Language Arts in Grade 6
Reading
- choose appropriate books for their independent reading ability
- identify comprehension strategies to use when reading (asking questions, determining importance, inferring, making connections, synthesizing information, visualizing)
- describe traits of different text forms
- read and use high-frequency words
- reflect on what is helping them to become a better reader
Writing
- write proper sentences
- identify topic and purpose of writing
- write stories
- write paragraphs and link paragraphs
- use the traits of writing to enhance their work (conventions, ideas, organization, sentence fluency, voice, word choice, presentation)
- spell unfamiliar words using different strategies
- reflect on what is helping them to become a better writer
Oral
- think about purpose for listening
- practice and consistently demonstrate attentive listening
- identify purposes for speaking
- reflect on what is helping them to become a better speaker and listener
Media Literacy
- think and talk about the purpose of media texts
- discuss the intended audience of media texts
- reflect on what is helping them to understand and create simple media texts