Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“A Boy and a Mountain, Part 2”
SB 6a, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 23-27
“Thrills and Chills”
“The Quecreek Mine Disaster”
Independent Writing
“Static Electricity”
SB 6a, pp. 18-19; TR pp. 33-38
SB 6a, pp. 28-32; TR pp. 55-61
TR p. 60
SB 6b, pp. 47-48; TR pp. 22-26
“Contributions of Canadians”
“A Trading Nation”
“Famous Firsts in Flight”
“Painting a Picture”
“Safe and Smiling in the Great
Outdoors”
“Akla Gives Chase”
“Trial by Ice”
“The Great Blackout of 2003”
“Young Problem Solvers Taking
Action”
“An Eye in Space”
“Animal Groups Quiz”
“Creative Listening”
“Food Allergies”
SB 6b, pp.68-69; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6b, pp. 70-73; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6b, pp. 102-103;TR pp. 14-15
SB 6b, p. 122; TR pp. 54-58
SB 6a, pp. 124-126; TR pp. 61-66
“Acknowledging Different Points of
View”
“My Diary”
SB 6a, p. 17; TR pp. 28-32
“Listening for Information”
“Mike Lazaridis and the
Blackberry”
“Take Flight!”
“The Fun They Had”
SB 6b, p. 61; TR pp. 54-58
SB 6b, pp. 84-87; TR pp. 42-47
Page Reference
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
Oral Language
Identify purpose and form for
speaking
Suspense
Suspense
Suspense
“Thrills and Chills”
Transparency 3
Electricity
Listen in order to understand
and respond for a variety of
purposes
Adapt active listening
strategies to suit a range of
situations
Canada’s Links to the World
Canada’s Links to the World
Flight
Flight
Your Choices
“The Maple Tree Forever”
“NAFTA”
“Bush Pilots in Canada”
“Painting a Picture”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 30
Read-Aloud
Transparency 38
Suspense
Biography
Electricity
You in the World
Exploring Space
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Your Choices
Suspense
“What Is Biodiversity?”
“Creative Listening”
“Acknowledging Different Points of
View”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 10
Transparency 2
Biography
Electricity
Canada’s Links to the World
“Listening for Information”
“Joseph-Armand Bombardier”
Transparency 29
Transparency 32
Flight
Science Fiction
“Jet Planes”
“The Attack”
Transparency 34
Transparency 39
1 Whitewater Rosie
2 Dark Tree
3 Then There Were Three
4 Casey at the Bat
21 Lights Out!
22 Talk to Me
23 Your Body’s Electric
24 Electric Sky
SB 6a, pp. 33-40; TR pp. 62-72
SB 6b, pp. 34-40; TR pp. 64-73
SB 6b, pp. 62-66; TR pp. 59-66
SB 6c, pp. 95-100; TR pp. 60-68
SB 6c, pp. 123-126; TR pp. 61-67
SB 6a, pp. 42-43; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6a, p. 62; TR pp. 54-57
SB 6a, pp. 116-118; TR pp. 40-44
SB 6b, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 23-28
13 The Value of Pets
14 Playing It Safe!
Why
15 Be Money-Wise?
16 Grease Frightening
17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Born
to Play
18 Sir Frederick Banting: A
Hero of Science
19 Tom Longboat: Going for
Gold
20 Phyllis Munday: Reaching for
the Sky
SB 6b, pp. 104-108; TR pp. 17-23
SB 6c, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 17-23
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Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Space Technology
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Page Reference
Title
Page Reference
“Survival Equipment”
Transparency 44
“At Home on the International
Space Station, Part 1”
“Ryan’s Well, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 44-46; TR pp. 17-22
“Building on Different Points of
View”
“Space Travellers”
SB 6c, p. 94; TR pp. 56-59
SB 6a, p. 54; TR pp. 38-42
SB 6a, p. 55; TR p. 42
SB 6a, pp. 102-103; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6a, pp. 104-106; TR pp. 17-21
SB 6a, pp. 107-108; TR pp. 22-26
You in the World
You in the World
“Building on Different Points of View”
Transparency 52
Exploring Space
Communicate ideas and
information orally in a clear,
coherent manner
Biodiversity
“Staying In Touch with Nature”
Transparency 8
“Staying In Touch with Nature”
Your Choices
Your Choices
Your Choices
“Gossip”
“Stay in the Game”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 15
“Choosing Health”
“Operation Brainwash”
“The Babysitter’s Start-up Guide”
Your Choices
“Summarizing Important Information
in Conversations”
“Sunburn”
Your Choices
Transparency 16
Transparency 17
Your Choices
Your Choices
“Writing an Organized Paragraph”
Transparency 18
Your Choices
Your Choices
“What’s the Message?”
Transparency 19
Suspense
“The Great White Shark”
Transparency 4a
Suspense
First Nations and Early
Explorers
“The Beginning of the Fur Trade”
Read-Aloud
SB 6c, pp. 75-79; TR pp. 24-30
SB 6c, pp. 107-109; TR pp. 23-28
“Summarizing Important
Information in Conversations”
“The ‘What’ and ‘Why’ of SelfEsteem”
“Food Allergies”
SB 6a, p. 109; TR pp. 27-31
“Writing an Organized Paragraph”
SB 6a, pp. 119; TR pp. 45-50
TR p. 47
TR p. 48
SB 6a, pp. 120-121; TR pp. 51-55
TR p. 54
SB 6a, p. 122; TR pp. 56-60
SB 6a, p. 123; TR pp. 56-60
SB 6a, pp. 20-23; TR pp. 39-44
“Reading the Signals”
Independent Writing
“What’s the Message?”
Independent Reading
“A Visit from the Slave Catcher,
Part 1”
“A Visit from the Slave Catcher,
Part 2”
“Ask the Artists”
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
41 Animals in Danger!
42 Running Around the World
43 Putting and End to Child
Labour
44 Do You Know Where Your
Food Comes From?
45 Many Moons
46 Space Taxi
47 A Star Is Born
48 Life Beyond Earth?
13 The Value of Pets
14 Playing It Safe!
Why
15 Be Money-Wise?
16 Grease Frightening
SB 6a, pp. 110-115; TR pp. 32-39
SB 6a, pp. 116-118; TR pp. 40-44
SB 6a, pp. 24-26; TR pp. 45-49
13 The Value of Pets
14 Playing It Safe!
Why
15 Be Money-Wise?
16 Grease Frightening
1 Whitewater Rosie
2 Dark Tree
3 Then There Were Three
4 Casey at the Bat
SB 6a, pp. 68-69; TR pp. 14-15
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Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Page Reference
Title
Page Reference
First Nations and Early
Explorers
First Nations and Early
Explorers
European Explorers
Transparency 11
“The First Peoples of Canada”
SB 6a, pp. 70-75; TR pp. 17-24
“First Nations and First Contacts:
SB 6a, pp. 76-80; TR pp. 25-31
First Nations and Early
Explorers
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Biography
Art Speaks
Transparency 12
“Art Speaks”
SB 6a, pp.82-83; TR p. 35
Two Different Worldviews
Transparency 13
SB 6a, pp. 84-86; TR pp. 37-41
“Identifying and Defining Voice”
Transparency 21
“Searching for the Northwest
Passage”
“Identifying and Defining Voice”
Nelson Literacy Unit
SB 6b, pp. 17-18; TR pp. 29- 33
TR p. 31
TR p.32
SB 6b, pp. 19-21; TR pp. 35-40
TR p. 39
Biography
“How I Became a Writer”
Biography
“Sidney Crosby: “The Next One”?”
SB 6b, pp. 29-31; TR pp. 53-58
“Mother Goose Makes Good”
“Contributions of Canadians”
“Animation: Made in Canada,
Exported to the World”
SB 6b, pp. 52-53; TR pp. 38-42
SB 6b, pp.68-69; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6b, pp. 88-93;TR pp. 48-55
“Mapping Canada’s Links”
SB 6b, pp. 94-95;TR pp. 56-60
SB 6b, p. 95; TR p. 59
SB 6b, pp. 109-112; TR pp. 24-30
Electricity
Canada’s Links to the World
Canada’s Links to the World
Canada’s Links to the World
“The Maple Tree Forever”
“Who Travels to Canada? Where do
Canadians Travel?”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 33
Flight
Flight
“How Airplanes and Helicopters
Fly”
“Points of View”
Transparency 36
“Up in the Air”
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
9 Fishing on the Northwest
Coast
10 Aboriginal Peoples in
Eastern Canada
11 Potlatch and Trade
12 Christopher Columbus
17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Born
to Play
18 Sir Frederick Banting: A
Hero of Science
19 Tom Longboat: Going for
Gold
20 Phyllis Munday: Reaching for
the Sky
17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Born
to Play
18 Sir Frederick Banting: A
Hero of Science
19 Tom Longboat: Going for
Gold
20 Phyllis Munday: Reaching for
the Sky
25 Representing Canada
26 Canada’s Game Goes Far
and Wide
27 Canadians Win the Nobel
Prize
28 Canada’s Help to the World
29 One Plane, Supersized, to
Go!
30 Flying Animals
31 Kites
32 Flying for Fun
SB 6b, pp. 114-115; TR pp. 37-41
SB 6b, p. 115; TR p. 40
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Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Page Reference
Title
Page Reference
Flight
“Points of View”
Transparency 36
“Up in the Air”
Flight
Flight
“Ultralight Airplanes”
Transparency 37
“Up, Up, and Away!”
