Question

A second-grade teacher seats students in partners according to ability levels. Each pair receives one of three differentiated fictional texts. After they have had an opportunity to read the story, each pair completes the sentence stems below. Then, the teacher holds a whole group discussion in which the students share their findings. This story reminds me of a time when ___________. I felt like that character when ____________. If I were that character I would _____________. I am like_________(character name) because we both _________. If ___________ happened to me I would __________. These sentence stems prompt students to:

Answer 1

Answer:

Make text connections, specifically text to self connections: relate the fictional text with their own lives.

Explanation:

In the situation described in the exercise, the teacher asks the students to relate what they have read to their own lives. Making text connections help the students comprehend the texts better, and relate the texts to their own personal experiences could be helpful to get the students to connect with the stories.