5.ELAR.6.E
Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society.
Grade 5 · Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) · TEKS 2017
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connectionspersonal experiencesideastextssociety
Skills
- make connections (to personal experiences) #dok2
- make connections (to ideas in other texts) #dok2
- make connections (to society) #dok2
- analyze connections (for relevance and depth of understanding) #dok3
- compare connections (across various texts or experiences) #dok3
Learning Targets
- I can make connections between what I read and my own experiences. #dok2
- I can connect ideas in one text to ideas in other texts. #dok2
- I can relate information from texts to things I know about the world or society. #dok2
- I can analyze how my personal experience helps me better understand a text. #dok3
- I can compare how different texts relate to each other and to my life. #dok3
Big Ideas
- Connecting to personal experiences, other texts, and society deepens understanding of what is read.
- Relating new information to prior knowledge enhances comprehension and helps make meaning from text.
Essential Questions
- How can my own experiences help me understand what I read?
- What connections can I make between this text and other texts I have read?
- In what ways does this text relate to what I know about society or the world?
- How do making connections help me become a better reader?
- Can different readers make different connections to the same text, and why?