RE06 Essential Skills

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Reading Essential Skills for Level 6

Student will be able to:

Locate and paraphrase the key/main ideas and supporting details in fiction and non-fiction. Reading Standard 1.c
Use organizational features of printed text (for example captions, chapter preview, summaries, prefaces, annotations, changes in print, appendices) to locate information. Reading Standard 5.a
Identify sequential order in fiction and non-fiction. Reading Standard 1.e
Determine author’s purpose. Reading Standard 4.a

Student will be able to:

Identify characters, setting, problem/conflict, action/plot/events, resolution/solution, theme, and sequence in literature. Reading Standard 6.b
Make predictions and draw conclusions from text in various genres. Reading Standard 4.d
Explain the text’s main point and use relevant details to support the explanation. Reading Standard 4.e
Use knowledge of literary techniques and literary terminology (for example dialogue, scene, flashback, and figurative language) to understand the text. Reading Standard 6.c

Student will be able to:

Summarize and organize information about a topic in a variety of ways (for example: graphic organizer, Venn diagram, outline, time line) from references, technical sources, and media. Reading Standard 5.c
Infer using information in a variety of texts and genres. Reading Standard 1.d
Use reading to solve a variety of problems and answer questions. Reading Standard 4.b

Student will be able to:

Identify the meaning of unfamiliar words in context using word recognition skills and context clues. Reading Standard 1.g
Locate meanings and pronunciations of unfamiliar words using dictionaries, glossaries, and other sources. Reading Standard 5.f
Read and respond to a variety of literature (for example novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, and plays) that represents perspectives from places, people, and events that are familiar and unfamiliar. Reading Standard 6.a