K.5.E
ELAKindergartenThe 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 with adult assistance
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 connect a story to their own lives, another text, or something in the wider community. With adult prompts, they explain what matches or feels similar.
What Mastery Looks Like
- A student can name a personal, book, or community connection after hearing a story. The student explains the link using a clear detail from the text.
Common Misconceptions
- Children may retell a story event instead of explaining what it reminds them of. They may name a connection but cannot say how the two ideas are alike.
How to Assess It
- After a read-aloud, give children a three-box exit slip labeled Me, Another Book, and Our World. Ask them to draw one connection and explain it while you record their words.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Build a connection chain by linking story picture cards to family photos, another book, or pictures from the local community.
Ask, “What did this story remind you of, and how are the two alike?” Record each child’s answer beside a drawing.
Play Connection Sort: students place scenario cards under Me, Another Book, or Our World, then explain one choice.
Read a book about firefighters, then compare the characters’ work with photos or a short interview from the local fire station.
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