Grade 6 Reading Month
Content/Essential Questions
Skills/Activities
Resources
Assessments Standards/Anchors
September
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? How can the knowledge of language help us to communicate and understand?
Vocabulary programAbravocabra by Cottonwood Press Powerpoints Teacher created resources Active Reading Reading Surveys Bookmatch Student selected chapter books
Quizzes, Tests, Vocab. Tests, Observation, Discussion Informal/ Formal Assessments
1.1ABCDEFGH 1.2A 1.3ABF 1.6ABDE
October
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? How can the knowledge of language help us to communicate and understand?
Inferences Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Main Idea – relevant/ irrelevant details Context Clues Comprehension Sequencing Protagonist/ Antagonist Problem Resolution/ Solution Conflict Character Traits Setting Genre Active Reading • Predicting • Visualizing • Connecting • Questioning Fact/ opinion Synonyms/ antonyms Multiple meaning words Affixes Open – Ended Responses Inferences Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Main Idea – relevant/ irrelevant details Context Clues Comprehension Sequencing Protagonist/ Antagonist Problem Resolution/ Solution Conflict Character Traits Setting Genre Figurative Language Author’s Purpose Text Organization Active Reading Fact/ opinion
Vocabulary programAbravocabra by Cottonwood Press Powerpoints Teacher created resources Active Reading Student selected chapter books
Quizzes, Tests, Vocab. Tests, Observation, Discussion Informal/ Formal Assessments
1.1ABCDEFGH 1.2A 1.3ABF 1.6ABDE
November 2009
Grade 6 Reading
November
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? How can the knowledge of language help us to communicate and understand?
December
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? How can the knowledge of language help us to communicate and understand?
November 2009
Synonyms/ antonyms Multiple meaning words Affixes Open – Ended Responses Inferences Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Main Idea – relevant/ irrelevant details Context Clues Comprehension Sequencing Protagonist/ Antagonist Problem Resolution/ Solution Conflict Character Traits Setting Genre Figurative Language Active Reading Fact/ opinion Synonyms/ antonyms Multiple meaning words Affixes Open – Ended Responses Inferences Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Main Idea – relevant/ irrelevant details Context Clues Comprehension Sequencing Protagonist/ Antagonist Problem Resolution/ Solution Conflict Character Traits Theme Setting Climax Genre Figurative Language Active Reading Point of View-
Vocabulary programAbravocabra by Cottonwood Press Powerpoints Teacher created resources Active Reading Student selected chapter books
Quizzes, Tests, Vocab. Tests, Observation, Discussion Informal/ Formal Assessments
1.1ABCDEFGH 1.2A 1.3ABF 1.6ABDE
Vocabulary programAbravocabra by Cottonwood Press Powerpoints Teacher created resources Active Reading Student selected chapter books
Quizzes, Tests, Vocab. Tests, Observation, Discussion Informal/ Formal Assessments
1.1ABCDEFGH 1.2A 1.3ABF 1.6ABDE
Grade 6 Reading
January
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? How can the knowledge of language help us to communicate and understand?
February
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? How can the knowledge of language help us to communicate and understand?
November 2009
Fact/ opinion Synonyms/ antonyms Multiple meaning words Affixes Open – Ended Responses Inferences Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Main Idea – relevant/ irrelevant details Context Clues Comprehension Sequencing Protagonist/ Antagonist Problem Resolution/ Solution Conflict Character Traits Theme Setting Climax Genre Figurative Language Active Reading Point of ViewFact/ opinion Synonyms/ antonyms Multiple meaning words Affixes Open – Ended Responses Inferences Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Main Idea – relevant/ irrelevant details Context Clues Comprehension Sequencing Protagonist/ Antagonist Problem Resolution/ Solution Conflict Character Traits Theme Setting Climax
Vocabulary programAbravocabra by Cottonwood Press Powerpoints Teacher created resources Active Reading Poetry Student selected chapter books
Quizzes, Tests, Vocab. Tests, Observation, Discussion Informal/ Formal Assessments
1.1ABCDEFGH 1.2A 1.3ABF 1.6ABDE
Vocabulary programAbravocabra by Cottonwood Press Powerpoints Teacher created resources Active Reading Student selected chapter books
Quizzes, Tests, Vocab. Tests, Observation, Discussion Informal/ Formal Assessments
1.1ABCDEFGH 1.2A 1.3ABF 1.6ABDE
Grade 6 Reading
March
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? How can the knowledge of language help us to communicate and understand?
April
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? How can the knowledge of language help us to communicate and understand?
November 2009
Genre Figurative Language Author’s Purpose Text Organization Active Reading Point of ViewBias/ exaggeration Fact/ opinion Synonyms/ antonyms Multiple meaning words Affixes Open – Ended Responses Inferences Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Main Idea – relevant/ irrelevant details Context Clues Comprehension Sequencing Protagonist/ Antagonist Problem Resolution/ Solution Conflict Character Traits Theme Setting Climax Genre Figurative Language Author’s Purpose Text Organization Active Reading Point of ViewBias/ exaggeration Fact/ opinion Synonyms/ antonyms Multiple meaning words Affixes Open – Ended Responses Inferences Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Main Idea – relevant/ irrelevant details Context Clues
Vocabulary programAbravocabra by Cottonwood Press Powerpoints Teacher created resources Active Reading Student selected chapter books ‘A Coal Miner’s Bride”
Quizzes, Tests, Vocab. Tests, Observation, Discussion Informal/ Formal Assessments
1.1ABCDEFGH 1.2A 1.3ABF 1.6ABDE
Vocabulary programAbravocabra by Cottonwood Press Powerpoints Teacher created
Quizzes, Tests, Vocab. Tests, Observation, Discussion
1.1ABCDEFGH 1.2A 1.3ABF 1.6ABDE
Grade 6 Reading
May
How does interaction with text provoke thinking and response? How can the knowledge of language help us to communicate and understand?
November 2009
Comprehension Sequencing Protagonist/ Antagonist Problem Resolution/ Solution Conflict Character Traits Theme Setting Climax Genre Figurative Language Author’s Purpose Text Organization Active Reading Point of ViewBias/ exaggeration Fact/ opinion Synonyms/ antonyms Multiple meaning words Affixes Open – Ended Responses Inferences Drawing Conclusions Summarizing Main Idea – relevant/ irrelevant details Context Clues Comprehension Sequencing Protagonist/ Antagonist Problem Resolution/ Solution Conflict Character Traits Theme Setting Climax Genre Figurative Language Author’s Purpose Text Organization Active Reading Point of ViewBias/ exaggeration
resources Active Reading Student selected chapter books
Informal/ Formal Assessments
Vocabulary programAbravocabra by Cottonwood Press Powerpoints Teacher created resources Active Reading Student selected chapter books
Quizzes, Tests, Vocab. Tests, Observation, Discussion Informal/ Formal Assessments
1.1ABCDEFGH 1.2A 1.3ABF 1.6ABDE
Grade 6 Reading Fact/ opinion Synonyms/ antonyms Multiple meaning words Affixes Open – Ended Responses June
November 2009
