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My name is Lisa Horn, and I am a 3rd grade teacher at Six Mile Charter Academy in Fort Myers, Florida. I have been teaching for 6 years now and am enjoying making a difference in our leaders of tomorrow. I plan on graduating from FGCU with a Master's in Reading during Fall 2013. My educational goals are to motivate reading among students and promote literacy activities within the schools.

Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Reading and Writing Connections

When reading a novel, read aloud, chapter book, or any kind of story, there are numerous writing activties that students can do to connect to the text.  Here is a list of writing connections to support reading:
- Sequence the events of a story
- Use graphic organizers to record the plot of a story
- Record facts and opinions from the text
- As students read, have them record connections they make to the text with themselves
- Fill out unknown words on a graphic organizer and what you think the words mean based on using context clues
- Record predictions about a story and then explain why your prediction was correct/incorrect
- Write a summary of a story or chapter
- Write down the main idea of a text and find details to support the main idea

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