Grade 6English Language Arts: Reading Literary Text
Use the information below to get a deeper understanding of what your child has mastered and areas where your child may need more help. There are also resources you can use to find activities to support your child’s learning at home.
Help can I help my child progress?
Next Steps
Here are some exercises you can work on at home with your Grade 6 student.
Below Mastery
Ask your student to read a story and determine the theme based on details from the text. Discuss how characters interact and change over the course of the story. Have your student read literary texts from different genres such as poetry and historical novels.
At or Near Mastery
Ask your student to read a story and explain how its theme is developed through specific details. Then discuss how the characters change, including how their reactions to key events help to shape the story. Have your student read literary texts from different genres such as poetry and historical novels.
Above Mastery
Ask your student to read a story and explain how the narrator develops the characters’ points of view in the story. Ask your student to explain the theme of the story; then have him or her compare it with a work from a different form or genre with a similar theme.
Talking With Your Child's Teacher
This document titled “Moving Forward: A Guide for Conversations with Your Child’s Teacher” includes helpful tips and questions to discuss with the teacher about your child’s classroom performance, academic progress, and more.
Additional Free Resources Available to Support Your Child's Learning
Use this information to have a meaningful conversation with your child’s teacher about the skills and content in the grade level and to support your child’s learning at home.
What Can I Do to Help My Child?
Talking with your child's teacher
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