“How to Build a Bird”
SB 6b, pp. 114-115; TR pp. 37-41
SB 6b, p. 115; TR p. 40
SB 6b, pp. 116-118; TR pp. 42-47
SB 6b, pp. 119-121; TR pp. 48-53
“The Water Traders’ Dream”
SB 6c, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 24-28
“Little Green Men”
“Quiz: From Space to Earth”
“At Home on the International
Space Station, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 23-27; TR pp. 50-56
SB 6c, pp. 42-43; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6c, pp. 47-49; TR pp. 23-28
“Exploring Mars”
SB 6c, pp. 59-62; TR pp. 52-57
TR p. 57
SB 6c, pp. 68-69; TR pp. 12-15
SB 6c, pp. 80-81; TR pp. 31-36
TR p. 34
TR p. 34
SB 6c, pp. 82-87; TR pp. 37-44
Nelson Literacy Unit
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
Space Technology
Space Technology
“Song of the Sea”
“To the Moon…and Beyond”
Transparency 43
Read-Aloud
Space Technology
You in the World
You in the World
“A Plea for Our Planet”
“Distinguishing Between Revising
and Editing”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 49
“Getting Involved”
“Distinguishing Between Revising
and Editing”
You in the World
“The Polar Bear Problem”
Transparency 50
You in the World
Exploring Space
Exploring Space
“Messages on Wheels”
“Stars and Planets”
Transparency 51
Transparency 53
“Solving the Puzzle of Global
Warming”
“Messages on Wheels”
“Our Solar System”
“Space Travellers”
Exploring Space
“Using Charts”
Transparency 54
“Using Charts”
Exploring Space
Exploring Space
“Look at Me!”
Transparency 55
“Cycles in Space”
“Look at Me!”
Exploring Space
“Giving a Multimedia Presentation”
Exploring Space
Exploring Space
“The Sun”
Transparencies 56a
and 56b
Transparency 57
SB 6c, pp. 92-93; TR pp. 51-55
SB 6c, pp. 104-106; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6c, pp. 107-109; TR pp. 23-28
“Giving a Multimedia Presentation”
SB 6c, p. 110; TR pp. 29-34
TR p. 31
TR p. 32
SB 6c, pp. 111-113; TR pp. 35-40
SB 6c, p. 114; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p. 115; TR p. 44
SB 6c, pp. 116-117; TR pp. 46-50
“Exploring Space: Is it Worth it?”
“Goodbye, Planet Pluto”
SB 6c, pp. 118-199; TR pp. 51-55
SB 6c, pp. 120-122; TR pp. 56-60
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
29 One Plane, Supersized, to
Go!
30 Flying Animals
31 Kites
32 Flying for Fun
33 Master Computer
34 School of the Future
35 A Trip to the Past
36 Space Settlement
37 Keeping Astronauts Clean
38 Out-of-This-World-Food!
39 From Space Down to Earth
40 Missions to Jupiter and
Saturn
45 Many Moons
46 Space Taxi
47 A Star Is Born
48 Life Beyond Earth?
45 Many Moons
46 Space Taxi
47 A Star Is Born
48 Life Beyond Earth?
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Nelson Literacy 6
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Page Reference
Title
Page Reference
Science Fiction
“Using Body Language and
Gestures”
Transparency 42
“Using Body Language and
Gestures”
SB 6c, p. 22; TR pp. 46-49
Biography
“Inferring Point of View”
Transparency 22
“Inferring Point of View”
SB 6b, p. 22; TR pp. 41-44
Exploring Space
“The Sun”
Transparency 57
“Exploring Space: Is it Worth it?”
SB 6c, pp. 118-199; TR pp. 51-55
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
“What Is Biodiversity?”
“Purple Frogs”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 6
“Animal Groups Quiz”
“Scientific Classification”
“Animals: Invertebrates and
Vertebrates”
SB 6a, pp. 42-43; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6a, pp. 44-47; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6a, pp. 48-50; TR pp. 23-27
Biodiversity
“Planning for Concise Writing”
Transparency 7
“Planning for Concise Writing”
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
“Sponges”
Transparency 9
“Marvellous Mouths”
“Coyotes: The Super Adapters”
Sb 6a, p. 51; TR pp. 28-32
TR p. 30
TR p. 31
SB 6a, pp. 56-58; TR pp. 43-47
SB 6a, pp. 59-61; TR pp. 48-53
Suspense
Suspense
Suspense
Read-Aloud
Transparency 1
Transparency 2
Suspense
“Hero at Deadman’s Bridge”
“Empty Fears”
“Acknowledging Different Points of
View”
“Clarifying Ideas”
Biography
Biography
“Grey Owl: Ecology’s Friend”
“J.K. Rowling”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 20
Biography
“Hockey Collectibles”
Transparency 24
“What Is Suspense”
“A Boy and a Mountain, Part 1”
“Acknowledging Different Points of
View”
“Clarifying Ideas”
Shared Writing
Guided or Independent Writing
“Biography Snapshots”
“Nellie McClung and the Fight for
Women’s Rights”
“Hockey Collectibles”
Electricity
Read-Aloud
“Shocking Situations”
Electricity
Electricity
“The First Truly Electric Musical
Instrument”
“Superhero Static”
“Lights Kill Birds”
Transparency 25
Transparency 26
“What Is Electricity?”
“Zapped!”
Electricity
“Solar Energy”
Transparency 28
“Where Does Electricity Come
From?”
“The Future of Energy”
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Interpret oral texts by using
stated and implied ideas from
the texts
Evaluate how well oral texts
communicate ideas and
information
Identify and use vocal effects
to help communicate meaning
Demonstrate an
understanding of appropriate
speaking behaviour
Electricity
Transparency 5
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
33 Master Computer
34 School of the Future
35 A Trip to the Past
36 Space Settlement
5 Meet the Muskox
6 Hilarious Honkers
7 Dragon Alert
8 The Truth About Bugs
5 Meet the Muskox
6 Hilarious Honkers
7 Dragon Alert
8 The Truth About Bugs
SB 6a, pp. 8-9; TR pp. 12-15
SB 6a, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6a, p. 17; TR pp. 28-32
SB 6a, p. 27; TR pp. 50-53
TR p. 52
TR p. 52
SB 6b, pp. 8-9; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6b, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6b, pp. 32-33; TR pp. 59-63
SB 6b, p. 33; TR p. 62
SB 6b, pp. 42-43; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6b, pp. 44-46; TR pp. 17-21
SB 6b, pp. 49-50; TR pp. 27-31
SB 6b, p. 50; TR p. 30
SB 6b, pp. 54-56; TR pp. 43-47
SB 6b, pp. 57-60; TR pp. 48-53
21 Lights Out!
22 Talk to Me
23 Your Body’s Electric
24 Electric Sky
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Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“How to Build a Bird”
SB 6b, pp. 119-121; TR pp. 48-53
SB 6c, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 12-15
SB 6c, pp. 16-18; TR pp. 29-34
SB 6c, pp. 20-21; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p.21; TR p. 44
SB 6c, pp. 42-43; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6c, pp. 50-52; TR pp. 29-34
SB 6c, pp. 56-57; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p. 57; TR p. 44
SB 6c, pp. 68-69; TR pp. 12-15
SB 6c, pp. 70-74; TR pp. 17-23
SB 6c, p. 94; TR pp. 56-59
Page Reference
Flight
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
“The Zoo”
Read-Aloud
“You Be the Judge”
Transparency 41
“There’s No Place Like Home”
“They’re Made out of Meat”
“You Be the Judge”
Space Technology
Space Technology
Space Technology
“To the Moon…and Beyond”
“Working in Space”
“Blast Off for Fun”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 45
Transparency 46
“Quiz: From Space to Earth”
“Suit Up for Space, Part 1”
“Blast Off for fun”
You in the World
You in the World
You in the World
“A Plea for Our Planet”
“Save the Children”
“Building on Different Points of View”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 48
Transparency 52
Exploring Space
Electricity
Canada’s Links to the World
Canada’s Links to the World
“Moons”
“Listening for Information”
“The Maple Tree Forever”
“NAFTA”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 29
Read-Aloud
Transparency 30
“Getting Involved”
“Ryan’s Well, Part 1”
“Building on Different Points of
View”
“Space Quiz”
“Listening for Information”
“Contributions of Canadians”
“A Trading Nation”
Identify point of view in oral
texts, and suggest possible
perspectives
Identify helpful strategies to
improve oral communication
skills
Biography
“Inferring Point of View”
Transparency 22
“Inferring Point of View”
SB 6b, p. 22; TR pp. 41-44
“Suit Up for Space, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 53-55; TR pp. 35-40
Extend understanding by
connecting/comparing/contras
ting texts to self/text/world
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
“Purple Frogs”
“Scientific Classification”
“Animals: Invertebrates and
Vertebrates”
SB 6a, pp. 44-47; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6a, pp. 48-50; TR pp. 23-27
Your Choices
Your Choices
“Gossip”
“Sunburn”
“Choosing Health”
“The ‘What’ and ‘Why’ of SelfEsteem”
“Food Allergies”
SB 6a, pp. 102-103; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6a, pp. 110-115; TR pp. 32-39
“A Boy and a Mountain, Part 1”
SB 6a, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 17-22
Identify purposes for listening
and set goals for listening
tasks
Space Technology
Transparency 6
Read-Aloud
Transparency 17
Your Choices
Suspense
“Empty Fears”
Transparency 1
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
29 One Plane, Supersized, to
Go!
30 Flying Animals
31 Kites
32 Flying for Fun
SB 6c, pp. 102-103; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6b, p. 61; TR pp. 54-58
SB 6b, pp.68-69; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6b, pp. 70-73; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6a, pp. 116-118; TR pp. 40-44
37 Keeping Astronauts Clean
38 Out-of-This-World-Food!
39 From Space Down to Earth
40 Missions to Jupiter and
Saturn
5 Meet the Muskox
6 Hilarious Honkers
7 Dragon Alert
8 The Truth About Bugs
13 The Value of Pets
14 Playing It Safe!
Why
15 Be Money-Wise?
16 Grease Frightening
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Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“A Boy and a Mountain, Part 2”
SB 6a, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 23-27
“Space Quiz”
“Exploring Space: Is it Worth it?”
