The following objectives should be taught and assessed as appropriate during the year.
6.1		*Read, summarize, self monitor, and formulate questions for understanding of a variety of texts (fiction, nonfiction, newspaper and magazine articles, poetry, and drama). 1C3, 1D3
6.2		Follow oral directions with multiple steps. 1A4
6.3		Understand and use parts of speech (*nouns, *verbs, adverbs, *comparative adjectives, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections) in writing. 2B1-2
6.4		Sentence Structure (complete, * fragment, run-on, combining, misplaced modifier- adjectives/adverbs). 2B5
6.5		*/**Understand and use transitions, dependent and independent clauses. 2B1
6.6		*Understand and use correct capitalization and punctuation (end marks, commas, quotation marks, apostrophe, colons, title of literary work). 2B3
6.7		*Vocabulary, demonstrate knowledge of word meaning, appropriate word, *synonym, antonym, homonyms, figurative language, multiple meaning words, words in context in writing. 2B1-2
6.8		*Spelling: Vowels (long & short vowels, schwa, r-control, and digraphs); Consonants (variant spelling); Structural Units (prefix/ suffix, similar word part, root word, compound). 2B4
6.9		*/**Prewriting strategies and graphic organizing. 2C2a-e
6.10		*/**Edit final product for grammar, word usage, language conventions, and format. 2B5, 2C2c
* CTBS & Terra Nova ** Writing Assessment