Comprehension
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Year 6 Reading Practice Statement trackers
A simple tracker for your class. Practice Statements down the left, ten student-name spaces across the top, and blank cells to use your way.
Choose a strand below. Write in the names, then add your own ticks, dates, codes or notes. For a class of 25, print three copies of the tracker.
Choose a tracker by strand
Each preview shows the first page of that PDF. Longer strands continue over several pages, with space for the same ten names on every page.
Prefer to work online? Choose Copy to Google Sheets to make your own editable copy in your Google account. The original is view-only. Add student names and notes to your own copy, and add more student columns if needed.
Practice Statements included
These trackers cover all 20 stored Year 6 Reading Practice Statements, organised into their curriculum strands and skill groups.
Comprehension
Comprehension strategies
- Making inferences using explicit and implicit evidence, justifying the inferences using evidence from the text, and comparing their inferences with the interpretations of others
- Summarising a text by identifying how the key ideas or messages develop across the whole text and organising key details to show how ideas build, shift, or connect to reveal deeper meanings
- Interpreting key details and implied information to draw a reasoned conclusion about the whole text that is supported by evidence, reflects thoughtful analysis, and connects the messages and meaning to broader ideas, concepts, or the author's purpose
Text form, structure, style, and features
- Identifying and comparing how effectively different texts use structure, language, and visual features to suit their purpose and audience
- Explaining how authors use language to create meaning and impact
- Explaining how features such as images, sound, and layout are used in media texts to inform, entertain, or influence the audience
- Explaining how digital features help communicate meaning and support understanding in digital media texts
- Identifying persuasive techniques and explaining how these techniques are used to influence the audience
Vocabulary
- Independently inferring from the context and knowledge of morphemes to understand challenging words
- Using knowledge from other Year 6 learning areas and topics to determine the meaning of base words, whole words, and phrases in a text
- Identifying idioms and expressions from their own and others' cultures
Critical Analysis
Context and purpose
- Identifying bias in a text by recognising when an author presents only one side of an issue or omits key information to influence the audience
- Considering who created a digital media text, why it was made, and whether the information can be trusted
Interpretations and connections
- Making connections within and between texts, explaining how the ideas in texts connect with their own knowledge, lived experiences, cultural knowledge, and practices, considering the interpretations and ideas of others
- Providing interpretations about how topics are addressed in texts and how messages are conveyed, providing evidence from the text and prior knowledge to support their ideas
Word Recognition and Reading Enrichment
Decoding
- Decoding multi-syllable words by applying their knowledge of English and te reo Māori phonics, syllables, morphemes, and word origins
Developing confident readers
- Using strategies for identifying and selecting texts based on their interests
- Identifying their strengths and successes
- Reading for longer periods by choosing familiar or interesting texts and using strategies to stay focused, such as finding a quiet space and setting reading goals
Fluency
- Reading year-level texts accurately and expressively, including correct pronunciation of kupu Māori, reflecting understanding of the text while maintaining a natural pace of reading, at oral fluency rates appropriate for Year 6 students
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