2.6.E
ELA2nd GradeThe student uses metacognitive skills to both develop and deepen comprehension of increasingly complex texts.
The Standard
make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students link a text to something they have experienced, another book they know, or an event or issue beyond the classroom. They explain how the link adds meaning.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students make a clear connection and point to a matching detail in the text. They explain how the connection helps them understand a character, event, problem, or idea.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may name a connection that has little to do with the text. They may retell a personal story without explaining how it helps them understand the character, event, or idea.
How to Assess It
- Give students a short passage and ask: “What does this remind you of, and how does that connection help you understand the passage?”
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
After reading a picture book, students sort connection cards into self, another book, or the wider world, then explain one match.
Ask partners, “What did this part remind you of, and what did your connection help you understand?”
Play Connection Match by pairing passage cards with relevant experience, book, or world cards and rejecting unrelated matches.
Read a story about a neighborhood problem, then connect it to a local school or community issue students know.
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