Trace Connections
K–2 · Student activity
Draw or say one connection and explain the arrow.
Use this activity after the teacher-selected reading. Check your ideas against that source.
Try it your way
Tell your answer to a partner, draw on the student page, or write here. Someone can read the question and record your words.
Open the drawing and writing page
Help me get started
“I notice ____. The source shows ____. I still need to check ____.”
You can point to the source while someone helps you say or write your answer.
- Living / nonliving parts
- Connection diagram — label every arrow
- Explain each arrow
- What could change? Prediction, not a source event
An oral response or a drawing counts too. You do not have to fill these boxes to join the activity.
Check my thinking
What am I looking for?
I can show one connection and tell what my arrow means.
One possible response
Leaves provide food for stream organisms.
This is a teacher-created example, not a quotation or the only possible answer. Compare it with the selected source and your own response.
There is no online submission. Print to keep a copy.
