| 6th Grade Reading
General Statement
The goal of the reading program is to create life-long readers who utilize their skills in every type of reading task. The 6th Grade program provides:
- teacher and peer role models for reading
- class time to read
- guidance with choosing reading material
- structured interpretive discussions
- support with an at-home reading
- summer reading program
Content and Methods
Instruction of reading methods continues all year weaving through all-class books, small group books and independent reading. The emphasis is on direct teaching of reading strategies that work and plenty of practice:
- Making Connections
- Questioning
- Visualizing
- Inferring
- Determining importance
- Synthesizing
Students practice these strategies through writing entries in their Literature Logs, drawing, acting, speaking, leading discussions and taking quizzes.
Text for Vocabulary Development
Wordly Wise 3000: Book 6 by Kenneth Hodkinson and Sandra Adams
Books used in the 6th Grade:
The Circuit by Francisco Jimenez
Seedfolks by Paul Fleischman
Students choose one of the following:
The Skin I’m In by Sharon Flake
The Revealers by Doug Wilhelm
Students choose one of the following immigration stories:
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Journey of the Sparrows by Fran Leeper Buss
Dragon’s Gate by Laurence Yep
Behind the Mountains by Edwidge Danticat
The Stone Goddess by Minfong Ho
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