Sixth Grade
English Language Arts
Highlighted Resources
During this unprecedented time, ABDO Books is ensuring that readers everywhere have the opportunity to read and grow.
Free to click Library and browse by Grade Level to view hundreds of short stories, with guiding questions for both teacher and parents. Companion videos go deeper into the topic.
News and articles from Time, written for students K through 6th grade, with some articles including versions in multiple reading levels
A daily news article, world events, editorials, editorial cartoons, new quizzes, examples of media bias and more
TED's award-winning youth and education arm whose mission is to share and spread ideas to teachers and students. Massive collection of video based lessons organized by subject. Video has features to respond to questions and dig deeper and explore ideas.
Simply sign up with an email then borrow books to read online. Open Library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published
Smithsonian TweenTribune highlights key articles which can be read at adjustable reading levels.
Daily activities with accompanying articles to read and explore in order to discover the mysteries around us.
Additional Resources
English Language Arts lessons aligned to the Common Core.
A place where questions sparked by natural curiosity and imagination lead to exploration and discovery.
Not only a site for building vocabulary, but teachers can access vocabulary words by chapter for some of the top books for adolescents.
Screen-Free Time
Printable short stories that allow students to practice finding grammatical errors and responding to comprehension questions
An initiative of the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Students slowly explore their day with these suggested questions meant to reflect and draw a connection to human stories.
Printable lessons by grade level and topic.
Printable list of the 1,000 high-frequency sight words
Helpful daily reading discussions with supporting questions
2 Blackout Poetry.pdfWith one piece of text, create and illustrate a Blackout poem, paying close attention to word choice and theme.
3 (A)Creating New Color Words.pdfTurn ordinary words into imaginative description! Create a word bank of new words to add sensory details to any writing.
Say Mean Matter Graphic OrganizerGraphic Organizer of three key questions a parent or teacher can ask a child who is reading any text.
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