Welcome to 6th Grade Reading!
*6th Grade Reading PRIDE Expectations*
Mrs. Thompson
POSTIVE PEER INFLUENCE
Students will be polite and use positive comments only during class and when working in groups.
Students will smile and include all others in classroom activities.
Students will encourage others to do the right thing.
RESPECT
Students will be respectful of others thoughts, opinions, and personal property.
Students will listen and follow directions.
Students will leave food and gum in thier lockers.
Students will wait for the teacher to dismiss them from the room.
INTEGRITY
Students will raise their hand to share their thoughts in class.
Students will return all borrowed classroom materials and chairs to their proper place at the end of each hour.
Students will put trash where it belongs.
DEPENDABILITY
Students will take care of personal business in between class.
Students will be in their seats ready to work when the bell rings.
Students will bring their book, paper, binder and writing utensil to class.
EXCELLENCE
Students will write their name on all work.
Students will call homework hotline or look on the webpage for assignments.
Students will turn all homework in on time and keep returned work in their folder until the end of the unit.
Students will reading during workshop time.
*6th Grade Reading List*
2003-2004
PERSONAL STYLE READING
Won't Know Till I Get there by Walter Dean Myers
The Journal of Biddy Owens by Walter Deam Myers
Snail Mail No More by Paula Danziger and Ann M. Martin
The Journal of Finn Reardon by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty by Ellen Emerson White
Love from you Friend, Hannah by Mindy Warshaw Skolosy
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
The Journal of C.J. Jackson, a Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma of California, 1935 by William Durbin
MYSTERY
Things Not Seen by Andrew Clements
The Ghost of Mrs. Hobbs by Cynthia DeFelice
The Gadget by Paul Zindel
Ghosts Beneath Our Feet by Betty Ren Wright
Following Fake Man by Barbara Ware Holmes
The Ghost Sitter by Peni R. Griffin
Fog by Caroline B. Cooney
BIOGRAPHY/AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Who was Harriet Tubman? by Yona Zeldis McDonough
Knots in My Yo-Yo String by Jerry Spinelli
Tony Hawk by Tony Hawk and Sean Mortimer
The Greatest Muhammad Ali by Walter Dean Myers
Who was Thomas Jefferson? by Dennis Brindell Fradin
NON FICTION
STUDENTS WILL SELECT FROM VARIOUS MAGAZINES, NEWSPAPERS, AND BOOKS FROM THE LIBRARY
HISTORICAL FICTION
Catherine Called Birdy by Karen Cushman
The Light in the Forest by Conrad Richter
The Shakespeare Stealer by Gary Blackwood
Esperanza Rising by Pam Munoz Ryan
Freedom Crossing by Marager Goff Clark
The Journal of Biddy Owens by Walter Dean Myers
The Journal of Finn Reardon by Susan Campbell Baroletti
The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty by Ellen Emerson White
The Journal of C.J. Jackson, a Dust Bowl Migrant, Oklahoma to California, 1935 by William Durbin
Beware, Princess Elizabeth by Caroline Meyer
The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare
REALISTIC FICTION
No Mre Dead Dogs by Gordan Korman
Dirtbike Runaway by Matt Christopher
The Broccoli Tapes by Jan Slepian
Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli
The Starplace by Vicki Grove
The Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer
While No One was Watching by Jane Leslie Conley
The Pinballs by Betsy Byars
Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher
The Year My Parents Ruined my Life by Martha Freeman
Belle Teal by Ann M. Martin
Dancing in Cadallac Light by Kimberly Willis Holt
FANTASY
The Library Card by Jerry Spinelli
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Clockwork by Philip Pullman
The Time Bike by Jane Langton
The Castle in the Attic by Elizabeth Winthrop
The Wonderflight to the Mushroom Planet by Eleanor Cameron
The Firework-Maker's Daughter by Philip Pullman
MARK TWAIN NOMINATED BOOKS
STUDENTS CAN CHOOSE ANY NOMINATED BOOK PAST OR PRESENT FOR THIS UNIT OF STUDY.
CONTENT AREA READING
STUDENTS WILL LEARN HOW TO USE THEIR SOCIAL STUDIES, SCIENCE, AND MATH BOOKS.
*Reading a Newspaper Article*
Goals
Students will learn how to appreciate whats in newspaper articles.
Students will learn how to use the strategy of reading critically
Students will learn to understand the organization of many news stories.
Students will
Set a purpose
Preview
Plan
Connect
Summarize
*Book Review*
"Silent to the Bone" by E.L. Konigsburg
Blamed for his sister lapsing into a coma, 13-year-old Branwell, who is now mute from the trauma, is sent to a juvenile behavioral center. There his friend Cameron works with him using code and flash cards to find out the truth.
"Carver: A Life in Poems" by Marilyn Nelson
A collection of forty-four poems provide a compelling, lyrical account of revered African-American botanist George Washington Carver.
"The Journal of Biddy Owens: The Negro League's Birmingham, Alabama, 1948 by Walter Dean Myers
Historical fiction journal of Biddy Owens, a bat boy for the Negro League Birmingham Black Barons during the summer of 1948.
*Talking About Books at Home*
Dear Parent,
One of the best things you can do to assist your children with reading is to engage them in talking about the books they read. Talking stimulates language development and helps children improve their comprehension.
As you know, children love to share their opinions. After reading, you might get your child started with questions such as:
What did you notice?
What did you like?
How did it make you feel?
Did this remind you of any experiences you have had?
What parts of the story were your favorites?
ust choose one or two questions so that it feels like a conversation instead of a test. Happy Reading!
*Say It Like the Character"
Comprehension Strategy
Description: Often students can misinterpret or miss the author's intended meaning because they read silently the same way they read orally ----- in monotone. They may be approaching reading with a "crack the code" rather than "understand the message" mindset.
Teaching Suggestions
1. Invite your child to silently read the text.
2. Identify a passage and ask your child to silently reread it just the way they think the character might make it sound.
3. Ask your child to read the passage aloud, paying attention to how the character might actually say it ---- how the character might really feel about it.
4. Ask questions:
What emotion were you trying to convey when you were reading?
What made you think that you should have read it the way you did?
More Book Reviews:
The Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Gen flaunts his ingenuity as a thief and relishes the adventure which takes him to a remote temple of he gods where he will attempt to steal a precious stone. This book is great for reluctant readers and those interested in adventure stories.
Tucket's Gold by Gary Pauslen
Things look grim for Frances and his adopted family. They're alone i a prairie wasteland with dread Comanchero outlaws in pursuit.
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