McDougall-Littell Course Overview Guide -GRADE 6 NSBSD DRAFT 2012-13

(Grade 6 – Template for Essential Course of Study – TE pages T14 and T15)

Unit / Theme / Essential Core Lessons – 5 Weeks per each unit / Intervention/
Assessment / Assessment / Dates
Complete by:
1. / What’s Happening / 1-Rdg. Workshop/Plot, Conflict, and Setting / See sample lesson plan for more examples and suggestions for differentiation and intervention. / Every 5 weeks - Unit Assessment - McDougall / Begin 8/20/12
2-The School Play
3-Woodsong / AIMSweb/ Map Benchmark
9/4-20/12
4-Lob’s Girl
5-Writing Workshop
6-Assessment File Unit & Benchmark Tests Unit 1 / AIMSweb
Fall K-8
Winter/ Spring K-2
MAP
Fall 9-12
Winter 3-12
Spring 3-8
- Bridges to Lit.
-CORE Teaching Reading Sourcebook
-Read Naturally
-REWARDS
-6 Min. Solution
-Achieve 3000
-Phonics for Rdg.
-Pearson Hi/Lo Abridged Book Classics (3rd-6th grade reading level)
ILT to prep students & Teachers a week to two weeks before Inupiat unit starts.
5 extra weeks to be used for HSGQE prep & testing and research paper
http://www.eed.state.ak.us/tls/assessment/SBS_ItemSamplers.html / 6-Trait Writing Assessment 10/22-11/2/12
Set-up and run AIMSweb Progress Monitoring
for students below Lexile 1050
7-Review/Practice Alaska SBA Assessments / End 9/21/12
2 / Person to Person / 1-Reading Workshop/Analyzing Character and Point of View / HSGQE retest 10/2-4/12 / Begin 9/24/12
2-Eleven
3-Ghost of the Lagoon
4-The Red Guards from Red Scarf Girl
5-Writing Workshop
6-Assessment File Unit & Benchmark Tests Unit 2
7-Review/Practice Alaska SBA Assessments / Map Benchmark
1/21-2/10/13 / End 10/26/12
3. / The Big Idea / 1-Reading Workshop/Understanding Theme / Begin 10/29/12
2-The Dog of Pompeii, 3-Ant & Grasshopper
4-The Richer, the Poorer, 5-Wtg.Workshop
6-Assessment Unit 3, 7-Rev/Prac. Alaska SBAs / End 12/19/12
4. / Writer’s Craft / 1-Reader’s Workshop/Mood, Tone and Style / NRT Assessment (TerraNova) 2/1-15/13, NAEP Test 4th &/or 8th 1/28-3/1/13 / Begin 1/7/13
2-The All-American Slurp, 3- Jeremiah’s Song
4-The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, / Stop 1/28/13
5-Wtg. Workshop / See Inupiat unit
6-Assessment Unit 4, / ACCESS (all ELL stus.) 2/1-3/31/13
HSGQE 4/2-4/13 / Resume 2/19
7-Rev/Practice Alaska SBA Assessments / Unit 4 Test / End 3/15/13
5. / Inupiat Unit / 1-Reader’s Workshop/Appreciating Poetry
2- Adventures in Trading 1/28-2/18/13 / AIMSweb Progress Monitoring / Begin 1/28/13
3- Adventures in Trading
4- Adventures in Trading
5-Writing Workshop 6-Assessment Unit 5
7-Rev/Prac Alaska SBA Assessments / End 2/18/13
6 / Timeless Tales / Skip / 6-Traits Writing
3/4-15/13
SBA (Gr. 3-10) 4/2-4/13
SBA Sci. Test (4th, 8th, & 10th) 4/9/13
SBA Make-ups 4/5-15/13
7. / Life Stories / Skip
8. / Know The Facts / Skip
9. / Invest/Res / 1-Research Strategies Workshop / Map Benchmark 4/17-5/3/13 / Begin 3/18/13
2- Wtg. Workshop: Research Report / End 5/16/13

Revised 7/25/12