6th Grade Communication Skills – Hilger/Greene
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
I can edit and revise
my article for a
newspaper
I can collaborate in
creating a newspaper
using my knowledge of
primary and secondary
sources.
I can identify and
distinguish between
primary and secondary
sources
How can I improve my
newspaper article?
What could I do different
next time I write a
newspaper article?
Which story would you
believe more; an
autobiography or a
biography?
Acceleration Strategy
Students will read selfselected text.
Students will give
suggestions to students
with troubling articles.
Students will discuss how
different points of view
change what is reported.
Revision Strategy
Students will use audio
books to improve
reading
comprehension and
fluency.
Students will correct their
articles through guided
practice. Students will
have printed notes on
primary sources.
Students will finish their
newspaper articles
through guided practice.
TEACHING STRATEGIES:
Students will learn
about small group and
independent activities.
Small group: students
will revise and edit their
articles with help from
the teacher.
Students will discover the
importance and
differences between
primary and secondary
sources.
Students will experience
primary sources and
discuss the importance of
secondary and primary
accounts.
SUMMARIZING STRATEGIES:
Students will
independently apply
their knowledge of
reading strategies and
nonfiction features.
Students will use their
knowledge of primary
and secondary sources to
finish their articles.
Students will reflect on
the activity, practice their
knowledge of nonfiction
and note the relationship
of nonfiction text.
VOCABULARY FOCUS:
Nonfiction features
Edit
Revise
Primary source
Secondary source
Tertiary source
Primary source
Secondary source
Tertiary source
Students will read
nonfiction articles for
homework.
Students will list primary
and secondary sources
known.
Students will indicate
whether their home
reading is a primary,
secondary, or tertiary
souce.
Learning Target
I can ….
Activating Strategy:
DIFFERENTIATION
RE-TEACHING FOCUS
Homelink (if necessary)
6th Grade Communication Skills – Hilger/Greene
Thursday
Friday
I can sort sources
between primary and
secondary.
I can apply my
knowledge on nonfiction
features, primary, and
secondary sources.
Why are primary
sources essential to
reporters and
historians?
List the types of primary
and secondary sources
you know.
Acceleration Strategy
Students will read self
selected text.
Students will read self
selected text.
Revision Strategy
Students will read and
listen to audio books
for comprehension
and fluency.
Students will have an
opportunity to study as a
group and will be read
test questions aloud.
TEACHING STRATEGIES:
Students will discover
examples of different
sources with different
versions of stories.
Students will review and
discuss their knowledge of
nonfiction features,
primary, secondary, and
tertiary sources.
SUMMARIZING STRATEGIES:
Students will sort
examples of sources
between secondary,
tertiary, and primary
sources.
Students will take an
open-note test on
nonfiction.
VOCABULARY FOCUS:
Primary
Secondary
Tertiary
Learning Target
I can ….
Activating Strategy:
DIFFERENTIATION
RE-TEACHING FOCUS
Homelink (if necessary)
Students will read
secondary sources for
homework.
Notes