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My goal for 6th grade literature is to have students use the active reading skills when reading fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. Through the use of reading strategies, students will become more fluent readers and develop a greater degree of comprehension. Students will analyze reading selections using literary elements in a variety of genres. This course will incorporate vocabulary development and PSSA preparation.
 
 

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Literature: May 11-15

Monday: Cause/Effect Book
Tuesday: Cause/Effect Book
Wednesday: Flight 93 Field Trip 
Thursday: Cause/Effect Book due 5/18/26 --140 points 
Friday: AR Reading/AR Log due (if assigned)
Last Day to Test for Q4 5/22/26
Literary Terms Final 5/18/26 Kahoot Review 
 

Social Studies: May 11-15

Monday:  State Projects
Tuesday: 9/11 Flight 93
Wednesday: Flight 93 Field Trip
Thursday: State Projects 
Friday: No class Friday Schedule 
State Capital Test 5/18/26-50 points 

Social Studies: May 4-8

Monday: State Project Presentations 
Tuesday: State Project Presentations 
Wednesday: State Project Presentations 
Thursday: State Project Presentations 
Friday:  No Class Friday Schedule 
State Project due: May 4th
State Capitals Test May 18th

Social Studies: April 20-24

Monday: PSSA Testing
Tuesday: PSSA Testing 
Wednesday: PSSA Testing
Thursday: State Project/State Capitals Work day
Friday:  No Class Friday Schedule 
State Project due: May 4th
State Capitals Test May 18th

Literature: May 4-8

Monday: Cause and Effect Book Workday due 5/18
Tuesday: Cause and Effect Book Workday due 5/18
Wednesday: Cause and Effect Book Workday due 5/18
Thursday: Cause and Effect Book Workday due 5/18
Friday: AR Reading "AR Log due
*Vocab Final -50 points 5/18
*AR Logs: Testing - May 4th 
*AR Testing: May 22nd, Last day for Q4

Literature: April 27-May 1

Monday: PSSA Math/ "The Red-Headed League
Tuesday: PSSA Math/ "The Red-Headed League
Wednesday: Sherlock Holmes "The Red-Headed League" Quiz
Thursday: Curve Field Trip
Friday: AR Reading "AR Log due
*Vocab Final -50 points 5/18
*AR Logs: Testing - May 4th 
*AR Testing: May 22nd, Last day for Q4

Social Studies: April 27-May 1

Monday: No Class/PSSA Math
Tuesday: Flooded/PSSA Math 
Wednesday: Flooded AR Test/State Project/State Capitals 
Thursday:  Curve Game 
Friday: No Class Friday Schedule 

Literature: April 20-24

Monday: PSSA Testing
Tuesday: PSSA Testing
Wednesday: PSSA Testing 
Thursday: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle/Sherlock Holmes 
Friday: AR Reading/AR Log Due (if assigned)
AR Logs: Testing - May 4th 
AR Testing: May 22nd, Last day for Q4

Literature: April 13-17

Monday: Respond to Informational Text 
                Exit Quiz
Tuesday: Connotation and Denotation
                 Exit Quiz/Study Island 4/18
Wednesday: It Feels Good to Laugh  (Reading Passage)
                     Kangaroos, Clouds, and Coffee (Reading Passage)
Thursday: On Sea Turtle Patrol (Reading Passage)
                   The Wall of Water: Johnstown 1989 (Reading Passage)
Friday: AR Reading/AR Log #3 due if assigned
***Last Day to test for Q4 AR: 5/22
***Anyone with AR Logs for Q4 needs to have their points by 5/1.
 

Social Studies: April 13-17

Monday: OBOC/Flooded
Tuesday: OBOC/Flooded
Wednesday: OBOC/Flooded
Thursday: OBOC/Flooded 
                   AR Quiz 
                  State Project/State Capitals 
Friday: No Class/Friday Schedule 

Social Studies: April 6-10

Monday: Easter Break
Tuesday: Chapter #6 Review
Wednesday: Chapter #6 Test/Packet due (117points)
                      State Project/State Capitals/Chapter #7 Vocab
Thursday: Web Quest WW1/Chapter #7/Lesson #1 
Friday: No Class/Friday Schedule 
 

Literature: April 6-10

Monday: Easter Break
Tuesday: Finish: Lesson #16/Comparing and Contrasting Across Genres
                Lesson # 20 Respond to Literature
Wednesday: Comparing and Contrasting Across Genres Exit Quiz (8points)
                   Finish: Lesson #20 Respond to Literature
Thursday: Vocab # 6 Test (16 points)
                  Respond to Literature Exit Quiz (5points)
Friday: AR Reading/AR Log 1/2 due (if assigned) 20 points
LAST DAY to Test for Q4: 5/22/26
 

Social Studies: March 30-April 3

Monday: Finish Chapter 6/Lesson #2: New Directions pages 206-213
                Notes/Worksheet #53
 
Tuesday: Chapter 6/Lesson #3Progressives and Reformers pages 214-220
                 Notes/Worksheet
Wednesday: Chapter Review
Thursday: Chapter 6 Test/Packet due-117 points
                 State Capitals/State Project/Chapter #7 Vocab 
Friday: No School/Easter Break 
State Projects due 5/4
State Capital Test 5/18

Literature:March 30-April 3

Monday: Comparing and Contrasting Informational Texts
Tuesday: Comparing and Contrasting Informational Texts Exit Quiz (10 points)
                Comparing and Contrasting Across Genres 
Wednesday: Comparing and Contrasting Across Genres Exit Quiz (8 points)
                      Prodigy: Key Ideas and Details due 
Thursday: Vocabulary Week #5 Test (17points)
                  Prodigy: Integration of Knowledge and Ideas due April 9th  (16 points)
Friday: No School/Easter Break
 

Literature: March 23-27

Monday: Teacher In-Service
Tuesday: Author's Argument
Wednesday: Author's Argument
                    Study Islands due
Thursday: Vocabulary Week #4 Test
                  Comparing and Contrasting Informational Texts 
                  Prodigy Integration of Knowledge (10 Questions due 4/2)
Friday: AR Reading/AR Logs assigned