Sixth-Grade Milestones
Your child will work hard to meet many literacy goals this year! These pages describe some common milestones to watch for as your sixth grader grows as a reader. Language Using Powerful Words: ▶ Understand figurative language (such as it’s raining cats and dogs ). ▶ Identify words with Greek and Latin origins (such as bicycle and language ). ▶ Break apart words with more than one syllable in order to pronounce them correctly, or close to correctly (such as ingenious , committee , and continent ). ▶ Use context to understand a vocabulary word. ▶ Self-correct when necessary. Discussing Texts: ▶ Be respectful and polite during a discussion. ▶ Ask for further explanation when things are unclear. ▶ Stay on one topic for a long time. ▶ Use facts and opinions to make strong statements. ▶ Be thoughtful and mature when dealing with sophisticated or sensi- tive themes (such as racism). ▶ Use multiple forms of text and media as evidence in a discussion. ▶ Recognize when a claim is not supported with enough facts, or is supported with inaccurate claims.
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Family Guide to Literacy | Grade 6
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