Reading
Reading Street is our language arts curriculum. Each week we will read a story in our textbook focusing on various skills. Below you will find the units and topics we will be learning throughout the year.
UNIT 1 - Loyalty and Respect
Big Question: What draws us to people and things around us and makes us care?
Unit Skills: Point of View, Symbolism, Mood, Persuasive Devices, Imagery, Setting and Plot, Visualize, Cause and Effect, Character and Theme, Inferring, Compare and Contrast, Summarize, Fact and Opinion, Questioning, Author's Purpose
Week 1 - Old Yeller
Week 2 - Mother Fletcher's Gift
Week 3 - Viva New Jersey
Week 4 - Saving the Rain Forests
Week 5 - Hachiko: A Loyal Dog
UNIT 2 - Space and Time
Big Question: Why might things far away and long ago be important to us now?
Unit Skills: Paraphrase, Narration, Dialogue, Flashback, Word Choice, Main Idea and Details, Monitor and Clarify, Generalize, Background Knowledge, Graphic Sources, Text Structure, Compare and Contrast, Story Structure, Sequence, Summarize,
Week 1 - The Universe
Week 2 - The Emperor's Silent Army
Week 3 - Stones, Bones & Petroglyphs
Week 4 - Good-bye to the Moon
Week 5 - Egypt
UNIT 3 - Challenges and Obstacles
Big Question: How are the results of our efforts sometimes greater than we expect?
Unit Skills: Personification, Simile and Metaphor, Dialect, Imagery, Foreshadowing, Sequence, Background Knowledge, Plot, Generalize, Questioning, Draw Conclusions, Predict and Set Purpose, Visualize, Cause and Effect, Story Structure,
Week 1 - Hatchet
Week 2 - When Marion Sang
Week 3 - Learning to Swim
Week 4 - Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell A Lie
Week 5 - Morning Traffic
UNIT 4 - Explorers, Pioneers and Discoverers
Big Question: How have those who have gone first influenced those who have gone after?
Unit Skills: Similes and Metaphors, Sensory Details, Author's Technique, Dialogue, Hyperbole, Cause and Effect, Important Ideas, Author's Purpose, Text Structure, Inferring, Draw Conclusions, Predict and Set Purpose, Author's Purpose, Monitor and Clarify, Plot
Week 1 - Into the Ice: The Story of Arctic Exploration
Week 2 - The Chimpanzees I Love
Week 3 - Black Frontiers
Week 4 - Deep-Sea Danger
Week 5 - Inventing the Future
UNIT 5 - Resources
Big Question: What are resources and why are they important to us?
Unit Skills: Irony and Satire, Formal and Informal Language, Onomatopoeia and Alliteration, Plot and Theme, Cause and Effect, Fact and Opinion, Text Structure, Story Structure, Paraphrase, Analogies, Main Ideas and Details, Background Knowledge, Monitor and Clarify
Week 1 - The View from Saturday
Week 2 - Harvesting Hope
Week 3 - The River that Went to the Sky
Week 4 - Gold
Week 5 - Greensburg Goes Green
UNIT 6 - Exploring Cultures
Big Question: In what way does one culture affect another?
Unit Skills: Idioms and Jargon, Point of View, Exaggeration, Author's Purpose, Questioning, Graphic Sources, Predict and Set Purpose, Compare and Contrast, Inferring, Tone, Bias, Draw Conclusions, Important Ideas, Generalize, Visualize
Week 1 - Don Quixote and the Windmills
Week 2 - Ancient Greece
Week 3 - The All-American Slurp
Week 4 - The Aztec News
Week 5 - Where Opportunity Awaits
Big Question: What draws us to people and things around us and makes us care?
Unit Skills: Point of View, Symbolism, Mood, Persuasive Devices, Imagery, Setting and Plot, Visualize, Cause and Effect, Character and Theme, Inferring, Compare and Contrast, Summarize, Fact and Opinion, Questioning, Author's Purpose
Week 1 - Old Yeller
Week 2 - Mother Fletcher's Gift
Week 3 - Viva New Jersey
Week 4 - Saving the Rain Forests
Week 5 - Hachiko: A Loyal Dog
UNIT 2 - Space and Time
Big Question: Why might things far away and long ago be important to us now?
Unit Skills: Paraphrase, Narration, Dialogue, Flashback, Word Choice, Main Idea and Details, Monitor and Clarify, Generalize, Background Knowledge, Graphic Sources, Text Structure, Compare and Contrast, Story Structure, Sequence, Summarize,
Week 1 - The Universe
Week 2 - The Emperor's Silent Army
Week 3 - Stones, Bones & Petroglyphs
Week 4 - Good-bye to the Moon
Week 5 - Egypt
UNIT 3 - Challenges and Obstacles
Big Question: How are the results of our efforts sometimes greater than we expect?
Unit Skills: Personification, Simile and Metaphor, Dialect, Imagery, Foreshadowing, Sequence, Background Knowledge, Plot, Generalize, Questioning, Draw Conclusions, Predict and Set Purpose, Visualize, Cause and Effect, Story Structure,
Week 1 - Hatchet
Week 2 - When Marion Sang
Week 3 - Learning to Swim
Week 4 - Juan Verdades: The Man Who Couldn't Tell A Lie
Week 5 - Morning Traffic
UNIT 4 - Explorers, Pioneers and Discoverers
Big Question: How have those who have gone first influenced those who have gone after?
Unit Skills: Similes and Metaphors, Sensory Details, Author's Technique, Dialogue, Hyperbole, Cause and Effect, Important Ideas, Author's Purpose, Text Structure, Inferring, Draw Conclusions, Predict and Set Purpose, Author's Purpose, Monitor and Clarify, Plot
Week 1 - Into the Ice: The Story of Arctic Exploration
Week 2 - The Chimpanzees I Love
Week 3 - Black Frontiers
Week 4 - Deep-Sea Danger
Week 5 - Inventing the Future
UNIT 5 - Resources
Big Question: What are resources and why are they important to us?
Unit Skills: Irony and Satire, Formal and Informal Language, Onomatopoeia and Alliteration, Plot and Theme, Cause and Effect, Fact and Opinion, Text Structure, Story Structure, Paraphrase, Analogies, Main Ideas and Details, Background Knowledge, Monitor and Clarify
Week 1 - The View from Saturday
Week 2 - Harvesting Hope
Week 3 - The River that Went to the Sky
Week 4 - Gold
Week 5 - Greensburg Goes Green
UNIT 6 - Exploring Cultures
Big Question: In what way does one culture affect another?
Unit Skills: Idioms and Jargon, Point of View, Exaggeration, Author's Purpose, Questioning, Graphic Sources, Predict and Set Purpose, Compare and Contrast, Inferring, Tone, Bias, Draw Conclusions, Important Ideas, Generalize, Visualize
Week 1 - Don Quixote and the Windmills
Week 2 - Ancient Greece
Week 3 - The All-American Slurp
Week 4 - The Aztec News
Week 5 - Where Opportunity Awaits
Writing
In 6th grade we focus on 3 types of writing and cycle through them throughout the year. Students will be expected to write 2-3 essays/narratives a month.
Narrative:Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Informational/Expository: Students are required to write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Argumentative: Students are required to write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
Narrative:Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.
Informational/Expository: Students are required to write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
Argumentative: Students are required to write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.