Grade 6 Overall Expectations:
Read and demonstrate an understanding of a variety of literary, graphic, and informational texts, using a range of strategies to construct meaning;
- Bridge to Terabithia (Book)
- Percy Jackson’s Greek Heroes (Book)
- Chancey of Maury River (Book)
- The Dreadful Fate of Jonathan York (Book)
- The Remarkable Journey of Coyote Sunrise (Book)
- Before, during and after reading (YouTube)
- Reading informational text (YouTube)
- Summarize while reading (YouTube)
- POV (Point of View) (YouTube)
- Context Clues (YouTube)
- Author’s Purpose (YouTube)
Recognize a variety of text forms, text features, and stylistic elements and demonstrate understanding of how they help communicate meaning;
- Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (Book)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (Book)
- Artemis Fowl (Book)
- New Kid (Book)
- The simple summary (YouTube)
- Main Idea and Supporting Details (YouTube)
- Multiple Main Ideas in 1 Passage (YouTube)
- How To Teach Summarizing (YouTube)
Use knowledge of words and cueing systems to read fluently;
- The Adventures of Beanboy (Book)
- Greta’s Story (Book)
- The Someday Birds (Book)
- Close reading (YouTube)
- Making Inferences (YouTube)
- Glued: Making Inferences Without Words (YouTube)
- Pigeon: Impossible: Making Inferences Without Words (YouTube)
- Inference Jeopardy (Website)
Reflect on and identify their strengths as readers, areas for improvement, and the strategies they found most helpful before, during, and after reading.
- Complete EnglishSmart Gr. 6 (Book)
- Mind Maps (YouTube)
- How to Identify Themes in Stories (YouTube)
- 25 Common Homophones in English (YouTube)
- Freedom to Read (Website)
- Authors and Illustrators on the Web (Website)
- IPICK Reading Strategy for Choosing Books (Website)