Contributor: Melissa LaRusso. Lesson ID: 10415
Learn how readers make connections when they read to other texts they have read in the past. Making connections add to the reader's understanding.
Watch the read-along below of The Three Pigs by David Weisner.
Readers make connections when they link their reading to other texts they have read in the past.
Making connections adds to the reader's thinking to build a better understanding of the topic or story. Good readers make connections to the text to create mental images, understand how a character is feeling, and to feel like they are a part of the story.
Connections should not distract to make the reader forget what they are currently reading. This video gives an example of text-to-text connections.
Here are some questions and statements to consider when making text-to-text connections.
Continue on to the Got It? section.