On-Level & Strategic Power Reading Curriculum/Schedule

2015-2016

Incorporate Literacy Stations Tuesday-Friday for 30 minutes. Students will rotate through Word Work & Writing/Skills & Strategies/Independent Reading & Teacher Conferencing. Students will visit one station per day with assignments due each Monday. Mondays will be used to introduce skills/strategies/new vocabulary. Writing will be integrated within this class period.

Tentative Schedule:

Block 1—Strategic 7:45-8:05: Writing Skills 8:05-8:25: Reading Skills/Vocab. 8:25-8:55: Literacy Stations

Block 2—On-Level 8:55-9:15: Writing Skills 9:15-9:35: Reading Skills/Vocab. 9:35-10:05: Literacy Stations

Units/Weeks / Story/Skills Covered
Weeks 1-2 / Baseline Assessments
Literary Elements/Figurative Language Unit
Unit 1—Weeks 3-6“What draws us to people and things around us and makes us care?” / “Old Yeller”—Setting/Visualization—HF
“Mother Fletcher’s Gift”—Characterization/Summarization—RF
“Viva New Jersey”—Compare/Contrast/Summarization—RF
“Saving the Rain Forests”—Fact/Opinion/Graphic Organizers
“When Crowbar Came”—Fact/Opinion/Author’s Purpose—Narrative NF
Week 7-8 / Non-Fiction/Informational Text—Citing textual evidence.
Week 9 (Fall Break)
Unit 2—Weeks 10-16 / Gary Paulsen Author Study:
“Hatchet”—RF & “Canyons”—F
Literary Elements/Setting/Characterization/Author’s Purpose & Style/Annotation/Mood/Tone/Theme
Incorporating LTF Pre-AP Strategies
Weeks 17-18 / Non-Fiction/Informational Text—Citing textual evidence.
Weeks 19-20 (Christmas Break)
Unit 3—Week 21-24 / “The Miracle Worker”—NF
Literary Elements/Setting/Elements of a Drama/Characterization/Theme
Compare/Contrast Movie v. Written Drama
Unit 4—Weeks 25-27 “Overcoming Obstacles” / “When Marian Sang”—Biography—Generalization
“Juan Verdades”—Folk Tale—Generalization
“Elizabeth Blackwell”—Biography/Drama—Drawing Conclusions
Unit 5—Weeks 28-32 “Explorers, Pioneers, Discoverers” / “Into the Ice”—Narrative NF—Cause/Effect
“The Chimpanzees I Love”—Expository NF—Author’s Purpose
“Black Frontiers” —Expository NF—Author’s Purpose
“Inventing the Future”—Biography—Cause/Effect
(Research Project on Inventors—Students will present speech.
Week 33 (Spring Break)
Week 34-End of School / MAP/KPREP Testing
“Roll of Thunder, Hear my Cry”
Elements/Setting/Characterization/Author’s Purpose & Style/Annotation/Mood/Tone/Theme
Incorporating LTF Pre-AP Strategies

Writing Curriculum 2015-2016

First 9 Weeks / Content/Writing Piece / Resource / Common Core Standards
Assess students’ writing using “Letter to Future Self” & On-Demand Writing /
Paragraph Form: topic sentence/supporting details/conclusions / SPAT/SF Writing
6 Traits of Writing:
Idea/organization/voice/
Word choice/sentence/
Conventions / SF Writing/6 Traits Website/
Writingfix.org
ODW Practice
Second 9 Weeks / Content/Writing Piece / Resource / Common Core Standards
*Informative Piece: Conservation Editorial / SPAT / W 6.2 a-f
W 6.5 Writ. Process
W 6.6 Tech.
W 6.7 Research
Third 9 Weeks / Content/Writing Piece / Resource / Common Core Standards
*Science Fair Abstract / W 6.7
W 6.8
*Argument: arguments/claims / Utilize LTF Pre-AP Argument lessons / W 6.1 a-e
W 6.4
W 6.5
W 6.6
W 6.8
ODW: argument
*College Letter-Authentic Writing /
Fourth 9 Weeks / Content/Writing Piece / Resource / Common Core Standards
*Narrative Piece-Digital Storytelling / Glogster/Writingfix.org / W 6.4 a-e
W 6.5
W 6.6
*Speech: research famous European in SS/create ppt/Prezi to incorporate digitally / Scholastic online / W 6.2 a-f
W 6.4
W 6.5 Writ. Process
W 6.6 Tech.
W 6.7 Research

Dear Parents & Guardians,

I am so excited that your child will be in my reading class this school year! Together, we will work hard and have great adventures through reading!

As a sixth grade student, there are great expectations. As we prepare to enter middle school, I will ask the students to act responsibly when it comes to their class work and behavior. They will become “Active Readers!” We will be integrating the Pearson Reading Street Curriculum and independent pieces of literature. Students will learn strategies to enable them to become an even better reader. Pre-AP and close reading strategies will be incorporated in our curriculum.

During the literacy block, we will also be integrating our writing. Reading and writing go hand-in-hand! Your child will work on various writing pieces that will be sent to middle school in the spring. Students will also be keeping a free-write journal! You will be asked periodically to write in these journals as well.

Please take a moment to read over our plan for this year. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!

Thank you,

Mrs. Sharp