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Materials You’ll Need for 6th Grade English Language Arts

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Back to School Supplies

Oh my goodness! It’s that time of year again; back to school we go! While I was at Target right after the 4th of July, I happened to see the employees setting up all of the back to school supplies. There’s just something about shiny new binders, crisp folders, clean paper, and the smell of a brand new box of Crayola crayons. Woohoo! (Can you see I went just a little bit crazy at Office Max last week?)

As you’re preparing for your classes, be sure to read the list of materials I’d like for you to make sure you have with you on a daily basis. You can check out materials list here. Enjoy what’s left of your summer!

Kennedy Middle School 6th Grade Language Arts Materials

Good Readers Flag with a Purpose

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good readers girl

Who’s ready to start a brand new unit? I am! We’re wrapping up The Great Fire and preparing to start reading Rick Riordan’s The Lightning Thief.

Here’s what we’ve covered with Jim Murphy’s The Great Fire:

  • How to build/activate prior knowledge before reading a text
  • Theme (message)
  • Infer (a logical guess based on information from the text and we know)
  • Collaborative Discussions
  • Close Reading

As we start our new unit, we should be active readers. Here’s the game plan:

Flag your Strategy

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1. Be sure to bring sticky flags or markers to class on Monday.

2. We will label our flags similar to the image above.

3. When we read, we will make sure we are active readers; let’s engage with the text!