Our week started by building on last week’s metacognitive reading strategy: making connections. When a reader makes a connection, they relate something in the story to something they’ve experienced (text-to-self), read about (text-to-text), or to something in the world (text-to-world) –and helps them develop a deeper understanding of the text. We put this skill into practice while reading Wild Robot. This week we also made connections after watching a movie called “Book of Life” that takes place on the Mexican holiday Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead). Many of us connected to the difficult decision that one of the characters had to make. Here was our task after watching the movie:
LEARNING INTENTION: I can use metacognitive strategies to develop comprehension
CRITERIA:
• I can make a connection to an event or character
• I clearly describe my connection
• My connection is logical and makes sense