Reading Comprehension: Nonfiction- Reading Comprehension, No ...

Evan-Moor Educational Publishers

• 01 januari 2024
• 9781645143390

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Teach reading comprehension skills and nonfiction text structures to your sixth-grade students!Choose from 10 units that span a variety of text structures and topics or use them all!Text structures include: - Question and answer- Main idea and details- Cause and effect- Compare and contrast- Time orderNonfiction texts in the grade 6 book include a variety of content-area topics: Science: - "The Force of Magnetism" Level V- "Food Webs in Ecosystems" Level X- "Genes for Survival" Level YSocial Studies: - "Comparing Rights and Responsibilities" Level X- "Ancient Economies" Level YBiography: - "Phillis Wheatley: Antislavery Poet" Level V- "Colin Powell: An American Leader" Level WHow-to: - "How to Grow a Container Garden" Level V- "How to Evaluate Online Sources" Level W- "How to Reuse Items and Reduce Waste" Level XEach unit includes: - Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective- A dictionary that identifies content and academic vocabulary- A close-reading activity- A comprehension and vocabulary activity- An oral close-reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion- A text structure analysis activity- A culminating text-based writing activityAdditional teacher resources: - Overview article and writing prompts chart- Five elements of nonfiction text chart- Five structures of nonfiction text- An answer keyAbout Evan-MoorA leader in PreK-8 educational publishing, Evan-Moor has been a trusted partner of teachers and parents for over 40 years. Our mission is helping children learn, and we do this by creating resources that motivate children to learn important skills and concepts across the curriculum while also inspiring a love of learning.