Allow your students to record their connections to a particular text with this Making Connections Worksheet set.
Making Connections Worksheet Pack
Support young readers as they grow into thoughtful, engaged learners with this printable Making Connections Worksheet Pack. Designed to build comprehension and deepen understanding, these worksheets help students practice identifying and recording personal connections to texts—an essential skill in early literacy development.
Each making connections worksheet is focused on helping students reflect on how what they read relates to their own lives, other texts, or the world around them. This process helps strengthen comprehension and creates more meaningful reading experiences.
What’s Included:
- A variety of text to self connection graphic organizer formats
- Printable making connections worksheets covering self, text, and world
- Sentence starters and prompts to scaffold thinking
- Visual-friendly layouts perfect for foundation to Year 1 students
- Teacher instructions and suggestions for classroom use
Build Deep Comprehension With Every Page
These worksheets target all three types of connections:
- Text to Self Connection – Relate the story to the student’s own life or experiences
- Text to Text Connection – Link one story to another they have read
- Text to World Connection – Connect the story to real-world events, places, or issues
Students use writing prompts, visuals, and graphic organizers to help them think critically and make clear, personal connections. Each making connections text to self worksheet guides students step by step, making it easy for even young readers to succeed.
Download and Make Connections During Reading Today!
These worksheets are ideal for whole-group literacy lessons, guided reading, independent reflection, or homework tasks. Use them alongside anchor charts or during text discussions to reinforce self to text connections and other comprehension strategies.
Use the dropdown menu to choose between the easy to print PDF or the editable Google Slides version today.
This resource was created by Anna Helwig, a teacher in Arizona and a Teach Starter collaborator.
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