Wecolme to Laura Collander's 6th Grade Classroom!
lcollander@csdnc.org
I am thrilled to be teaching at CSD after teaching for many years in Massachusetts, Colorado and North Carolina. I have taught grades 5 through college, but middle school is where my heart is!
Please be aware that our team uses Edmodo to communicate with our students and parents. This is a wonderful interactive tool very similar to Facebook but it is totally safe and only accessible by our students.
On Edmodo, we can post assignments, maintain a calendar,carry on real time conversations and post pictures of our wonderful students.
For this reason, this website is only used to give general information about the 6th grade LA curriculum.
6th Grade Language Arts and Social Studies Scope and Sequence
Global Theme : Perspective
| Language Arts | Social Studies |
| Navigating Text Fact vs. Opinion Main Idea Summarization Compare/ Contrast Word Study Composition and Language Skills Genre Emphasis: Poetry and Fiction | Geography |
| Digging Beneath the Surface Inferences and conclusions Literary Elements Narrative and Myth writing Word Study Vocabulary | Ancient Greece and Rome |
| Informational Reading Nonfiction and Historical Fiction Determining Important information Main Idea/ Summarization Primary/ Secondary Sources Genre Characteristics Book Clubs Informational writing and critical response | Middle Ages and Renaissance |
| Questioning the Author Bias/Propaganda Author’s intention Point of View Literary Non-fiction and Historical Fiction Book Clubs Informational and Expressive Writing and Presenting Public Speaking | WWI and WWII Holocaust |