around them. Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis in their book, Strategies that Work (2000), state that, "When children understand how to connect the text they read to their lives, they begin to make connections between what they read and the larger world. This nudges them into thinking about bigger, more expansive issues beyond their universe of home, school, and neighborhood."
How to help your child use this strategy:
To help your child make connections while they are reading, ask him/her the following
questions: What does the book remind you of? What do you know about the book's
topic? Does this book remind you of another book?
