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Text-to-self: Identify a personal connection that you had while reading the text. Did you see, do, or feel something like one of the characters? Text-to-peer: Identify a connection between the text and a peer that you know. What was the similarity that you noticed between the two? Text-to-text: Identify a connection between the text another piece of text that you encountered (another book, magazine article, etc.) Text-to-world: Identify a connection between the text and another event in the world. This could be in the form of an ongoing, current, or historical event. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Completing Your Reading Connection Foldable: 1) Identify the connection:

Text-to-self Text-to-text Text-to-world Text-to-peer

2) Explain the connection:

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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3) Explain why it’s important:

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Reading Foldable

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Use this space to write your name and class, paste an image, or draw an image to represent the novel.

Use this space to add additional information, or illustrate an

image to add to your response.

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On the inside of the flap!

Space to write behind this fold!

On the back of the foldable!

There’s a lot of space for students to write their response! You can have them include as much or as little as you would like!

Identify how many connections you would like your students to make.

Write it out!

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CATEGORY ABOVE LEVEL AT LEVEL BELOW LEVEL

Required Elements

All foldables were completed according to

instructions and included additional

information.

All foldables were completed according to

instructions, but more information could have

been added.

Several foldables were not completed according to

instructions; several elements were missing.

Connections

The ideas within each written foldable were very insightful, very thorough, and very

creative.

The ideas within each written foldable were

thoughtful, detailed, and most included examples

of creative thinking.

Several ideas within the foldables required more

thought and detail. Several elements were

not clear.

Mechanics

There were no spelling, grammar, or

punctuation errors throughout the foldable.

There were a few spelling, grammar, or

punctuation errors throughout the foldable.

There were several spelling, grammar, or

punctuation errors throughout the foldable.

CATEGORY 3 2 1

Required Elements

All foldables were completed according to

instructions and included additional

information.

All foldables were completed according to

instructions, but more information could have

been added.

Several foldables were not completed according to

instructions; several elements were missing.

Connections

The ideas within each written foldable were very insightful, very thorough, and very

creative.

The ideas within each written foldable were

thoughtful, detailed, and most included examples

of creative thinking.

Several ideas within the foldables required more

thought and detail. Several elements were

not clear.

Mechanics

There were no spelling, grammar, or

punctuation errors throughout the foldable.

There were a few spelling, grammar, or

punctuation errors throughout the foldable.

There were several spelling, grammar, or

punctuation errors throughout the foldable.

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How can you use this with your students? Use this reading foldable as an addition to a current

interactive notebook, or take this as an opportunity to start a new one!

Use the different foldables as a comprehension challenge for early finishers.

Instead of chapter questions, use the foldables to evaluate comprehension and to promote deeper thinking.

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