Reading Informational Text: Grade 6 Evan-Moor

Provide your sixth grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice! Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support learning paths.

The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction text structures, such as compare and contrast, main idea and details, and cause and effect.

Each of the 10 units presents a grade-appropriate nonfiction article and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including the following:
· dictionary page with content and academic vocabulary
· close reading activity
· reading comprehension activity
· vocabulary activity
· text structure activity

The unit culminates in a text-based writing assignment that can be used as an informal assessment.

Additional teacher support includes:
· Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference
· Downloadable home–school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home.
· A guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students. From Evan-Moor.

Provide your sixth grade students with rigorous reading comprehension practice! Close reading, academic vocabulary, comprehension, and writing activities support learning paths.

The informational texts cover grade-level content-area topics and a range of nonfiction text structures, such as compare and contrast, main idea and details, and cause and effect.

Each of the 10 units presents a grade-appropriate nonfiction article and supporting activities that are easy to scaffold, including the following:
· dictionary page with content and academic vocabulary
· close reading activity
· reading comprehension activity
· vocabulary activity
· text structure activity

The unit culminates in a text-based writing assignment that can be used as an informal assessment.

Additional teacher support includes:
· Common Core State Standards correlations provided for every unit for easy reference
· Downloadable home–school connection activities and projects to extend learning at home.
· A guided reading level to help identify appropriate texts for students

The informational texts and structures cover:

Science Articles
· The Force of Magnetism
Text Structure: Question and Answer
· Food Webs in Ecosystems
Text Structure: Cause and Effect
· Genes for Survival
Text Structure: Main Idea and Details

Social Studies Articles
· Comparing Rights and Responsibilities
Text Structure: Compare and Contrast
· Ancient Economies
Text Structure: Main Idea and Details

Biography Articles
· Phillis Wheatley: Antislavery Poet
Text Structure: Question and Answer
· Colin Powell: An American Leader
Text Structure: Time Order

How-to Articles
· How to Grow a Container Garden
Text Structure: Time Order
· How to Evaluate Online Sources
Text Structure: Question and Answer
· How to Reuse Items and Reduce Waste
Text Structure: Cause and Effect. From Evan-Moor.