Grade:
6
Unit:
2
Information Literacy Skills
Theme: Achievements: Saving the Day
Theme
Week 1
Team Spirit
Information Literacy
Skills
Comprehension Strategy:
Generate questions
Summarize
Cause and effect
Teacher think aloud
Student think aloud
Use word parts
Comprehension Skill:
Make inferences
Make generalizations
Problem and solution
Sequence of events
Cause and effect
Fluency
Partner reading
Practice
Repeated reading
Model fluency
Repeated reading
Literature
Realistic fiction, Nonfiction
article
Personal essay
How Tia Lola Came to Visit
Stay
The Night of the
Pomegranate
Zoo Story
Rumpelstiltskin’s Daughter
The Great Serum Race
Reference/Research Skills
Graphic Organizers
Chart – On Level Practice
Book O, p 40 – Text clues
and prior knowledge &
Inferences
Technology
Audio CD – Listening
library, Fluency solution
Research
Opportunities
 Main Writing:
Write a paragraph
describing and
experience in which good
teamwork helped you
win a game
Would you rather have a
great hitter or a team
player?
Write an editorial
persuading people to
show more spirit during
your local football games
Invent a simple game
and write a few
sentences describing the
rules
Business Letter
activities:
Prewrite
Draft
Revise
Proofread
Publish
 Other:
Online computer literacy
lessons
Remind students that word
processors “wrap around”
text. It is not necessary to
hit the ENTER at the end of
every line
Week 2
The Solar
System
Comprehension Strategy:
Generate questions, Connect
and compare
Comprehension Skill:
Make inferences
Fluency
Partner reading, Repeated
reading
Literature
Realistic fiction, Nonfiction
article
Reference/Research Skills
Use an encyclopedia or
Internet to discover how and
why a telescope lens works.
Create a diagram of a
telescope lens that shows
what you have learned.
Label each part of the
diagram.
 Main Writing
Persuasive Write a persuasive letter
to your school, arguing
that stargazing is a far
better use of a students’
time than listening to
music or playing video
games.
Prewrite, draft, revise,
proofread, publish &
present
 Other
Use an encyclopedia or
Internet to discover how
and why a telescope lens
works.
Create a diagram of a
telescope lens that shows
what you have learned.
Label each part of the
diagram.
Graphic Organizers
Space exploration – Pro &
Cons
Technology
Audio CD - Listening
library
Week 3
Helping Hand
Comprehension Strategy :
Generate questions
Comprehension Skill:
Make generalizations
Fluency
Partner reading, repeated
reading
Literature
Nonfiction article,
information, nonfiction
Reference/Research Skills
Using the Internet
Graphic Organizers
Have students create a
 Main Writing
Finding ways to help:
Personal narrative,
generate questions, find
information, organize
information, synthesize
& write, share
information
Interview someone in
your school who is a
volunteer. Create a list
of interview questions in
advance. Summarize
your findings in a
paragraph.
 Other
Write a short expository
paragraph about one
KWL chart
way that students can
volunteer to help people
in your community.
Include a topic sentence
and supporting details.
Technology
Week 4
Tales of Old
Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize
Comprehension Skill:
Problem & Solution
Connect and Compare
Fluency
Partner reading, repeated
reading
Literature:
Fairy tale, Myth
Reference/Research Skills
Graphic Organizers
Problem & solution chart,
195 teacher book
Brainstorming Web, p 217
teacher book
 Main Writing
Persuasive
Prewrite a point of view
essay
Draft a point of view
essay
Revise a point of view
essay
Proofread a point of
view essay
Publish a point of view
essay
 Other
Research why the United
State’s Founding Fathers
did not want to have
kings?
Write your findings?
Was it a good idea?
Why or why not.
Technology
Explain how a search engine
helps find a web site about a
specific topic.
Decide on key words to use
for the search.
Is the site reliable? Is the
information accurate and
current? Who is the
author? What are the
credentials?
Week 5
Sled Dogs as Heros
Comprehension Strategy:
Summarize, Connect and
compare
Comprehension Skill
Sequence, Problem and
solution
Fluency:
Partner read, repeated
reading
 Main Writing
Prewrite a persuasive
essay
Draft a persuasive essay
Revise a persuasive essay
Proofread a persuasive
essay
Publish a persuasive
essay
Write and illustrate an
article about Ivan
Pavlov.

Literature
Nonfiction, Haiku
(unrhymed form of
Other
Japanese poetry),
Informational nonfiction
Reference/Research Skills
Use an encyclopedia or the
Internet to find information
a about the Russian
scientists, Ivan Pavlov.
Graphic Organizers
Sequence chart, p 223
teacher book
Persuasive Pyramid, p
241A, teacher book
Technology
Discuss ‘cut and paste’
Week 6
Review and Assess
Test Strategy
Good test takers know that
answers are not directly
stated. The reader must
find clues and connect them
to figure out the answer.
Read the question and all of
the answers
Comprehension
Reference / Research Skills
Technology
Discuss with students: How
is email helpful? How is
writing an email different
from writing a letter.
Discuss networks, viruses
Unit Theme: Saving the Day
Project: Research & Inquiry, self selected theme projects
Student Questions:
Research Component
Appreciation
Student realizes the need for
information after a viewing,
reading, listening or other type
of sensory experience.
Presearch
Students establish a focus by
developing an overview of the
topic and exploring
relationships.
Search
Students plan and implement a
search strategy by identifying
information providers,
selecting information
resources and tools, and
seeking relevant information.
Interpretation
Students interpret the
information they have
gathered to make new
meaning. They assess the
usefulness of their information
and reflect on the information
to develop personal meaning.
Communication
Students apply their
information to construct and
present their new knowledge.
Evaluation
Students think about and
evaluate both their process and
their product during research
and at the conclusion of
research.
Activities
Skills
Materials
Task
Skills
.
Procedures/Products