Making Connections: A Bridge from the Known to the New

We know that knowledge about a reading topic helps to improve comprehension. Proficient readers use background knowledge to enhance their understanding. They use this background knowledge to connect to text in several ways.

Text to Self Connections
Text to Text Connections
Text to World Connection 

(OCDSB Literacy Support Binder, 2007)

 
Welcome to Maple Ridge Elementary School! We are located in the community of Fallingbrook South in Orléans.  Our two storey school is designed around a pod concept with three wings.  We have an adjacent park which we share with the community, as well as a Community Centre that was build as part of the school.

1000 Valin St.
Orléans Ontario, K4A 4B5

Phone: 613-834-1927
Fax: 613-834-6625
 

Principal: Celine Leduc
Vice Principal: Debra Jackson

Office Administrator: Terri Baird
Chief Custodian: Dan Lepage