English Language Arts (ELA) is more than just reading and writing. It also includes skills like speaking, listening, and viewing. ELA offers us a way to communicate. Through ELA, your child can apply what s/he learns to solve real problems at home, at school and in the community.
Here are the skills your child should have mastered by the end of sixth grade:
Word Recognition
- Use word structure, sentence structure and prediction to learn and understand the meanings of words when reading.
- Fluently read sixth-grade text and text that increases in difficulty throughout the year.
Narrative Text
- Think about how characters in good literature form opinions about one another in ways that can be fair or unfair.
- Analyze elements and style of narrative textssuch as folktales, fantasy and adventure.
Writing
- Write a narrative piece such as an adventure, tall tale or personal narrative story that includes well developed characters and plot.
- Write a well-organized essay to support key ideas in the form of a persuasive, personal or comparative piece for a real audience.
Spelling
- Spell commonly misspelled words correctly in papers composed.
Handwriting
- Write legible essays and other papers.