Connecting (Reading Strategy)
Connecting is a comprehension strategy that readers use to help them construct meaning from the text being read. By hooking background knowledge and prior experiences to what is happening in a text, readers are able to heighten their engagement and understand the story better. Connections generally take three forms:
- Text to self (relating what is read to a person’s own experiences)
- Text to text (relating what is read to knowledge of events or text structures in other books)
- Text to world (relating what is read to what reader knows and understands has happened in the world in which they reside)
