Language Arts inlcudes: Reading, Spelling, and Vocabulary

Text book - Open Court Reading Level 6

Thematic Units:

• Perseverance
• Ancient Civilizations
• Ecology
• People Who Took a Stand and/or Made a Difference
• A Question of Value

We will generally cover one reading selection per week. Some modifications will be made for short weeks and assessment weeks. We will complete all California State Reading/Language Arts Standards for 6th Grade.

A typical week will inlcude:

• Monday:
• Spelling Pretest
• Assign and discuss homework for week
• Dittos
• Vocabulary Words
• Spelling Words/Cursive practice
• Prefix/Suffix Chart
• Tests
• Tuesday:
• Begin Reading Selection
• Vocabulary Words due
• Word
• Definition
• Word used properly in a sentence
• Wednesday:
• Read and Discuss Selection
• Spelling Words/Cursive practice due
• Write each word 3 times neatly in cursive
• Prefix/Suffix Chart due
• Thursday:
• Dittos due
• Reading Comprehension
• Spelling
• Vocabulary
• Review for Test
• Friday:
• Reading, Spelling, and Vocabulary Test

Monthly Assignments include:

• Book Report
• Theme/genre will be assigned at the beginning of each month
• Report generally due the last week of the month. Includes:
• Oral presentation
• Written report, Poster, etc
• Reading Log - showing daily independent reading
• Students are required to read 15 to 30 minutes each night
• Complete Log
• Total Minutes and record on log
• Get Parent Signature on log
• Turn in log the last day of each month

Independent Reading is extremely important. Research shows a direct correlation between minutes read each day and scores on Standardized Tests.

Minutes Percentile

• 67.3 98th
• 33.4 90th
• 16.9 70th
• 9.2 50th
• 4.3 30th
• 1.0 10th
• 0 2nd