“Goodbye, Planet Pluto”
SB 6c, pp. 102-103; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6c, pp. 118-199; TR pp. 51-55
SB 6c, pp. 120-122; TR pp. 56-60
SB 6b, pp. 8-9; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6b, pp. 82-83; TR pp. 37- 41
TR p. 40
SB 6a, p. 62; TR pp. 54-57
SB 6a, p. 109; TR pp. 27-31
Page Reference
Suspense
Extend understanding by
connecting ideas in oral texts
to self/text/world
Identify/use comprehension
strategies to clarify meaning
of oral texts
Exploring Space
Exploring Space
Exploring Space
“Moons”
“The Sun”
Biography
Canada’s Links to the World
“Grey Owl: Ecology’s Friend”
Read-Aloud
“Biography Snapshots”
“Meet the Neighbours”
Biodiversity
Your Choices
“Creative Listening”
“Summarizing Important Information
in Conversations”
“Inferring Point of View”
Transparency 10
Transparency 16
“Creative Listening”
“Summarizing Important
Information in Conversations”
“Inferring Point of View”
Biography
Identify interconnected
literacy skills that improve oral
communication
Use speaking skills to
communicate for a variety of
purposes
Read-Aloud
Transparency 57
Transparency 22
Your Choices
Canada’s Links to the World
Flight
Suspense
Science Fiction
Exploring Space
Identify a variety of purposes
for speaking
Analyze the effect of
presentation strategies in oral
texts on audiences
Use appropriate non-verbal
cues to enhance meaning
Use interesting, inclusive and
non-discriminatory oral
language
“Safe and Smiling in the Great
Outdoors”
“Medécins Sans Frontières
(MSF)”
“Wright Flight”
“Akla Gives Chase”
“A World of Difference”
“An Eye in Space”
SB 6a, pp. 124-126; TR pp. 61-66
SB 6b, pp. 123-126; TR pp. 59-65
SB 6a, pp. 33-40; TR pp. 62-72
SB 6c, pp. 32-40; TR pp. 63-74
SB 6c, pp. 123-126; TR pp. 61-67
Transparencies 56a
and 56b
“Giving a Multimedia Presentation”
SB 6c, pp. 116-117; TR pp. 46-50
Science Fiction
“Using Body Language and
Gestures”
Transparency 42
“Using Body Language and
Gestures”
SB 6c, p. 22; TR pp. 46-49
“The Top of the World”
SB 6b, pp. 74-79; TR pp. 23-30
“Painting a Picture”
SB 6b, p. 122; TR pp. 54-58
“Painting a Picture”
Transparency 38
45 Many Moons
46 Space Taxi
47 A Star Is Born
48 Life Beyond Earth?
SB 6b, pp. 96-100; TR pp. 61-68
“Giving a Multimedia Presentation”
Flight
1 Whitewater Rosie
2 Dark Tree
3 Then There Were Three
4 Casey at the Bat
SB 6b, p. 22; TR pp. 41-44
Exploring Space
Canada’s Links to the World
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
33 Master Computer
34 School of the Future
35 A Trip to the Past
36 Space Settlement
25 Representing Canada
26 Canada’s Game Goes Far
and Wide
27 Canadians Win the Nobel
Prize
28 Canada’s Help to the World
Page 7 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
You in the World
“Making a Difference”
SB 6c, pp. 88-91; TR pp. 45-50
First Nations and Early
Explorers
“Fur Trading in Canada”
SB 6a, pp. 96-100; TR pp. 59-66
“Searching for the Northwest
Passage”
“Wilderness Survival”
SB 6a, pp. 84-86; TR pp. 37-41
“Nellie McClung and the Fight for
Women’s Rights”
“The Fun They Had”
“The Water Traders’ Dream”
SB 6b, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 17-22
“They’re Made out of Meat”
“My Diary”
SB 6c, pp. 16-18; TR pp. 29-34
SB 6b, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 23-28
Nelson Literacy Unit
Page Reference
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
41 Animals in Danger!
42 Running Around the World
43 Putting and End to Child
Labour
44 Do You Know Where Your
Food Comes From?
Reading
Use knowledge of words and
cueing systems to read
fluently
Analyze/explain how the
characteristics of texts help
communicate meaning
Analyze how the
characteristics of texts help
communicate meaning
Make supported
judgments/draw conclusions
about ideas in texts
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Biography
Two Different Worldviews
Transparency 13
Biography
“J.K. Rowling”
Transparency 20
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
“The Attack”
Transparency 39
Science Fiction
Biography
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Biography
Biography
Electricity
SB 6a, pp. 87-79; TR pp. 42-46
SB 6c, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 17-23
SB 6c, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 24-28
European Explorers
Transparency 11
“The First Peoples of Canada”
SB 6a, pp. 70-75; TR pp. 17-24
“Louis Braille”
Transparency 23
“The Story of Iqbal Masih”
“Sidney Crosby: “The Next One”?”
SB 6b , pp. 23-28; TR pp. 45-52
SB 6b, pp. 29-31; TR pp. 53-58
“Mother Goose Makes Good”
SB 6b, pp. 52-53; TR pp. 38-42
9 Fishing on the Northwest
Coast
10 Aboriginal Peoples in
Eastern Canada
11 Potlatch and Trade
12 Christopher Columbus
33 Master Computer
34 School of the Future
35 A Trip to the Past
36 Space Settlement
17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Born
to Play
18 Sir Frederick Banting: A
Hero of Science
19 Tom Longboat: Going for
Gold
20 Phyllis Munday: Reaching for
the Sky
17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Born
to Play
18 Sir Frederick Banting: A
Hero of Science
19 Tom Longboat: Going for
Gold
20 Phyllis Munday: Reaching for
the Sky
Page 8 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Space Technology
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Page Reference
Title
Page Reference
“Survival Equipment”
Transparency 44
“At Home on the International
Space Station, Part 1”
“At Home on the International
Space Station, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 44-46; TR pp. 17-22
“Ryan’s Well, Part 1”
“Ryan’s Well, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 70-74; TR pp. 17-23
SB 6c, pp. 75-79; TR pp. 24-30
“Solving the Puzzle of Global
Warming”
“What’s the Message?”
Independent Reading
“What Is Suspense”
“First Nations and First Contacts:
SB 6c, pp. 82-87; TR pp. 37-44
“The Story of Iqbal Masih”
“Sidney Crosby: “The Next One”?”
SB 6b , pp. 23-28; TR pp. 45-52
SB 6b, pp. 29-31; TR pp. 53-58
“What Is Electricity?”
“Static Electricity”
SB 6b, pp. 44-46; TR pp. 17-21
SB 6b, pp. 47-48; TR pp. 22-26
Space Technology
Develop interpretations about
texts using stated and implied
ideas
Read a variety of texts from
diverse cultures
You in the World
You in the World
“Save the Children”
You in the World
“The Polar Bear Problem”
Transparency 50
Your Choices
“What’s the Message?”
Transparency 19
Suspense
First Nations and Early
Explorers
“Hero at Deadman’s Bridge”
Read-Aloud
Biography
Biography
“Louis Braille”
Electricity
Electricity
“Superhero Static”
Suspense
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Biography
“Hero at Deadman’s Bridge”
“The Beginning of the Fur Trade”
Read-Aloud
Read-Aloud
“What Is Suspense”
“Ask the Artists”
SB 6a, pp. 8-9; TR pp. 12-15
SB 6a, pp. 68-69; TR pp. 14-15
“Hockey Collectibles”
Transparency 24
“Hockey Collectibles”
Electricity
“The First Truly Electric Musical
Instrument”
“Bush Pilots in Canada”
Read-Aloud
“Shocking Situations”
SB 6b, pp. 32-33; TR pp. 59-63
SB 6b, p. 33; TR p. 62
SB 6b, pp. 42-43; TR pp. 14-15
Read-Aloud
“Famous Firsts in Flight”
SB 6b, pp. 102-103;TR pp. 14-15
Flight
Transparency 48
SB 6c, pp. 47-49; TR pp. 23-28
Transparency 23
Transparency 25
SB 6a, p. 122; TR pp. 56-60
SB 6a, p. 123; TR pp. 56-60
SB 6a, pp. 8-9; TR pp. 12-15
SB 6a, pp. 76-80; TR pp. 25-31
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
37 Keeping Astronauts Clean
38 Out-of-This-World-Food!
39 From Space Down to Earth
40 Missions to Jupiter and
Saturn
41 Animals in Danger!
42 Running Around the World
43 Putting and End to Child
Labour
44 Do You Know Where Your
Food Comes From?
9 Fishing on the Northwest
Coast
10 Aboriginal Peoples in
Eastern Canada
11 Potlatch and Trade
12 Christopher Columbus
17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Born
to Play
18 Sir Frederick Banting: A
Hero of Science
19 Tom Longboat: Going for
Gold
20 Phyllis Munday: Reaching for
the Sky
21 Lights Out!
22 Talk to Me
23 Your Body’s Electric
24 Electric Sky
Page 9 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“How Airplanes and Helicopters
Fly”
SB 6b, pp. 109-112; TR pp. 24-30
“There’s No Place Like Home”
“Suit Up for Space, Part 1”
“Suit Up for Space, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 12-15
SB 6c, pp. 50-52; TR pp. 29-34
SB 6c, pp. 53-55; TR pp. 35-40
SB 6c, p. 58; TR pp. 46-51
TR p. 48
TR p. 49
SB 6c, p. 94; TR pp. 56-59
Page Reference
Flight
Identify and explain how text
features help readers
understand texts
Science Fiction
Space Technology
Space Technology
“The Zoo”
“Working in Space”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 45
Space Technology
“Analyzing Elements of Fluency”
Transparency 47
“Analyzing Elements of Fluency”
You in the World
“Building on Different Points of View”
Transparency 52
Exploring Space
“Moons”
Read-Aloud
“Building on Different Points of
View”
“Space Quiz”
First Nations and Early
Explorers
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Two Different Worldviews
Transparency 13
SB 6a, pp. 84-86; TR pp. 37-41
First Nations and Early
Explorers
“Strangers on the Coast”
SB 6a, pp. 92-95; TR pp. 53-58
Electricity
“The Future of Energy”
SB 6b, pp. 57-60; TR pp. 48-53
“Suit Up for Space, Part 1”
“Suit Up for Space, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 50-52; TR pp. 29-34
SB 6c, pp. 53-55; TR pp. 35-40
“Solving the Puzzle of Global
Warming”
“Using Charts”
SB 6c, pp. 82-87; TR pp. 37-44
“Working in Space”
Transparency 45
You in the World
“The Polar Bear Problem”
Transparency 50
Exploring Space
“Using Charts”
Transparency 54
29 One Plane, Supersized, to
Go!
