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6th-Grade Classroom Reading Activities

Sixth-graders learn more readily when fun is involved in the process. Educators can prepare classroom reading activities to improve reading skills. Middle school students read fiction and nonfiction books, and they know the difference between the two. Reading activities can help students understand the words they read in stories and lead them to make conclusions about each work they read.

Mock Interview Activities
- Allow each student to select a historical figure, such as a president. Tell them they must use the Internet or books from the library to research information for a mock interview. Have them write down questions to ask the historical person and make a mock interview answering the questions how they think he would answer. Each student must present his mock interviews to the class. Alternatively, have them select a book. They must read the book and select one character from the book to create a mock interview about. These activities teach the students comprehend what they read.
Trivia Activities
- Entice the students to recall what they read by hosting a trivia game. Have the students read a short story. Ask a series of questions about the story and award a point to each student for a correct answer. The student who has the most points at the end of the trivia wins the game. Alternatively, have the students split into groups. The team who answers the most questions correctly wins the game.
Predicting Activities
- Have the students look through a book or short story, look at the pictures and examine the cover. Tell them to write down what they think the book or story is about and give reasons why they think that way. Have them read the book. Have them write down the differences in what they thought about the book initially and how the book really turned out. Have each student compare notes to see all their differences, or hold a group discussion to discuss each student̵7;s guesses.
Connection Activities
- After students read a book or short story, have them relate their own memories or people they know to characters in the book. For example, if the children read a book about a sick grandmother, someone might relate the story to his own sick grandmother. Have the student share the story with the class. Students can learn to comprehend stories by comparing them to their own lives. Another example is a book about a hero. A student could share that he looks at his mom or dad as a hero and explain why.

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