6th grade reading

Looking for inspiration for teaching middle school reading skills? Read on to see how I teach the essential elements in a 6th-grade classroom.

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How I implement and run guided reading and small group in my middle school and upper elementary ELA classrooms

Discover what a powerful tool a reading log can be in 4th grade, 5th grade, 6th grade, middle school, and for homeschool students. Teachers can easily differentiate reading logs and tailor them to meet all students' needs. Find out how reading logs can be used even in social studies and science. Make reading logs work for you! Learn five easy ways to change up your reading logs so that they do much more than track minutes and page numbers. #readinglogs #5thgrade

Spiral Review is an effective teaching tool for keeping learning fresh! Learn more about spiral review for math, reading, and grammar.

Get organized with a daily and weekly ELA plan so that you feel confident and prepared. Planning the structure of a class period varies by unit. Start here!

Don't have time in your day to reach every student? My 10 Minute Reading Intervention resource can help you squeeze in lessons that are fast & effective!

Close Reading is an important skill in working with nonfiction text. In our new unit, students are expected to interact with nonfiction text in a way that encourages analysis and inferences. Close Reading means reading a text multiple times in order to deeply understand it. We have begun practicing this with news articles at a 5th grade reading level. This is the anchor chart they are using to remember the task for each reading. Reading #1 = Read for understanding. After this reading…

Check out this list of engaging short stories to use with 6th grade students from 2 Peas and a Dog.

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