30 Flying Animals
31 Kites
32 Flying for Fun
37 Keeping Astronauts Clean
38 Out-of-This-World-Food!
39 From Space Down to Earth
40 Missions to Jupiter and
Saturn
SB 6c, pp. 102-103; TR pp. 14-15
“Searching for the Northwest
Passage”
“Wilderness Survival”
Space Technology
Space Technology
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
SB 6a, pp. 87-79; TR pp. 42-46
9 Fishing on the Northwest
Coast
10 Aboriginal Peoples in
Eastern Canada
11 Potlatch and Trade
12 Christopher Columbus
9 Fishing on the Northwest
Coast
10 Aboriginal Peoples in
Eastern Canada
11 Potlatch and Trade
12 Christopher Columbus
21 Lights Out!
22 Talk to Me
23 Your Body’s Electric
24 Electric Sky
37 Keeping Astronauts Clean
38 Out-of-This-World-Food!
39 From Space Down to Earth
40 Missions to Jupiter and
Saturn
SB 6c, p. 110; TR pp. 29-34
TR p. 31
TR p. 32
Page 10 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Use a variety of strategies to
understand texts
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Page Reference
Title
Page Reference
Exploring Space
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Suspense
Suspense
“Purple Frogs”
“Sponges”
“Empty Fears”
Transparency 6
Transparency 9
Transparency 1
“Cycles in Space”
“Scientific Classification”
“Marvellous Mouths”
“A Boy and a Mountain, Part 1”
“A Boy and a Mountain, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 111-113; TR pp. 35-40
SB 6a, pp. 44-47; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6a, pp. 56-58; TR pp. 43-47
SB 6a, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6a, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 23-27
Suspense
“The Great White Shark”
“A Visit from the Slave Catcher,
Part 1”
“A Visit from the Slave Catcher,
Part 2”
SB 6a, pp. 20-23; TR pp. 39-44
“What Is Electricity?”
“Static Electricity”
SB 6b, pp. 44-46; TR pp. 17-21
SB 6b, pp. 47-48; TR pp. 22-26
“A Trading Nation”
“The Top of the World”
SB 6b, pp. 70-73; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6b, pp. 74-79; TR pp. 23-30
“Mike Lazaridis and the
Blackberry”
“Take Flight!”
“How Airplanes and Helicopters
Fly”
SB 6b, pp. 84-87; TR pp. 42-47
“The Fun They Had”
“At Home on the International
Space Station, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 17-23
SB 6c, pp. 47-49; TR pp. 23-28
“Ryan’s Well, Part 1”
“Our Solar System”
“Blond, Furry, and Deep in the
Ocean”
“Marvellous Mouths”
“Operation Brainwash”
SB 6c, pp. 70-74; TR pp. 17-23
SB 6c, pp. 104-106; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6a, pp. 52-53; TR pp. 33-37
TR p. 36
SB 6a, pp. 56-58; TR pp. 43-47
SB 6a, pp. 104-106; TR pp. 17-21
Nelson Literacy Unit
Transparency 4a
Suspense
Demonstrate understanding
of texts by summarizing and
explaining ideas
Electricity
Electricity
“Superhero Static”
Transparency 25
Canada’s Links to the World
Canada’s Links to the World
“NAFTA”
Canada’s Links to the World
“Joseph-Armand Bombardier”
Transparency 32
Flight
Flight
“Jet Planes”
Transparency 34
Science Fiction
Space Technology
“The Attack”
You in the World
Exploring Space
Biodiversity
“Save the Children”
“Stars and Planets”
Transparency 48
Transparency 53
Biodiversity
Your Choices
“Sponges”
“Stay in the Game”
Transparency 9
Transparency 15
Transparency 30
Transparency 39
SB 6a, pp. 24-26; TR pp. 45-49
SB 6b, pp. 104-108; TR pp. 17-23
SB 6b, pp. 109-112; TR pp. 24-30
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
1 Whitewater Rosie
2 Dark Tree
3 Then There Were Three
4 Casey at the Bat
1 Whitewater Rosie
2 Dark Tree
3 Then There Were Three
4 Casey at the Bat
21 Lights Out!
22 Talk to Me
23 Your Body’s Electric
24 Electric Sky
25 Representing Canada
26 Canada’s Game Goes Far
and Wide
27 Canadians Win the Nobel
Prize
28 Canada’s Help to the World
29 One Plane, Supersized, to
Go!
30 Flying Animals
31 Kites
32 Flying for Fun
37 Keeping Astronauts Clean
38 Out-of-This-World-Food!
39 From Space Down to Earth
40 Missions to Jupiter and
Saturn
Page 11 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
Your Choices
“The Babysitter’s Start-up Guide”
SB 6a, pp. 107-108; TR pp. 22-26
Suspense
“The Quecreek Mine Disaster”
Independent Writing
“A Trading Nation”
“The Top of the World”
SB 6a, pp. 28-32; TR pp. 55-61
TR p. 60
SB 6b, pp. 70-73; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6b, pp. 74-79; TR pp. 23-30
You in the World
“Ryan’s Well, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 75-79; TR pp. 24-30
You in the World
“Making a Difference”
SB 6c, pp. 88-91; TR pp. 45-50
“Little Green Men”
“Sponsored”
SB 6c, pp. 23-27; TR pp. 50-56
SB 6c, pp. 28-31; TR pp. 57-62
“A Visit from the Slave Catcher,
Part 1”
“A Visit from the Slave Catcher,
Part 2”
SB 6a, pp. 20-23; TR pp. 39-44
“The First Peoples of Canada”
SB 6a, pp. 70-75; TR pp. 17-24
“First Nations and First Contacts:
SB 6a, pp. 76-80; TR pp. 25-31
Nelson Literacy Unit
Canada’s Links to the World
Canada’s Links to the World
“NAFTA”
Demonstrate understanding
of texts by summarizing ideas
Science Fiction
Science Fiction
“Song of the Sea”
Analyze how different
elements in texts contribute to
meaning
Suspense
“The Great White Shark”
Page Reference
Transparency 30
Transparency 43
Transparency 4a
Suspense
First Nations and Early
Explorers
First Nations and Early
Explorers
European Explorers
Transparency 11
SB 6a, pp. 24-26; TR pp. 45-49
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
13 The Value of Pets
14 Playing It Safe!
Why
15 Be Money-Wise?
16 Grease Frightening
25 Representing Canada
26 Canada’s Game Goes Far
and Wide
27 Canadians Win the Nobel
Prize
28 Canada’s Help to the World
41 Animals in Danger!
42 Running Around the World
43 Putting and End to Child
Labour
44 Do You Know Where Your
Food Comes From?
41 Animals in Danger!
42 Running Around the World
43 Putting and End to Child
Labour
44 Do You Know Where Your
Food Comes From?
33 Master Computer
34 School of the Future
35 A Trip to the Past
36 Space Settlement
1 Whitewater Rosie
2 Dark Tree
3 Then There Were Three
4 Casey at the Bat
9 Fishing on the Northwest
Coast
10 Aboriginal Peoples in
Eastern Canada
11 Potlatch and Trade
12 Christopher Columbus
Page 12 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“Sponsored”
SB 6c, pp. 28-31; TR pp. 57-62
“Operation Brainwash”
“Acknowledging Different Points of
View”
“Clarifying Ideas”
Shared Writing
Guided or Independent Writing
“Using Strong Words”
SB 6a, pp. 104-106; TR pp. 17-21
SB 6a, p. 17; TR pp. 28-32
Page Reference
Science Fiction
Choose reading materials for
a variety of purposes
Your Choices
Suspense
Transparency 15
Transparency 2
Suspense
“Stay in the Game”
“Acknowledging Different Points of
View”
“Clarifying Ideas”
Canada’s Links to the World
“Using Strong Words”
Transparencies 31a
and 31b
Transparency 5
Canada’s Links to the World
Canada’s Links to the World
Identify helpful strategies for
before, during and after
reading
Explain how elements of style
help communicate meaning
Flight
Flight
Biodiversity
“Meet the Neighbours”
“Who Travels to Canada? Where do
Canadians Travel?”
“Jet Planes”
“Ultralight Airplanes”
Transparency 33
“Mapping Canada’s Links”
Transparency 34
Transparency 37
“Take Flight!”
“Up, Up, and Away!”
