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:

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.

1.) question:

how was the agricultural revolution related to the industrial revolution?

d.) improved agriculture led to population growth, which increased demand for goods.

2.) question:

which of the following happened first in the events leading to american independence?

c.) the meeting of the first continental congress.

3.) question:

what was one advantage that cities offered businesses and industrialists?

answer:

d.) transportation networks

4.) question:

what economic philosophy developed in response to the problems of industrial workers?

a.) socialism

5.) question:

how does this image relate to the jacobins?

b.) the jacobins used this machine to scare and execute those who supported the king.

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