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Grade 6 Reading Standards
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Standard
(Curriculum)
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Instruction and
Assessment
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Standard 1. The
student understands and uses different skills and strategies to
read.
1.1 Uses word recognition and word
meaning skills to read and comprehend text
* Uses language structure
to understand reading materials (e.g., root words, affixes,
referents)
* Adapts reading
strategies to suit different types of text
* Applies reading
strategies to comprehend new text (self-correcting, skipping words,
re-reading)
* Understands vocabulary
critical to meaning of text
1.2 Builds vocabulary
through reading
* Increases vocabulary
through reading and using references (e.g., dictionary,
technological references)
* Uses written and
pictorial context
* Learns content area
vocabulary
1.3 Reads fluently,
adjusting reading for purpose and material
* Reads accurately and
fluently at Stage
I
* Reads aloud to convey
meaningful expression
* Varies rate to suit
purpose or material
* Reads for extended
periods (30-60 minutes)
* Skims and scans to
select books or locate information
1.4 Understands
elements of literature
* Recognizes figurative
language (e.g., simile, metaphor, analogy, dialogue,
idiom)
* Understands complex
sentence and paragraph structure
* Understands literary
elements: plot, characters, setting, theme, point of view,
conflict, resolution
* Understands sequence of
events
1.5 Uses features of
nonfiction text and computer software
* Locates and reads varied
sources on one topic or theme
* Understands and uses
text features (e.g., bibliographies, chapter summaries, margin
entries, symbols)
* Uses organizational
features of electronic information (e.g., pull-down menus, key word
searches, icons)
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Instructional Support Materials
* Elements of
Literature (Holt
Rinehart)
Instructional Strategies
1.1
* Morphology and
etymology
* Guided
reading
* Defining
format
* Key
word
Assessment
* CBA's
* Informal reading
inventory
* Portfolios (see 6th
grade language arts course description)
* Evidence of student
work
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Standard 2. The
student understands the meaning of what is
read.
2.1 Comprehends
important ideas and details
* Demonstrates
comprehension of fiction, nonfiction, and task-oriented
texts
* Understands and
summarizes main idea and supporting details
* Connects stories and
informational text to own experience, other text, or world
knowledge
* Uses thinking skills to
increase understanding including ability to predict and
infer
2.2 Expands
comprehension by analyzing, interpreting, and synthesizing
information and ideas
* Compares and contrasts
texts or parts of text
* Uses thinking skills to
increase understanding including ability to question, compare,
summarize, analyze, synthesize - all with supporting
evidence
2.3 Thinks critically
and analyzes author?s use of language, style, purpose, and
perspective
* Evaluates for reality
and fantasy, fiction and nonfiction, fact and opinion
* Analyzes author's
purpose, point of view, style, persuasive techniques, cultural
perspective, and validity of information
* Draws conclusions based
on text
* Generalizes beyond text
to other texts, ideas, or situations
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Instructional Support Materials
* Elements of
Literature (Holt
Rinehart)
Instructional Strategies
2.1
* Student-generated
questions
* Number
notes
* Multi-flow
map
* Double bubble
map
* Anticipation
guide
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Standard 3. The
student reads different materials for a variety of
purposes.
3.1 Reads to learn new
information and
3.2 Reads to perform a task
* Evaluates the
appropriateness of available resources for a specific
task
* Reads nonfiction from
previous years:
Instructions, report,
recount, question and answer, nonfiction text (science, social
studies, math the arts, health and fitness), article, poster,
directions
References: glossary,
dictionary, map, encyclopedia, almanac, thesaurus, directory,
atlas
Literacy: diary/journal,
biography, essay
Advertising: advertisement,
labels, signs, brochure, promotional material
Workplace: technical text,
newspaper, memo, business letter, schedule,
manual
* Reads a variety of
nonfiction including for research and real life
purposes:
Advertising: consumer
report
Workplace: directions and
technical text, interview, policy, public document, trade
publication, research paper
Uses library to select texts at appropriate level based on
interest or purpose
3.3 Reads for
literary experience in a variety of forms
* Reads, responds to, and
understands a variety of fictional narrative (e.g., realistic,
fantasy, traditional, tall tale, folktale, legend, fable, myth,
verse (rhyming and blank haiku, cinquain, ballad, contemporary,
historical), rhyme, letter, journal/diary, song, drama, essay,
adage, proverb, magazine, comic, novel (classic, historical, and
contemporary), science fiction, memoir
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Reads to
understand different perspectives, various cultures, and
issues
* Identifies recurring
themes in literature (e.g., identity, conflict and
struggle)
3.4 Reads for career
applications
* Identifies ways that
reading might be used in various careers
* Reads some technical and
non-technical documents found in career settings (e.g., reports,
graphs, manuals)
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Instructional Support Materials
* Elements of
Literature (Holt
Rinehart)
Instructional Strategies
3.1 - 3.4
* Guided
reading
* Think aloud
* Learning
logs
* Journals
* Literature
circles
* KWL
* Key word
* Note-taking
strategies
* I-search
reports
* Tree map
* Think-pair-share
* Wide variety of reading
materials available
Assessment
* Learning logs
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Checklists
* Portfolios (see 6th
grade language arts course description)
* Reading
log
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4.1 Assesses
strengths and need for improvement
* Uses a variety of
strategies to monitor reading progress and to overcome
difficulties, with teacher guidance
* Sets reading goals and
develops strategies to meet goals and monitor progress, with
teacher guidance
4.2 Seeks and offers
feedback to improve reading
* Discusses standards for
various reading skills (e.g., fluency, comprehension
skills)
* Discusses own and
others' responses to reading
4.3 Develops
interests and shares reading experiences
* Self-selects texts at
appropriate level for specific purposes
* Reads
independently
* Discusses favorite books
and authors
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Instructional
Strategies
4.1 - 4.3
* Think aloud
* Metacognition
* Independent
reading (DEAR, WEB,
SSR)
* Journals
* Reading
Conferences
Assessment
* Goal
setting
* Self-evaluation
* Learning
logs
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Student self-assessment
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* Instructional
strategies are suggestions only. There are many additional
strategies that are appropriate.
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