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Use This Strategy ...
As you read the newspaper,
a novel, magazine or the
internet think about what
you already know.
Your brain may already
have information that
connects to this?
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Before You Start to Read…
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Activate background
knowledge.
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Ask, “What do I already know
about this subject?”
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Try this…
Read the title of this newspaper article and
the first line. What do you already know?
Meat Slicers Most Likely Culprit
Maple Leaf foods thinks that the machines used to slice meat
might be where listeria bacteria collected….
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As You Read….
Continue to think about
what you are reading
and how it connects to
things you already
know.
“This reminds me of….”
“This is like…”
“This is different than…”
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Keep going… Connect as you read
Meat Slicers Most Likely Culprit
Maple Leaf foods thinks that the machines used to slice meat might be
where listeria bacteria collected. Even though machines are cleaned
daily and weekly, bacteria may have collected deep in the machine.
When machines were completely taken apart they found places
where bacteria could have collected. Regular cleaning did not
involve taking apart the machine and these places would not have
been reached.
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Three Ways to “Connect”
Where do our connections come from?
1. Text
2.
3.
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to Self
Text to Text
Text to World
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Text to Self
What does this remind me of?
 Did I have a similar experience
in any way?
 What did I see and hear?
 How did I feel?
 How can this help me
understand what I am
reading?

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Text to Self –You try it
Read this text:
“My brother and I were playing
around the living room with a nerf
football. He was pretending to be the
quarterback and I was the receiver. A
long pass just slipped through my
hands and knocked the crystal vase
to the floor. It smashed into a million
pieces. We both stopped and looked
at each other. Mom was going to be
mad.”
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That Reminds Me….
 Did I ever play where I shouldn’t
have?
 Did we ever break an object?
 What was it?
 How did it happen?
 How did an adult react?
 How did I feel?
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Which is more helpful?
You might say, “I have a brother,”
and end your connection with that
statement.
OR…
“My mom told my brother and I not
to play ball hockey in the kitchen.
When we did and we broke some
dishes we were scared that we
would be in trouble. I worried all
day until she came home.”
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Text to Text
What connections can you make to
books, articles, pictures or movies
that you have read or seen?
 Is the information similar or
different from what you would
expect?
 How does this connection help you
understand the new material you
are reading?
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Text
Text to Text- You
You Try
Try ItIt
Think of other things you’ve read while you
are reading this…
“There was once a kindly old wizard who
used his magic generously and wisely
for the benefit of his neighbors.
Rather than reveal the true source of
his powers, he pretended that his
potions, charms, and antidotes
sprang ready-made from the little
cauldron he called his lucky cooking
pot.”
excerpt from: The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
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What do I know about…
What other texts does this remind you of?
 What type of story (genre) is this? What
does this mean you can expect from this
story?
 How do other things you have read help you
understand this?
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Text to World
What do you know about the topic
that you are reading about?
What have you read or heard in a
class, at home, in the community,
in a newspaper, on television, or
from the Internet.
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Text to World - You Try It
“The Youth Olympic Games aim to
bring together talented athletes –
aged from 14 to 18 - from around
the world to participate in high-level
competitions, but also, alongside
the sports element of the event, to
run educational programs on the
Olympic values, the benefits of
sport for a healthy lifestyle, the
social values sport can deliver and
the dangers of doping and of
training to excess and/or of
inactivity.”
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What Do I Know about…

Olympic games?

Youth participation in the
Olympics?

Youth Olympic games?

Olympic values?
How does this help me
understand what I read?
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Stop Isolating Information!
Your background knowledge is a
storehouse of memories,
experiences and facts.
What you learn in one part of
your life can help you with
another part.
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How does making connections help
me?
Helps me understand new or challenging
vocabulary
 Helps me use background information
 Helps with visualization
 Helps me know what to question or what
to agree with
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