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