“Animals: Invertebrates and
Vertebrates”
SB 6a, p. 27; TR pp. 50-53
TR p. 52
TR p. 52
SB 6b, pp. 80-81; TR pp. 31-36
TR p 34
TR p. 35
SB 6b, pp. 82-83; TR pp. 37- 41
TR p. 40
SB 6b, pp. 94-95;TR pp. 56-60
SB 6b, p. 95; TR p. 59
SB 6b, pp. 104-108; TR pp. 17-23
SB 6b, pp. 116-118; TR pp. 42-47
SB 6a, pp. 48-50; TR pp. 23-27
Biodiversity
“Coyotes: The Super Adapters”
SB 6a, pp. 59-61; TR pp. 48-53
First Nations and Early
Explorers
“Strangers on the Coast”
SB 6a, pp. 92-95; TR pp. 53-58
“Identifying and Defining Voice”
SB 6b, pp. 17-18; TR pp. 29- 33
TR p. 31
TR p.32
SB 6b, pp. 19-21; TR pp. 35-40
TR p. 39
Biography
“Identifying and Defining Voice”
Transparency 21
Biography
Electricity
“How I Became a Writer”
“Putting Voice into Flat Writing”
Transparency 27
“Putting Voice into Flat Writing”
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
33 Master Computer
34 School of the Future
35 A Trip to the Past
36 Space Settlement
5 Meet the Muskox
6 Hilarious Honkers
7 Dragon Alert
8 The Truth About Bugs
5 Meet the Muskox
6 Hilarious Honkers
7 Dragon Alert
8 The Truth About Bugs
9 Fishing on the Northwest
Coast
10 Aboriginal Peoples in
Eastern Canada
11 Potlatch and Trade
12 Christopher Columbus
17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Born
to Play
18 Sir Frederick Banting: A
Hero of Science
19 Tom Longboat: Going for
Gold
20 Phyllis Munday: Reaching for
the Sky
SB 6b, p. 51; TR pp. 32-37
TR p. 34
TR p. 35
Page 13 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Page Reference
Title
Page Reference
Electricity
Flight
“Using Terminology”
Transparency 35
“Mother Goose Makes Good”
“Using Terminology”
Science Fiction
“Fixing Run-On Sentences”
Transparency 40
“Fixing Run-On Sentences”
Space Technology
“Analyzing Elements of Fluency”
Transparency 47
“Analyzing Elements of Fluency”
SB 6b, pp. 52-53; TR pp. 38-42
SB 6b, p. 113; TR pp. 31-36
TR p. 33
TR p. 34
SB 6c, p. 19; TR pp. 35-40
TR p. 37
TR p. 38
SB 6c, p. 58; TR pp. 46-51
TR p. 48
TR p. 49
SB 6c, pp. 59-62; TR pp. 52-57
TR p. 57
SB 6c, pp. 80-81; TR pp. 31-36
TR p. 34
TR p. 34
SB 6a, pp. 56-58; TR pp. 43-47
SB 6a, pp. 59-61; TR pp. 48-53
Nelson Literacy Unit
Space Technology
Identify text patterns and
explain how they help readers
“Exploring Mars”
You in the World
“Distinguishing Between Revising
and Editing”
Transparency 49
“Distinguishing Between Revising
and Editing”
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
“Sponges”
Transparency 9
“Marvellous Mouths”
“Coyotes: The Super Adapters”
Your Choices
“Sunburn”
Transparency 17
“The ‘What’ and ‘Why’ of SelfEsteem”
“Food Allergies”
SB 6a, pp. 110-115; TR pp. 32-39
Biography
“Reading the Signals”
Independent Writing
“My Diary”
SB 6a, pp. 120-121; TR pp. 51-55
TR p. 54
SB 6b, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 23-28
Electricity
“The Future of Energy”
SB 6b, pp. 57-60; TR pp. 48-53
“Mike Lazaridis and the
Blackberry”
SB 6b, pp. 84-87; TR pp. 42-47
Your Choices
Your Choices
Canada’s Links to the World
“Joseph-Armand Bombardier”
Transparency 32
SB 6a, pp. 116-118; TR pp. 40-44
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
5 Meet the Muskox
6 Hilarious Honkers
7 Dragon Alert
8 The Truth About Bugs
13 The Value of Pets
14 Playing It Safe!
Why
15 Be Money-Wise?
16 Grease Frightening
17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Born
to Play
18 Sir Frederick Banting: A
Hero of Science
19 Tom Longboat: Going for
Gold
20 Phyllis Munday: Reaching for
the Sky
21 Lights Out!
22 Talk to Me
23 Your Body’s Electric
24 Electric Sky
Page 14 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“Animation: Made in Canada,
Exported to the World”
SB 6b, pp. 88-93;TR pp. 48-55
“Up, Up, and Away!”
“How to Build a Bird”
SB 6b, pp. 116-118; TR pp. 42-47
SB 6b, pp. 119-121; TR pp. 48-53
“Solving the Puzzle of Global
Warming”
“Our Solar System”
“Space Travellers”
SB 6c, pp. 82-87; TR pp. 37-44
Page Reference
Canada’s Links to the World
Predict the meaning of and
solve unfamiliar words using
various cues
Demonstrate an
understanding of the
information/ideas in oral texts
Read and demonstrate an
understanding of a variety of
texts
Identify point of view and
suggest other perspectives
Explain how the
characteristics of texts help
communicate meaning
Recognize a variety of text
forms/text features/stylistic
elements
Flight
Flight
“Ultralight Airplanes”
You in the World
“The Polar Bear Problem”
Transparency 50
Exploring Space
Exploring Space
“Stars and Planets”
Transparency 53
You in the World
“Save the Children”
Transparency 48
“Ryan’s Well, Part 1”
SB 6c, pp. 70-74; TR pp. 17-23
Biodiversity
Your Choices
“Creative Listening”
“Summarizing Important Information
in Conversations”
“Listening for Information”
Transparency 10
Transparency 16
“Creative Listening”
“Summarizing Important
Information in Conversations”
“Listening for Information”
“The Polar Bears”
“Akla Gives Chase”
“Trial by Ice”
“Medécins Sans Frontières
(MSF)”
“A World of Difference”
“Helping Hand in Space”
“The Babysitter’s Start-up Guide”
SB 6a, p. 62; TR pp. 54-57
SB 6a, p. 109; TR pp. 27-31
“Messages on Wheels”
“Staying In Touch with Nature”
SB 6c, pp. 92-93; TR pp. 51-55
SB 6a, p. 54; TR pp. 38-42
SB 6a, p. 55; TR p. 42
“The Polar Bears”
“Safe and Smiling in the Great
Outdoors”
SB 6a, pp. 63-66; TR pp. 58-64
SB 6a, pp. 124-126; TR pp. 61-66
Electricity
Biodiversity
Suspense
Biography
Canada’s Links to the World
Transparency 37
Transparency 29
Science Fiction
Space Technology
Your Choices
You in the World
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Your Choices
“Messages on Wheels”
“Staying In Touch with Nature”
Transparency 51
Transparency 8
SB 6c, pp. 104-106; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6c, pp. 107-109; TR pp. 23-28
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
25 Representing Canada
26 Canada’s Game Goes Far
and Wide
27 Canadians Win the Nobel
Prize
28 Canada’s Help to the World
29 One Plane, Supersized, to
Go!
30 Flying Animals
31 Kites
32 Flying for Fun
45 Many Moons
46 Space Taxi
47 A Star Is Born
48 Life Beyond Earth?
SB 6b, p. 61; TR pp. 54-58
SB 6a, pp. 63-66; TR pp. 58-64
SB 6a, pp. 33-40; TR pp. 62-72
SB 6b, pp. 34-40; TR pp. 64-73
SB 6b, pp. 96-100; TR pp. 61-68
SB 6c, pp. 32-40; TR pp. 63-74
SB 6c, p.. 63-66; TR pp. 58-64
SB 6a, pp. 107-108; TR pp. 22-26
13 The Value of Pets
14 Playing It Safe!
Why
15 Be Money-Wise?
16 Grease Frightening
Page 15 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“Fur Trading in Canada”
SB 6a, pp. 96-100; TR pp. 59-66
“Trial by Ice”
“The Great Blackout of 2003”
“Wright Flight”
“Helping Hand in Space”
“Young Problem Solvers Taking
Action”
“An Eye in Space”
SB 6b, pp. 34-40; TR pp. 64-73
SB 6b, pp. 62-66; TR pp. 59-66
SB 6b, pp. 123-126; TR pp. 59-65
SB 6c, p.. 63-66; TR pp. 58-64
SB 6c, pp. 95-100; TR pp. 60-68
SB 6c, pp. 80-81; TR pp. 31-36
TR p. 34
TR p. 34
SB 6b, pp. 54-56; TR pp. 43-47
Page Reference
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Biography
Electricity
Flight
Space Technology
You in the World
Exploring Space
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
SB 6c, pp. 123-126; TR pp. 61-67
Writing
Confirm spellings/word
meanings/word choice using
appropriate resources
Use elements of effective
presentation in the finished
product
You in the World
“Distinguishing Between Revising
and Editing”
Transparency 49
“Distinguishing Between Revising
and Editing”
Electricity
“Solar Energy”
Transparency 28
“Where Does Electricity Come
From?”
“The Future of Energy”
Identify elements in their
writing that need improvement
Biography
“Identifying and Defining Voice”
Transparency 21
“Identifying and Defining Voice”
Science Fiction
“Fixing Run-On Sentences”
Transparency 40
“Fixing Run-On Sentences”
Electricity
Science Fiction
You in the World
“Sponsored”
“Distinguishing Between Revising
and Editing”
Transparency 49
“Distinguishing Between Revising
and Editing”
Use editing/publishing skills to
correct errors and present
work effectively
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Space Technology
You in the World
“Fur Trading in Canada”
Create Complex sentences by
combining
phrases/clauses/simple
sentences
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Using Strong Transition
Transparency 14
“Helping Hand in Space”
“Young Problem Solvers Taking
Action”
“Using Strong Transitions”
Electricity
“Putting Voice into Flat Writing”
Transparency 27
“Putting Voice into Flat Writing”
Science Fiction
“Fixing Run-On Sentences”
Transparency 40
“Fixing Run-On Sentences”
