Comprehension Suggestions

As an attempt to promote continued growth in 6th grade reading and writing scores, we are encouraging complete, thought out answers to all comprehension questions. When your child comes home with any type of comprehension question from a chapter, there are a few things we are looking for:

• Students are encouraged to restate the question in their answer.
• All answers should be in complete sentences using evidence (facts or examples) from the text.
• We would like the students to explain and extend their answer. (Or, we like to say: PROVE IT!)
  

With these tools in place, we predict overall reading comprehension and writing across the curriculum will improve. We are hoping that the students will apply these skills with their writing in Science, Social Studies, and even Math.