Reading Strategy: Make Connections

Making connections between a new text and something you have already read helps you understand and remember new ideas.

Reading Strategy Make Connections
    How to Make Text-to-Text Connections

  • 1. As you read, think about what you have read on the Internet or in books, magazines, and other writing.

  • 2. Explain the connections you make on sticky notes.

Strategy in Action

Here’s how one student made text-to-text connections.

Look Into the Text

On Earth, we experience a force that pulls us to the ground. That force is called gravity. It is probably not something that you think about too much. Yet without gravity, we would all float away into the atmosphere. Everything from walking, riding a bike, driving a car, or sleeping in a bed is possible because of gravity. Our strong skeletons support our bodies against the pull of Earth’s gravity.

I read about gravity in my science textbook.

Rockets must overcome gravity to get into space.

Practice Together

Read the passage again and make your own connection from other reading. Follow the steps in the How-To box.