2D Personal Connections

LEARNING STANDA RD 2.D Establish personal connections with books.9 Preschool Benchmarks 2.D.ECa With teacher assistance, discuss illustrations in books and make personal connections to the pictures and story. 2.D.ECb With teacher assistance, compare and contrast two stories relating to the same topic

• With teacher assistance, talk about the pictures in a book (e.g., describe what they see on each page, tell how the characters look). With teacher assistance, make personal comments about how the pictures are like something in their lives. With teacher assistance, make personal comments about how the story is like something in their lives. With teacher assistance, discuss how the pictures in two books are alike and/or different (e.g., noticing that photographs of real animals are used in one book and drawings are used in another). With teacher assistance, discuss how the characters in two books are alike and/or different. With teacher assistance, discuss how the plot, storyline, or actions in two books are alike and/or different.