Grade 6 Reading Comprehension

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• Reading comprehension is the ability to understand and process written text to grasp its meaning, main ideas, and details.
• The main idea of a text is what the passage is mostly about, often supported by specific details throughout the writing.
• Details are specific facts or pieces of information that support and explain the main idea of a text.
• Cause and effect is a relationship where one event (the cause) makes another event happen (the effect).
• Sequence refers to the order in which events happen or the steps in a process, often identified by words like first, next, and last.
• In sixth grade, students learn to ask questions before reading to set a purpose and during reading to identify when comprehension breaks down.
• Making connections is a comprehension strategy where readers link the text to their own experiences, other texts, or world knowledge.
• Summarizing is the skill of creating a brief statement of the central and main ideas of a text in a short paragraph.
• Visualizing is a strategy where readers create mental images of the text to better understand the setting, characters, and events.
• Context clues are words or phrases in a text that help readers figure out the meaning of unfamiliar words without a dictionary.
• Sixth-grade readers are expected to determine important information based on whether it supports the author's central message.
• Evaluating evidence in reading involves identifying what happens and explaining why it happens using the text's explicit relationships.