K.6.A
ELAKindergartenThe student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.
The Standard
describe personal connections to a variety of sources
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 something they read, hear, or view to their own lives. They describe the experience and tell how it relates to the source.
What Mastery Looks Like
- After a story, recording, or image, students name a related experience from their own lives. They explain the connection with one relevant detail.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may retell the source or say whether they liked it instead of making a connection. They may name an experience without explaining how it relates.
How to Assess It
- Show a picture of a child feeding a pet. Ask, "What does this remind you of, and how is your experience similar?"
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Read The Snowy Day, then have students draw a time they played outside and label one detail that connects to the story.
Ask partners, "What did this story remind you of?" Each partner shares an experience and explains one similarity.
Play Connection Match: show picture cards, then students choose one and complete, "This reminds me of when I..."
Show a grocery store photo and invite students to describe a shopping experience, including one thing they saw, heard, or did.
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