NECAP Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) for Reading Grade 6
GLE Clusters: Word Identification Skills and Strategies | Vocabulary Strategies and Breadth of Vocabulary | Initial Understanding of Literary Text | Analysis and Interpretation of Literary Texts/Citing Evidence | Initial Understanding of Informational Text | Analysis and Interpretation of Informational Texts/Citing Evidence
NEW! Practice Tests for End of Grade 6 GLEs to be administered
Fall of Grade 7:
Practice
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NECAP 2005 Released Items for Grade 6 to be administered Fall
of Grade 7:
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| This strand is not assessed on the state assessment; it is part of local assessment. | |
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| R-6-2: Students identify the meaning of unfamiliar vocabulary by… | ||
| R-6-2.1 Using strategies to unlock meaning (e.g., knowledge of word structure, including prefixes/suffixes and base words; or context clues; or other resources, such as dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses; or prior knowledge) | Passage-Related Reading Items for Informational Text: "A Century in the Sky," Item #1 | |
| R-6-3: Shows breadth of vocabulary knowledge through demonstrating understanding of word meanings and relationships by… |
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| R-6-3.1 Identifying synonyms, antonyms, homonyms/ homophones, shades of meaning, or simple analogies EXAMPLE (simple analogy): parent:child as cat:kitten |
Stand-Alone Reading Item #1 | |
| R-6-3.2 Selecting appropriate words or explaining the use of words in context, including content specific vocabulary, words with multiple meanings, or precise vocabulary |
Passage-Related Reading Items for Informational Text: "A Century in the Sky," Items #2, #3, and #4 |
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| R-6-4: Demonstrate initial understanding of elements of literary texts by… | ||
| R-6-4.1 Identifying or describing character(s), setting, problem/ solution, or plot, as appropriate to text; or identifying any significant changes in character or setting over time EXAMPLE (of setting changing): In this poem, how does the farm's appearance change over the years? |
Student Work Sample (PDF) | |
| R-6-4.2 Paraphrasing or summarizing key ideas/plot, with major events sequenced, as appropriate to text | ||
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| R-6-5: Analyze and interpret elements of literary texts, citing evidence where appropriate by… | ||
| R-6-5.1 Explaining or supporting logical predictions (e.g., providing evidence from text to explain why something is likely to happen next) | ||
| R-6-5.2 Describing characters' traits, motivation, or interactions, citing thoughts, words, or actions that reveal characters' traits, motivations, or their changes over time | Passage-Related Reading Items for Literary Text: "Dream Variation," Items #1 and #2 | |
| R-6-5.3 Making inferences about cause/effect, external conflicts (e.g., person versus person, person versus nature/society/fate), or the relationship among elements within text (e.g., how the historical era influences the characters' actions or thinking) | ||
| R-6-5.4 Explaining how the narrator's point of view affects the reader's interpretation EXAMPLE: This story is told from Ted's point of view. What do you know about how Ted feels because he tells the story? |
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| R-6-5.5 Identifying author's message or theme | Passage-Related Reading Items for Literary Text: "Dream Variation," Item #3 | |
| R-6-6: Analyze and interpret author's craft, citing evidence where appropriate by… | ||
| R-6-6.1 Demonstrating knowledge of use of literary elements and devices (i.e., imagery, exaggeration, simile, metaphor, foreshadowing, or suspense) to analyze literary works | Passage-Related Reading Items for Literary Text: "Dream Variation," Items #4 and #5 | |
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| R-6-7: Demonstrate initial understanding of informational texts (expository and practical texts) by… | ||
| R-6-7.1 Obtaining information from text features (e.g., table of contents, glossary, index, transition words /phrases, bold or italicized text, headings, subheadings, graphic organizers, charts, graphs, or illustrations) | Passage-Related Reading Items for Informational Text: "A Century in the Sky," Items #5, #6, and #7 | |
| R-6-7.2 Using information from the text to answer questions related to main/central ideas or key details | ||
| R-6-7.3 Organizing information to show understanding (e.g., representing main/central ideas or details within text through charting, mapping, paraphrasing, summarizing, or comparing/contrasting) | ||
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| R-6-8: Analyze and interpret informational text, citing evidence as appropriate by… | ||
| R-6-8.1 Connecting information within a text or across texts | Passage-Related Reading Items for Informational Text: "A Century in the Sky," Items #10 | |
| R-6-8.2 Synthesizing information within or across text(s) (e.g., constructing appropriate titles; or formulating assertions or controlling ideas | Student Work Sample (PDF) | |
| R-6-8.3 Drawing inferences about text, including author's purpose (e.g., to inform, explain, entertain, persuade) or message; or forming and supporting opinions/judgments and assertions about central ideas that are relevant | Student Work Sample (PDF) Passage-Related Reading Items for Informational Text: "A Century in the Sky," Items #11 |
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| R-6-8.4 Distinguishing fact from opinion, and identifying possible bias/propaganda | ||
| R-6-8.5 Making inferences about causes or effects | ||