Plan and reflect
Plan My Drawing
Before you draw: choose your idea, shapes and colors. After you draw: look back and set a goal.
Thinking sheet · Plan and reflect
Make a Connection
Connect what you learned to your life, another book and the wider world.
- Grades
- 1–5
- Time
- about 15 minutes
- Topic
- Plan and reflect
- Kids practice
- text-to-self connections, comprehension, thinking deeper
What kids do
“Learning sticks when it connects. Link it to three things!”
- What I learned or read:
- It reminds me of my life
- It reminds me of another book or show
- It reminds me of the world
- The strongest connection, and why:
How to run it
- Model each kind of connection with a read-aloud.
- A connection explains how, not just “I have a dog too.”
- Works for any subject.
Talk about it
- Which connection was hardest?
- Did a connection help you understand?
- Did a friend make a surprising one?
Take it further
Find a connection between two subjects.
Pairs well with
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