“I Can” Statements 6th Grade ELA Common Core
Student friendly “I can” statements for the 6th Grade ELA Common Core!
L6.4 I can use
dictionaries, glossaries, and online
dictionaries to understand the
meaning of unknown words.
L6.4 I can use a
dictionary to check the meaning of
words after I have used context clues to infer meaning.
RL 6.2 I can identify the theme or central idea of a text. I can support
my theme with examples from the
text.
RL 6.7 I can compare and contrast the
experience of reading a story with viewing a video or live play of
the story.
RL 6.7 I can compare and contrast what I
see and hear during a video or play to what
I imagined in my mind while reading.
RL 6.9 I can compare and contrast texts in
different forms or genres (stories, poems, fantasy,
plays).
Genre: a category of literature.
Examples: plays, short stories, newspapers,
fantasy novels, historical fiction.
RL 6.10 I can read and understand all types of literature including: novels,
short stories, plays, poems, and
nonfiction texts.
SL 6.3 I can understand a
speaker’s argument. I can explain which
parts of the argument are supported by
evidence and which parts are not.
SL 6.4 I can make a speech to an
audience. I can make a logical argument using descriptions, facts, and details.
W 6.2 I can write informative texts on
a topic. I can introduce a topic in an organized way
with facts, examples, and quotes.
W 6.2 I can write informative texts on a topic. I can write in
a formal style with correct vocabulary.
W 6.4 I can write clearly. I can make my writing appropriate for the task I am given, my purpose for writing and the audience who will
read my writing.
W 6.5 I can listen to the suggestions from my
teacher and my fellow classmates about how
to edit my writing.
W 6.7 I can use research to answer a question. I can use several sources of information in my
research.
W 6.9 I can draw conclusions from
literacy and informational texts to support my research,
analysis, and reflections.
RI 6.1 I can read an informational text. I can cite evidence to
support my inferences drawn
from the text.
Inference: an educated guess about what is
happening in a text. The inference is
formed from clues in the reading.
RI 6.2 I can read an informational text. I can tell the central idea of the reading and summarize my
reading.
RI 6.3 I can read an informational text. I can explain how an event, person, or
idea is presented in a reading.
RI 6.4 I can read an informational text. I
can use context clues to understand
the meaning of words.
RI 6.5 I can read an informational text. I can explain how a
part of the text contributes to the central idea of the
reading.
RI 6.6 I can read an informational text. I can determine the author’s point of view and explain
how it is conveyed in a text.
RI 6.8 I can read an informational text. I
can explain the arguments in the
text and explain how it is supported in the
reading.
RI 6.9 I can read an informational text. I
can compare and contrast one
author’s writing with another writer’s
writing on the same topic.
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