SB 6b, pp. 57-60; TR pp. 48-53
SB 6b, pp. 17-18; TR pp. 29- 33
TR p. 31
TR p.32
SB 6c, p. 19; TR pp. 35-40
TR p. 37
TR p. 38
SB 6c, pp. 28-31; TR pp. 57-62
21 Lights Out!
22 Talk to Me
23 Your Body’s Electric
24 Electric Sky
33 Master Computer
34 School of the Future
35 A Trip to the Past
36 Space Settlement
SB 6c, pp. 80-81; TR pp. 31-36
TR p. 34
TR p. 34
SB 6a, pp. 96-100; TR pp. 59-66
SB 6c, p.. 63-66; TR pp. 58-64
SB 6c, pp. 95-100; TR pp. 60-68
SB 6a, pp. 90-91; TR pp. 47-51
p. 50
p. 50
SB 6b, p. 51; TR pp. 32-37
TR p. 34
TR p. 35
SB 6c, p. 19; TR pp. 35-40
TR p. 37
TR p. 38
Page 16 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Space Technology
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Page Reference
Title
Page Reference
“Analyzing Elements of Fluency”
Transparency 47
“Analyzing Elements of Fluency”
SB 6c, p. 58; TR pp. 46-51
TR p. 48
TR p. 49
SB 6c, pp. 59-62; TR pp. 52-57
TR p. 57
Sb 6a, p. 51; TR pp. 28-32
TR p. 30
TR p. 31
SB 6a, pp. 52-53; TR pp. 33-37
TR p. 36
SB 6b, pp. 80-81; TR pp. 31-36
TR p 34
TR p. 35
SB 6b, p. 113; TR pp. 31-36
TR p. 33
TR p. 34
SB 6a, pp. 24-26; TR pp. 45-49
Space Technology
Use vivid and/or figurative
language to enhance interest
Biodiversity
“Exploring Mars”
“Planning for Concise Writing”
Transparency 7
Biodiversity
Write longer and more
complex texts using a range
of forms
Canada’s Links to the World
“Using Strong Words”
Transparencies 31a
and 31b
Flight
“Using Terminology”
Transparency 35
“Blond, Furry, and Deep in the
Ocean”
“Using Strong Words”
“Using Terminology”
Suspense
“A Visit from the Slave Catcher,
Part 2”
Canada’s Links to the World
“Meet the Neighbours”
Canada’s Links to the World
“Animation: Made in Canada,
Exported to the World”
Space Technology
Exploring Space
Establish a distinctive and
appropriate voice in their
writing
“Planning for Concise Writing”
“Suit Up for Space, Part 1”
“Giving a Multimedia Presentation”
SB 6c, pp. 50-52; TR pp. 29-34
SB 6c, pp. 116-117; TR pp. 46-50
Exploring Space
“Goodbye, Planet Pluto”
SB 6c, pp. 120-122; TR pp. 56-60
Your Choices
“The Babysitter’s Start-up Guide”
SB 6a, pp. 107-108; TR pp. 22-26
“Identifying and Defining Voice”
SB 6b, pp. 17-18; TR pp. 29- 33
TR p. 31
TR p.32
Biography
“Working in Space”
“Giving a Multimedia Presentation”
“Identifying and Defining Voice”
Transparency 45
Transparencies 56a
and 56b
SB 6b, pp. 82-83; TR pp. 37- 41
TR p. 40
SB 6b, pp. 88-93;TR pp. 48-55
Transparency 21
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
1 Whitewater Rosie
2 Dark Tree
3 Then There Were Three
4 Casey at the Bat
25 Representing Canada
26 Canada’s Game Goes Far
and Wide
27 Canadians Win the Nobel
Prize
28 Canada’s Help to the World
45 Many Moons
46 Space Taxi
47 A Star Is Born
48 Life Beyond Earth?
13 The Value of Pets
14 Playing It Safe!
Why
15 Be Money-Wise?
16 Grease Frightening
Page 17 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“How I Became a Writer”
SB 6b, pp. 19-21; TR pp. 35-40
TR p. 39
“Putting Voice into Flat Writing”
SB 6b, p. 51; TR pp. 32-37
TR p. 34
TR p. 35
SB 6b, pp. 74-79; TR pp. 23-30
Page Reference
Biography
Electricity
“Putting Voice into Flat Writing”
Transparency 27
Canada’s Links to the World
Generate/gather/organize
ideas to write for an intended
purpose/audience
Generate/gather/organize
ideas to write for an audience
and purpose
Generate appropriate ideas
about a topic
“The Top of the World”
Flight
Biodiversity
Suspense
Biography
Flight
Exploring Space
Your Choices
“Painting a Picture”
Transparency 38
“Painting a Picture”
“The Polar Bears”
“Akla Gives Chase”
“Trial by Ice”
“Wright Flight”
“An Eye in Space”
“Safe and Smiling in the Great
Outdoors”
SB 6b, p. 122; TR pp. 54-58
SB 6a, pp. 63-66; TR pp. 58-64
SB 6a, pp. 33-40; TR pp. 62-72
SB 6b, pp. 34-40; TR pp. 64-73
SB 6b, pp. 123-126; TR pp. 59-65
SB 6c, pp. 123-126; TR pp. 61-67
SB 6a, pp. 124-126; TR pp. 61-66
Biodiversity
“Planning for Concise Writing”
Transparency 7
“Planning for Concise Writing”
Your Choices
“Sunburn”
Transparency 17
Suspense
“Acknowledging Different Points of
View”
“Clarifying Ideas”
Transparency 2
“Lights Kill Birds”
Transparency 26
“The ‘What’ and ‘Why’ of SelfEsteem”
“Acknowledging Different Points of
View”
“Clarifying Ideas”
Shared Writing
Guided or Independent Writing
“The Quecreek Mine Disaster”
Independent Writing
“Zapped!”
Sb 6a, p. 51; TR pp. 28-32
TR p. 30
TR p. 31
SB 6a, pp. 110-115; TR pp. 32-39
Suspense
Transparency 5
Suspense
Electricity
Science Fiction
Space Technology
“The Water Traders’ Dream”
“Blast Off for Fun”
Transparency 46
“Blast Off for fun”
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Born
to Play
18 Sir Frederick Banting: A
Hero of Science
19 Tom Longboat: Going for
Gold
20 Phyllis Munday: Reaching for
the Sky
25 Representing Canada
26 Canada’s Game Goes Far
and Wide
27 Canadians Win the Nobel
Prize
28 Canada’s Help to the World
SB 6a, p. 17; TR pp. 28-32
SB 6a, p. 27; TR pp. 50-53
TR p. 52
TR p. 52
SB 6a, pp. 28-32; TR pp. 55-61
TR p. 60
SB 6b, pp. 49-50; TR pp. 27-31
SB 6b, p. 50; TR p. 30
SB 6c, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 24-28
33 Master Computer
34 School of the Future
35 A Trip to the Past
36 Space Settlement
SB 6c, pp. 56-57; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p. 57; TR p. 44
Page 18 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“Making a Difference”
SB 6c, pp. 88-91; TR pp. 45-50
SB 6c, p. 19; TR pp. 35-40
TR p. 37
TR p. 38
SB 6c, p. 58; TR pp. 46-51
TR p. 48
TR p. 49
SB 6c, pp. 59-62; TR pp. 52-57
TR p. 57
SB 6a, pp. 52-53; TR pp. 33-37
TR p. 36
SB 6a, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 23-27
Page Reference
You in the World
Use punctuation appropriately
to communicate their intended
meaning
Revise written work to
improve content, clarity and
interest
Science Fiction
“Fixing Run-On Sentences”
Transparency 40
“Fixing Run-On Sentences”
Space Technology
“Analyzing Elements of Fluency”
Transparency 47
“Analyzing Elements of Fluency”
Space Technology
“Exploring Mars”
Biodiversity
“Blond, Furry, and Deep in the
Ocean”
“A Boy and a Mountain, Part 2”
Suspense
Suspense
“Clarifying Ideas”
Transparency 5
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Using Strong Transition
Transparency 14
“Clarifying Ideas”
Shared Writing
Guided or Independent Writing
“Using Strong Transitions”
Electricity
“Putting Voice into Flat Writing”
Transparency 27
“Putting Voice into Flat Writing”
Electricity
Canada’s Links to the World
“Using Strong Words”
Transparencies 31a
and 31b
Canada’s Links to the World
Gather information to support
“Mother Goose Makes Good”
“Using Strong Words”
“Meet the Neighbours”
Flight
“Using Terminology”
Transparency 35
“Using Terminology”
You in the World
“Distinguishing Between Revising
and Editing”
Transparency 49
“Distinguishing Between Revising
and Editing”
Exploring Space
“Using Charts”
Transparency 54
“Using Charts”
Exploring Space
Biodiversity
“Purple Frogs”
Transparency 6
“Cycles in Space”
“Scientific Classification”
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
41 Animals in Danger!
42 Running Around the World
43 Putting and End to Child
Labour
44 Do You Know Where Your
Food Comes From?
1 Whitewater Rosie
2 Dark Tree
3 Then There Were Three
4 Casey at the Bat
SB 6a, p. 27; TR pp. 50-53
TR p. 52
TR p. 52
SB 6a, pp. 90-91; TR pp. 47-51
p. 50
p. 50
SB 6b, p. 51; TR pp. 32-37
TR p. 34
TR p. 35
SB 6b, pp. 52-53; TR pp. 38-42
SB 6b, pp. 80-81; TR pp. 31-36
TR p 34
TR p. 35
SB 6b, pp. 82-83; TR pp. 37- 41
TR p. 40
SB 6b, p. 113; TR pp. 31-36
TR p. 33
TR p. 34
SB 6c, pp. 80-81; TR pp. 31-36
TR p. 34
TR p. 34
SB 6c, p. 110; TR pp. 29-34
TR p. 31
TR p. 32
SB 6c, pp. 111-113; TR pp. 35-40
SB 6a, pp. 44-47; TR pp. 17-22
Page 19 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
Biodiversity
“Animals: Invertebrates and
Vertebrates”
SB 6a, pp. 48-50; TR pp. 23-27
Biodiversity
“Blond, Furry, and Deep in the
Ocean”
“Coyotes: The Super Adapters”
SB 6a, pp. 52-53; TR pp. 33-37
TR p. 36
SB 6a, pp. 59-61; TR pp. 48-53
“Reading the Signals”
Independent Writing
“What’s the Message?”
Independent Reading
“The Story of Iqbal Masih”
“A Trading Nation”
“Using Strong Words”
SB 6a, pp. 120-121; TR pp. 51-55
TR p. 54
SB 6a, p. 122; TR pp. 56-60
SB 6a, p. 123; TR pp. 56-60
SB 6b , pp. 23-28; TR pp. 45-52
SB 6b, pp. 70-73; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6b, pp. 80-81; TR pp. 31-36
TR p 34
TR p. 35
SB 6b, pp. 84-87; TR pp. 42-47
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
ideas for writing
Page Reference
Biodiversity
Your Choices
Your Choices
“What’s the Message?”
Transparency 19
Biography
Canada’s Links to the World
Canada’s Links to the World
“Louis Braille”
“NAFTA”
“Using Strong Words”
Transparency 23
Transparency 30
Transparencies 31a
and 31b
Canada’s Links to the World
“Joseph-Armand Bombardier”
Transparency 32
Flight
Flight
“Jet Planes”
Transparency 34
Flight
Space Technology
Space Technology
You in the World
“Survival Equipment”
Transparency 44
“Mike Lazaridis and the
Blackberry”
“Take Flight!”
