CHAPTER 3
Making Connections

Good readers think about their own experiences, other books they have read and  their  knowledge of the world to better understand what they are reading.













Thinking about what you already know is  called using your schema and helps readers  to  better  understand what they read.

To help your child make meaningful connections, you can model your own connections for your child. 

You might say...

  • That part reminds me of...
  • I read another book that...
  • This makes me think of...
  • I felt ______ like (name of character)... when...
  • This book reminds me of (another book) because...
  • I can relate to... because one time...
  • Something similar happened to me when....




When reading together,

stop  from time to time and encourage
your child to share his/her own
connections to  the  book.