6th Grade Comprehension:
-Use reading strategies (making predictions, making connections, visualizing, asking questions) to gain understanding of text.
-Explain an author's main ideas, point of view, and purpose
-Identify the elements of a plot line in a fictional story
-Identify text features and structures in non-fiction
-Identify literary and poetic devices (simile, metaphor, personification; alliteration, onomatopoeia) Fluency:
-Read grade level text accurately and fluently Vocabulary:
-Determine meaning of unknown words and phrases by using word attack skills and contextual clues.
-Restate word meaning and use new words in context correctly Reader's Response and Analysis:
-Clarify and understand text by retelling and paraphrasing text verbally and in writing
-Clarify and understand text by writing summaries
-Respond to text in writing, speaking, and in other ways
-Analyze text demonstrating knowledge of text structures and literary devices Independent Reading/Breadth of Reading:
-Read a variety of grade level material independently
6th Grade
Comprehension:
-Use reading strategies (making predictions, making connections, visualizing, asking questions) to gain understanding of text.
-Explain an author's main ideas, point of view, and purpose
-Identify the elements of a plot line in a fictional story
-Identify text features and structures in non-fiction
-Identify literary and poetic devices (simile, metaphor, personification; alliteration, onomatopoeia)
Fluency:
-Read grade level text accurately and fluently
Vocabulary:
-Determine meaning of unknown words and phrases by using word attack skills and contextual clues.
-Restate word meaning and use new words in context correctly
Reader's Response and Analysis:
-Clarify and understand text by retelling and paraphrasing text verbally and in writing
-Clarify and understand text by writing summaries
-Respond to text in writing, speaking, and in other ways
-Analyze text demonstrating knowledge of text structures and literary devices
Independent Reading/Breadth of Reading:
-Read a variety of grade level material independently
7th Grade
8th Grade