Free, teacher-ready lessons and worksheets for Make Connections in Grade 3 ELAR, fully aligned to Texas TEKS 3.6E.
Make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society
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To teach Make Connections to 3rd grade ELAR students, model the skill explicitly using rich mentor texts, then use guided practice before releasing students to read and write independently. TEKS 3.6E asks students to make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society. Crystal Instruction's free ClearLessons for 3.6E walk through this progression with modeling, guided practice, and built-in checks for understanding, while the ClearSheets provide scaffolded practice. You can download both free on this page.
TEKS 3.6E is a 3rd grade ELAR standard for Make Connections. It requires students to make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society. It is part of the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for Grade 3 ELAR.
You can download free TEKS 3.6E lessons and worksheets directly on this page — no login or account required. Crystal Instruction provides free PDF versions of our Make Connections ClearLessons and ClearSheets for Grade 3 ELAR, and each one is also available as an interactive lesson inside the full Crystal Instruction platform.
TEKS 3.6E ( Make Connections) covers the following 3rd grade ELAR skills: students learn to make connections to personal experiences, ideas in other texts, and society. Free resources for this standard include Make Inferences to Support Understanding, Use Evidence to Support Understanding, Skill Builder: Make Inferences to Support Understanding, Skill Builder: Use Evidence to Support Understanding, Full Topic: Make Connections and Inferences.
TEKS 3.6E is eligible for assessment on the Texas STAAR test for Grade 3 ELAR. Every Crystal Instruction ClearSheet for 3.6E is STAAR-aligned, and our ClearLessons are built to STAAR rigor using released STAAR test items — so students practice Make Connections in the same format and level of difficulty they will see on the test.