NB Grade 6 English Reading case studies
NB Grade 6 English Reading · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The New Brunswick Grade 6 English Reading Assessment is a provincial reading test taken by Grade 6 students in New Brunswick, Canada, as part of the province's elementary literacy assessment program. It is written for students near the end of the Grade 6 year, not for adults or for professional certification, so its purpose is to show how well a student understands grade-level fiction and nonfiction rather than to rank candidates against one another. The NB Grade 6 English Reading case studies are 5 cases and about 2,215 words.
1The Science Fair Poster That Answers the Wrong Question
Okafor's class is studying informational text features. Four students present posters about how honeybees communicate.
485 words, about 2 min2Two Endings for the Same Story
A reading group is comparing two versions of a short story about a girl named Priya who trains for a spelling bee. In Version 1, Priya loses the bee, walks home, and the story ends with her looking at the word list on her desk.
456 words, about 2 min3The Word That Changes With the Paragraph
Students read an article about a city replacing its old buses. One paragraph says: "The old fleet was unreliable , breaking down on routes almost daily, so riders learned to leave early." A later paragraph says: "The new buses are unreliable in a different way: they arrive so consistently that riders now complain the schedule feels rigid." A student raises a hand and says the article contradicts itself because the same word is used for bad buses and good buses.
408 words, about 2 min4Summarizing a Three-Paragraph Article
A class reads a three-paragraph article about a school garden. Paragraph 1 explains that the garden was started three years ago with a grant of $2,000 and twelve volunteers.
451 words, about 2 min5The Author Who Says One Thing and Does Another
Students read a short opinion piece titled "Why Our Town Needs Fewer Cars." The writer begins with statistics about traffic and air quality, then describes a morning when a delivery truck blocked the crosswalk near a school. Another says the purpose is "to inform," pointing to the statistics.
415 words, about 2 min