*+6th+Grade+Reading+Essential+Concepts+&+Skills

6th Grade Reading Essential Concepts and Skills:
 * Successful group discussions require planning and participation by all.
 * Understanding the meaning within different types of literature depends on properly analyzing literary components.
 * Organizing structure to understand and analyze factual information.
 * Word meanings are determined by how they are designed and how they are used in context.
 * Individual and group research projects require obtaining information on a topic from a variety of sources and organizing it for presentation.
 * Assumptions can be concealed and require identification and evaluation.
 * Monitoring the thinking of self and others is a disciplined way to maintain awareness.