ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS / READING ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM GRADE: 6 4th Nine-Week Period Essential Understanding (Big Ideas): WRITING READING Research involves multiple steps Reviewing and comparing Literary and Informational Text emphasized Our best research comes from generating questions and ideas from our own inquiry Comparing viewpoints in text and media representation Writing responses to literary and informational text is expository Multiple representations of messages writing Responding to text includes an idea and text evidence to support that Research can be represented with multimedia presentation idea Guiding Questions: What do we know about literary and informational text? Can there be related ideas in both literary and informational text? Why is it important to recognize text genre and structure? How can our interests guide our research plan? 4th 9 Weeks At-A-Glance-Fifth Grade Reading Writing/OWC Listening & Speaking Assessments Vocabulary Quizzes (1 per Fluency & Comprehension (6.1) Writing Process (6.14 ABCDE) Listen/interpret, follow/give, week=1 major grade per nine paraphrase/support (6.26ABC) Write responses to texts (6.17C) Vocabulary (6.2BE) SAT vocabulary Knowsys weeks) (6.2A-D) TEKS Speak clearly (6.27) Use resources to spell correctly (6.21BC) Establish purposes for reading (Fig 19A) Participate productively in teams
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS / READING ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM GRADE: 6 4th Nine-Week Period Essential Understanding (Big Ideas): WRITING Research involves multiple steps Our best research comes from generating questions and ideas from our own inquiry Writing responses to literary and informational text is expository writing Research can be represented with multimedia presentation READING Reviewing and comparing Literary and Informational Text emphasized Comparing viewpoints in text and media representation Multiple representations of messages Responding to text includes an idea and text evidence to support that idea Guiding Questions: What do we know about literary and informational text? Can there be related ideas in both literary and informational text? Why is it important to recognize text genre and structure? How can our interests guide our research plan? 4th 9 Weeks At-A-Glance-Fifth Grade Reading Writing/OWC Listening & Speaking Assessments TEKS Fluency & Comprehension (6.1) Vocabulary (6.2BE) Knowsys SAT vocabulary Establish purposes for reading (Fig 19A) Writing Process (6.14 ABCDE) Write responses to texts (6.17C) Use resources to spell correctly (6.21BC) Listen/interpret, follow/give, paraphrase/support (6.26ABC) Speak clearly (6.27) Participate productively in teams Vocabulary Quizzes (1 per week=1 major grade per nine weeks) (6.2A-D)