“How Airplanes and Helicopters
Fly”
SB 6b, pp. 104-108; TR pp. 17-23
SB 6b, pp. 109-112; TR pp. 24-30
“How to Build a Bird”
SB 6b, pp. 119-121; TR pp. 48-53
“At Home on the International
Space Station, Part 1”
“At Home on the International
Space Station, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 44-46; TR pp. 17-22
“Ryan’s Well, Part 2”
SB 6c, pp. 75-79; TR pp. 24-30
SB 6c, pp. 47-49; TR pp. 23-28
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
5 Meet the Muskox
6 Hilarious Honkers
7 Dragon Alert
8 The Truth About Bugs
5 Meet the Muskox
6 Hilarious Honkers
7 Dragon Alert
8 The Truth About Bugs
29 One Plane, Supersized, to
Go!
30 Flying Animals
31 Kites
32 Flying for Fun
29 One Plane, Supersized, to
Go!
30 Flying Animals
31 Kites
32 Flying for Fun
37 Keeping Astronauts Clean
38 Out-of-This-World-Food!
39 From Space Down to Earth
40 Missions to Jupiter and
Saturn
41 Animals in Danger!
42 Running Around the World
43 Putting and End to Child
Labour
44 Do You Know Where Your
Food Comes From?
Page 20 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“Space Travellers”
SB 6c, pp. 107-109; TR pp. 23-28
Transparency 57
Transparency 7
“Exploring Space: Is it Worth it?”
“Planning for Concise Writing”
Transparency 16
Your Choices
“Summarizing Important Information
in Conversations”
“Writing an Organized Paragraph”
“Blond, Furry, and Deep in the
Ocean”
“Summarizing Important
Information in Conversations”
“Writing an Organized Paragraph”
SB 6c, pp. 118-199; TR pp. 51-55
Sb 6a, p. 51; TR pp. 28-32
TR p. 30
TR p. 31
SB 6a, pp. 52-53; TR pp. 33-37
TR p. 36
SB 6a, p. 109; TR pp. 27-31
Suspense
“The Great White Shark”
Transparency 4a
Canada’s Links to the World
“Who Travels to Canada? Where do
Canadians Travel?”
Transparency 33
Nelson Literacy Unit
Page Reference
Exploring Space
Sort and classify information
in a variety of ways
Exploring Space
Biodiversity
“The Sun”
“Planning for Concise Writing”
Biodiversity
Your Choices
Transparency 18
Space Technology
Identify/order main ideas/
supporting details for a writing
piece
Use parts of speech correctly
to communicate meaning
clearly
Draft and revise writing, using
appropriate forms/stylistic
elements
Identify the topic, purpose,
audience and form for writing
“A Visit from the Slave Catcher,
Part 1”
“Mapping Canada’s Links”
“Suit Up for Space, Part 2”
You in the World
“Building on Different Points of View”
Transparency 52
Exploring Space
Flight
Science Fiction
“Stars and Planets”
“Ultralight Airplanes”
“Song of the Sea”
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Using Strong Transition
SB 6b, pp. 94-95;TR pp. 56-60
SB 6b, p. 95; TR p. 59
SB 6c, pp. 53-55; TR pp. 35-40
SB 6c, p. 94; TR pp. 56-59
Transparency 53
Transparency 37
Transparency 43
Transparency 14
“Using Strong Transitions”
SB 6a, pp. 90-91; TR pp. 47-51
p. 50
p. 50
SB 6a, pp. 63-66; TR pp. 58-64
SB 6b, pp. 62-66; TR pp. 59-66
SB 6b, pp. 96-100; TR pp. 61-68
Flight
Science Fiction
Biodiversity
“Staying In Touch with Nature”
Transparency 8
“The Polar Bears”
“The Great Blackout of 2003”
“Medécins Sans Frontières
(MSF)”
“Wright Flight”
“A World of Difference”
“Staying In Touch with Nature”
Your Choices
“Writing an Organized Paragraph”
Transparency 18
“Writing an Organized Paragraph”
45 Many Moons
46 Space Taxi
47 A Star Is Born
48 Life Beyond Earth?
SB 6a, pp. 119; TR pp. 45-50
TR p. 47
TR p. 48
SB 6a, pp. 20-23; TR pp. 39-44
“Building on Different Points of
View”
“Our Solar System”
“Up, Up, and Away!”
“Little Green Men”
Biodiversity
Electricity
Canada’s Links to the World
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
37 Keeping Astronauts Clean
38 Out-of-This-World-Food!
39 From Space Down to Earth
40 Missions to Jupiter and
Saturn
SB 6c, pp. 104-106; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6b, pp. 116-118; TR pp. 42-47
SB 6c, pp. 23-27; TR pp. 50-56
SB 6b, pp. 123-126; TR pp. 59-65
SB 6c, pp. 32-40; TR pp. 63-74
SB 6a, p. 54; TR pp. 38-42
SB 6a, p. 55; TR p. 42
SB 6a, pp. 119; TR pp. 45-50
TR p. 47
TR p. 48
Page 21 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“Reading the Signals”
Independent Writing
“A Boy and a Mountain, Part 1”
“Thrills and Chills”
“My Diary”
SB 6a, pp. 120-121; TR pp. 51-55
TR p. 54
SB 6a, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6a, pp. 18-19; TR pp. 33-38
SB 6b, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 23-28
Biography
“Sidney Crosby: “The Next One”?”
SB 6b, pp. 29-31; TR pp. 53-58
Canada’s Links to the World
“The Top of the World”
SB 6b, pp. 74-79; TR pp. 23-30
“Exploring Space: Is it Worth it?”
“Goodbye, Planet Pluto”
SB 6c, pp. 118-199; TR pp. 51-55
SB 6c, pp. 120-122; TR pp. 56-60
“Inferring Point of View”
“The Story of Iqbal Masih”
“Messages on Wheels”
“Strangers on the Coast”
SB 6b, p. 22; TR pp. 41-44
SB 6b , pp. 23-28; TR pp. 45-52
SB 6c, pp. 92-93; TR pp. 51-55
SB 6a, pp. 92-95; TR pp. 53-58
“Art Speaks”
SB 6a, pp.82-83; TR p. 35
Nelson Literacy Unit
Page Reference
Your Choices
Suspense
Suspense
Biography
Determine if their point of
view is balanced/supported by
evidence
“Empty Fears”
“Thrills and Chills”
Exploring Space
Exploring Space
“The Sun”
Identify point of view in media
text; determine whether it
achieves a goal
Explain how literacy skills
help
understanding/production of
media texts
Biography
Biography
You in the World
First Nations and Early
Explorers
“Inferring Point of View”
“Louis Braille”
“Messages on Wheels”
Identify helpful strategies in
making sense of and creating
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Art Speaks
Transparency 1
Transparency 3
Transparency 57
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Born
to Play
18 Sir Frederick Banting: A
Hero of Science
19 Tom Longboat: Going for
Gold
20 Phyllis Munday: Reaching for
the Sky
17 Hayley Wickenheiser: Born
to Play
18 Sir Frederick Banting: A
Hero of Science
19 Tom Longboat: Going for
Gold
20 Phyllis Munday: Reaching for
the Sky
25 Representing Canada
26 Canada’s Game Goes Far
and Wide
27 Canadians Win the Nobel
Prize
28 Canada’s Help to the World
45 Many Moons
46 Space Taxi
47 A Star Is Born
48 Life Beyond Earth?
Media Literacy
Transparency 22
Transparency 23
Transparency 51
Transparency 12
9 Fishing on the Northwest
Coast
10 Aboriginal Peoples in
Eastern Canada
11 Potlatch and Trade
12 Christopher Columbus
Page 22 of 26
Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
media texts
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Evaluate effectiveness of
presentation/treatment of
ideas in media texts
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“Wilderness Survival”
SB 6a, pp. 87-79; TR pp. 42-46
Page Reference
Biography
“Hockey Collectibles”
Transparency 24
“Hockey Collectibles”
First Nations and Early
Explorers
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Science Fiction
European Explorers
Transparency 11
“The First Peoples of Canada”
SB 6b, pp. 32-33; TR pp. 59-63
SB 6b, p. 33; TR p. 62
SB 6a, pp. 70-75; TR pp. 17-24
Art Speaks
Transparency 12
“Art Speaks”
SB 6a, pp.82-83; TR p. 35
“You Be the Judge”
Transparency 41
“You Be the Judge”
Science Fiction
“Using Body Language and
Gestures”
Transparency 42
“Using Body Language and
Gestures”
SB 6c, pp. 20-21; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p.21; TR p. 44
SB 6c, p. 22; TR pp. 46-49
You in the World
“Making a Difference”
SB 6c, pp. 88-91; TR pp. 45-50
Transparency 55
“Look at Me!”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 3
Read-Aloud
Read-Aloud
Electricity
“Gossip”
“Thrills and Chills”
“Grey Owl: Ecology’s Friend”
“The First Truly Electric Musical
Instrument”
“Lights Kill Birds”
“Safe and Smiling in the Great
Outdoors”
“Young Problem Solvers Taking
Action”
“Choosing Health”
“Thrills and Chills”
“Biography Snapshots”
“Shocking Situations”
SB 6c, p. 114; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p. 115; TR p. 44
SB 6a, pp. 124-126; TR pp. 61-66
Transparency 26
“Zapped!”
Canada’s Links to the World
Flight
Science Fiction
Space Technology
You in the World
Your Choices
“The Maple Tree Forever”
“Bush Pilots in Canada”
“The Zoo”
“To the Moon…and Beyond”
“A Plea for Our Planet”
“What’s the Message?”
Read-Aloud
Read-Aloud
Read-Aloud
Read-Aloud
Read-Aloud
Transparency 19
Suspense
First Nations and Early
Explorers
“Hero at Deadman’s Bridge”
“The Beginning of the Fur Trade”
Read-Aloud
Read-Aloud
“Contributions of Canadians”
“Famous Firsts in Flight”
“There’s No Place Like Home”
“Quiz: From Space to Earth”
“Getting Involved”
“What’s the Message?”
Independent Reading
“What Is Suspense”
“Ask the Artists”
Exploring Space
Demonstrate an
understanding of variety of
media texts
Your Choices
Explain how media texts
address their intended
purpose/audience
Your Choices
Suspense
Biography
Electricity
Use overt and implied
messages to interpret media
texts
“Look at Me!”
