Guided Comprehension: Making Connections Using a Double-Entry Journal

Materials and Technology

Student Interactives

Printouts

Websites

Preparation

 

MATERIALS AND TECHNOLOGY

• Harvesting Hope by Kathleen Krull (Harcourt Children’s Books, 2003)
  
  
• Computers with Internet access
  
  
• Three instructional-level texts (see Suggested Booklist for Cesar Chavez)

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STUDENT INTERACTIVES

Grades   K – 12  |  Student Interactive  |  Writing & Publishing Prose

Letter Generator

The Letter Generator is a useful tool for students to learn the parts of a business or friendly letter and then compose and print letters for both styles of correspondence.

 

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PRINTOUTS

• Making connections posters: Text-to-Self Connection, Text-to-Text Connection, Text-to-World Connection
  
  
• Double-Entry Journal
  
  
• Summary Sheet: Student-Facilitated Comprehension Routines

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WEBSITES

• Double-Entry Journal Instructions
• FOR-PD: Making Connections
• Building Stronger Connections to Texts With Electronic Experiences
• An American Hero: The Biography of Cesar E. Chavez (K–3)
• Biographical Sketch Grade Four Level: Cesar E. Chavez
• The Story of Cesar Chavez

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PREPARATION

1.	Read Harvesting Hope and print out copies of the Double-Entry Journal for students.
2.	Use the Summary Sheet: Student-Facilitated Comprehension Routines and the websites listed above to familiarize yourself with the making connections strategy, which includes three types of connections: text-to-text, text-to-self, and text-to-world. Another recommended resource is the book Guided Comprehension: A Teaching Model for Grades 3-8 by Maureen McLaughlin and Mary Beth Allen (International Reading Association, 2002).
3.	Print the making connections posters, Text-to-Self Connection, Text-to-Text Connection, and Text-to-World Connection, and either post them in your classroom or copy them onto transparencies to present to students.
4.	Gather three instructional-level texts that match the needs of three levels of reading in your class (see Suggested Booklist for Cesar Chavez).

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