6th Grade Report Overview

The grade 6 myPerspectives materials meet the expectations for alignment. The materials include anchor texts that are well-crafted, content-rich, and rich in language and academic vocabulary. The tasks, questions, and assignments are connected to the texts students read and require students to collect textual evidence.

Throughout the program, students have varied opportunities to demonstrate knowledge about what they are reading and learning through speaking and listening tasks. Students also have many opportunities to practice their writing both in on-demand and process writing tasks. Students engage in informative or expository, argumentative, and narrative writing at the distribution required by the standards, however, well-designed explicit instruction guidance is inconsistent or lacking in some areas.

While the materials provide a comprehensive year-long plan for students to interact with and acquire academic vocabulary in a systematic way, the explicit instruction of some grammar and usage standards is inconsistent or, in some cases, lacking. 

The materials are grouped around topics/themes to grow students’ knowledge over the course of the school year. There are high-quality questions and tasks that are sequenced in a way that is appropriate for the grade level and require students to use textual evidence. Throughout the program, there are culminating tasks and research opportunities that require students to expand and show their knowledge and understanding of the topics/themes in each unit.

The pacing for the five units in the program is generally reasonable, and the suggested implementation schedule can be reasonably completed in one school year.