Welcome to 6th Grade Language Arts!
This course incorporates reading, writing, oral literacy, and collaborative strategies to build the knowledge and skills necessary for students to become independent readers, writers, and thinkers. Students will respond to text, interpret and analyze text, and reflect on as well as evaluate the process used to make meaning of text. We will explore the theme of “change” this year. Students will develop a deep understanding of this concept by thinking about the different connotations associated with this idea across diverse contexts.
Text: We will be primarily utilizing Springboard consumable workbooks. We will also be reading a variety of print and non print texts including, but not limited to, novels, poems, essays, film clips, editorials, primary source documents, short stories, and biographies.
Students can expect to complete any/all of the following throughout this academic year:
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Instructional Strategy |
What can students expect? |
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Non-Linguistic Representations |
Graphic Organizers, Role Playing, Philosophical Chairs, Skits |
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Reinforcing Effort & Providing Recognition |
Verbal and Visual recognition |
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Similarities & Differences |
Venn Diagram, T-Chart, Conversation, Essay |
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Cues, Questions, and Advance Organizers |
Activating Prior Knowledge, Levels of Questions, Visual Organizers of Learning |
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Cooperative Learning |
Literature Circles, Jigsaw, Reciprocal Teaching, & Socratic Seminar |
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Generating & Testing Hypotheses |
Questioning, Data & Evidence Collection, Research |
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Academic Vocabulary Development |
Six Step Process, Frayer Model, Word Walls |
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Summarizing & Note taking |
Note taking and Summary Frames, Cornell Notes, Dialectical Journal |
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Setting Objectives & Providing Feedback |
Student Goal Setting & Reflection, Teacher & Peer Descriptive Feedback |
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Homework & Practice |
Multiple opportunities to Practice and Deepen Knowledge with Teacher Feedback |
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Instructional Technology |
Inspiration, Photo Story, Advance Powerpoint, ISafe |
If you ever have any questions, concerns or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact me!
Phone: 253.945.3796 Email: sostermi@fwps.org