JPS-05

Good readers pull from background knowledge to make connections. If no background knowledge is available internally, they seek out further information to increase understanding. || "...they comprehended better when they think about the connections they make between the text, their lives, and the larger world." || I had never heard of text-to-self, text-to-text, & text-to-world until I started teaching here. Norm Arthurs introduced me to the terminology. Believe it or not, I got all the way through teacher training without never hearing this! ||
 * JPS-05**
 * **Connection Type** ||  **Phrase/Situation in Text** [[image:BlackLine-medium.png width="245" height="2"]] ||  **My Connection** [[image:BlackLine-medium.png width="245" height="2"]] ||

|| "Readers may use a variety of strategies to "fix-up" comprehension when meaning goes awry." || This reminds me of an inservice I had in February conducted by Elizabeth Pantano. We had breakout sessions in the afternoon, & one of the mini-workshops I attended dealt with "fix-up" strategies. I can still see the PowerPoint & the ring of index cards containing the fix-up strategies. ||

|| "Active readers create visual images in their minds based on the words they read in the text." || While modeling the "Silent Conversation" strategy in SS, I did a think aloud of what I pictured in my mind as I read about the Trail of Tears. ||