Making Connections in Phonics

Readers make connections to everything they read.  This task many of us do almost mindlessly helps us create a filing system about topics and builds our comprehension.   This week in Phonics Mrs. Bank shared her connections with the class.  Our phonics reader had a story called "The Van," where Sam and his mom and his friend were in the van and it broke down.  They had to call a fix-it-man.  Mrs. Bank just had a similar experience last weekend when she was on a road trip with her family.  The students love to hear thaws that adults connect to what they read.  You can model this for your child anytime you read fiction or non-fiction.  Verbalize that thinking you are doing and start a conversation with your child, you will be amazed at their thoughtful questions to your connections.  Making connections is a fun way to build comprehension in reading, share the task and get to know your chid as a thinker too!