Print, cut, laminate and store these task cards as a warmup for reading or even for an explicit making connections lesson. Students look at the picture and think of a text to self-connection they can make with the picture. Students could work in pairs, small groups or even work independently and write their responses in their book or on a whiteboard.

Other Making Connections resources in this range include:

• Making Connections Craftivity
• Making Connections Posters
• Making Connections Worksheets
• Text to Self Connections
• Text to Self Task Cards
• Text to Text Connection
• Text to World Connection