You in the World
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
9 Fishing on the Northwest
Coast
10 Aboriginal Peoples in
Eastern Canada
11 Potlatch and Trade
12 Christopher Columbus
33 Master Computer
34 School of the Future
35 A Trip to the Past
36 Space Settlement
41 Animals in Danger!
42 Running Around the World
43 Putting and End to Child
Labour
44 Do You Know Where Your
Food Comes From?
SB 6c, pp. 95-100; TR pp. 60-68
SB 6a, pp. 102-103; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6a, pp. 18-19; TR pp. 33-38
SB 6b, pp. 8-9; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6b, pp. 42-43; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6b, pp. 49-50; TR pp. 27-31
SB 6b, p. 50; TR p. 30
SB 6b, pp.68-69; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6b, pp. 102-103;TR pp. 14-15
SB 6c, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 12-15
SB 6c, pp. 42-43; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6c, pp. 68-69; TR pp. 12-15
SB 6a, p. 122; TR pp. 56-60
SB 6a, p. 123; TR pp. 56-60
SB 6a, pp. 8-9; TR pp. 12-15
SB 6a, pp. 68-69; TR pp. 14-15
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Nelson Literacy 6
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“First Nations and First Contacts:
SB 6a, pp. 76-80; TR pp. 25-31
Page Reference
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Exploring Space
“Look at Me!”
Transparency 55
“Look at Me!”
Exploring Space
“Giving a Multimedia Presentation”
Transparencies 56a
and 56b
“Giving a Multimedia Presentation”
SB 6c, pp. 20-21; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p.21; TR p. 44
SB 6c, pp. 68-69; TR pp. 12-15
SB 6a, p. 54; TR pp. 38-42
SB 6a, p. 55; TR p. 42
SB 6b, pp. 82-83; TR pp. 37- 41
TR p. 40
SB 6c, p. 114; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p. 115; TR p. 44
SB 6c, pp. 116-117; TR pp. 46-50
Describe
topic/purpose/audience/challe
nges for media texts they plan
to create
Suspense
“Thrills and Chills”
Transparency 3
“Thrills and Chills”
SB 6a, pp. 18-19; TR pp. 33-38
Identify/explain the use of
conventions/techniques in
media forms
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Canada’s Links to the World
“Fur Trading in Canada”
SB 6a, pp. 96-100; TR pp. 59-66
Identify/explain the use and
influence of
conventions/techniques in
media forms
Space Technology
Exploring Space
Biodiversity
First Nations and Early
Explorers
First Nations and Early
Explorers
Flight
SB 6b, pp. 94-95;TR pp. 56-60
SB 6b, p. 95; TR p. 59
SB 6c, p.. 63-66; TR pp. 58-64
SB 6c, pp. 102-103; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6a, pp. 42-43; TR pp. 14-15
SB 6a, pp.82-83; TR p. 35
Describe main elements of
some media forms
Science Fiction
“You Be the Judge”
Transparency 41
“You Be the Judge”
You in the World
Biodiversity
“A Plea for Our Planet”
“Staying In Touch with Nature”
Read-Aloud
Transparency 8
“Getting Involved”
“Staying In Touch with Nature”
Canada’s Links to the World
Produce media texts for
specific purposes and
audience, using appropriate
forms/conventions/techniques
“Meet the Neighbours”
“Who Travels to Canada? Where do
Canadians Travel?”
Transparency 33
“Mapping Canada’s Links”
“Moons”
“What Is Biodiversity?”
Art Speaks
Read-Aloud
Read-Aloud
Transparency 12
“Helping Hand in Space”
“Space Quiz”
“Animal Groups Quiz”
“Art Speaks”
Two Different Worldviews
Transparency 13
“Points of View”
Transparency 36
“Searching for the Northwest
Passage”
“Up in the Air”
Space Technology
“Blast Off for Fun”
Transparency 46
“Blast Off for fun”
Exploring Space
“Look at Me!”
Transparency 55
“Look at Me!”
Biodiversity
“Sponges”
Transparency 9
“Marvellous Mouths”
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
9 Fishing on the Northwest
Coast
10 Aboriginal Peoples in
Eastern Canada
11 Potlatch and Trade
12 Christopher Columbus
SB 6a, pp. 84-86; TR pp. 37-41
SB 6b, pp. 114-115; TR pp. 37-41
SB 6b, p. 115; TR p. 40
SB 6c, pp. 56-57; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p. 57; TR p. 44
SB 6c, p. 114; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p. 115; TR p. 44
SB 6a, pp. 56-58; TR pp. 43-47
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Nelson Literacy 6
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Title
Page Reference
“Medécins Sans Frontières
(MSF)”
SB 6b, pp. 96-100; TR pp. 61-68
Transparency 6
Transparency 10
Transparency 18
“Scientific Classification”
“Creative Listening”
“Writing an Organized Paragraph”
“What’s the Message?”
Transparency 19
Suspense
Suspense
“Thrills and Chills”
Transparency 3
Biography
“J.K. Rowling”
Transparency 20
Electricity
Electricity
“Superhero Static”
Transparency 25
“What’s the Message?”
Independent Reading
“Thrills and Chills”
“The Quecreek Mine Disaster”
Independent Writing
“Nellie McClung and the Fight for
Women’s Rights”
“What Is Electricity?”
“Static Electricity”
SB 6a, pp. 44-47; TR pp. 17-22
SB 6a, p. 62; TR pp. 54-57
SB 6a, pp. 119; TR pp. 45-50
TR p. 47
TR p. 48
SB 6a, p. 122; TR pp. 56-60
SB 6a, p. 123; TR pp. 56-60
SB 6a, pp. 18-19; TR pp. 33-38
SB 6a, pp. 28-32; TR pp. 55-61
TR p. 60
SB 6b, pp. 10-13; TR pp. 17-22
Electricity
“Lights Kill Birds”
Transparency 26
“Zapped!”
Electricity
“Solar Energy”
Transparency 28
Electricity
Electricity
Canada’s Links to the World
“Listening for Information”
Transparency 29
“Where Does Electricity Come
From?”
“Listening for Information”
“The Great Blackout of 2003”
“Animation: Made in Canada,
Exported to the World”
Canada’s Links to the World
Transparency 33
“Mapping Canada’s Links”
Flight
“Who Travels to Canada? Where do
Canadians Travel?”
“Using Terminology”
Transparency 35
“Using Terminology”
Flight
“Points of View”
Transparency 36
“Up in the Air”
Flight
Science Fiction
“Painting a Picture”
Transparency 38
“Painting a Picture”
“The Water Traders’ Dream”
SB 6b, pp. 94-95;TR pp. 56-60
SB 6b, p. 95; TR p. 59
SB 6b, p. 113; TR pp. 31-36
TR p. 33
TR p. 34
SB 6b, pp. 114-115; TR pp. 37-41
SB 6b, p. 115; TR p. 40
SB 6b, p. 122; TR pp. 54-58
SB 6c, pp. 14-15; TR pp. 24-28
“They’re Made out of Meat”
SB 6c, pp. 16-18; TR pp. 29-34
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Create media texts for
different purposes and
audiences
Canada’s Links to the World
Produce media texts for
specific purposes and
audiences
Biodiversity
Biodiversity
Your Choices
“Purple Frogs”
“Creative Listening”
“Writing an Organized Paragraph”
Your Choices
Science Fiction
Page Reference
SB 6b, pp. 44-46; TR pp. 17-21
SB 6b, pp. 47-48; TR pp. 22-26
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
21 Lights Out!
22 Talk to Me
23 Your Body’s Electric
24 Electric Sky
SB 6b, pp. 49-50; TR pp. 27-31
SB 6b, p. 50; TR p. 30
SB 6b, pp. 54-56; TR pp. 43-47
SB 6b, p. 61; TR pp. 54-58
SB 6b, pp. 62-66; TR pp. 59-66
SB 6b, pp. 88-93;TR pp. 48-55
25 Representing Canada
26 Canada’s Game Goes Far
and Wide
27 Canadians Win the Nobel
Prize
28 Canada’s Help to the World
33 Master Computer
34 School of the Future
35 A Trip to the Past
36 Space Settlement
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Nelson Literacy 6
Correlation to Ontario Curriculum, Grades 1-8 : Language, 2006 (revised)
Transparencies for Shared Reading and Modelling
Student Books & Teacher’s Resource
Title
Page Reference
Title
Page Reference
Space Technology
“Survival Equipment”
Transparency 44
SB 6c, pp. 44-46; TR pp. 17-22
Space Technology
“Blast Off for Fun”
Transparency 46
“At Home on the International
Space Station, Part 1”
“Blast Off for fun”
You in the World
“Building on Different Points of View”
Transparency 52
Exploring Space
Exploring Space
“Look at Me!”
Transparency 55
“Building on Different Points of
View”
“Cycles in Space”
“Look at Me!”
Identify the purpose and
audience for media texts
Biodiversity
“What Is Biodiversity?”
Read-Aloud
“Animal Groups Quiz”
SB 6a, pp. 42-43; TR pp. 14-15
Explain why different
audiences might respond
differently to media texts
Identify/explain an appropriate
media form for specific
purposes and audiences
Biography
“Hockey Collectibles”
Transparency 24
“Hockey Collectibles”
SB 6b, pp. 32-33; TR pp. 59-63
SB 6b, p. 33; TR p. 62
Suspense
“Clarifying Ideas”
Transparency 5
Canada’s Links to the World
“Joseph-Armand Bombardier”
Transparency 32
“Clarifying Ideas”
Shared Writing
Guided or Independent Writing
“Mike Lazaridis and the
Blackberry”
SB 6a, p. 27; TR pp. 50-53
TR p. 52
TR p. 52
SB 6b, pp. 84-87; TR pp. 42-47
Expectations
Nelson Literacy Unit
Guided and Independent
Reading Kit
SB 6c, pp. 56-57; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p. 57; TR p. 44
SB 6c, p. 94; TR pp. 56-59
SB 6c, pp. 111-113; TR pp. 35-40
SB 6c, p. 114; TR pp. 41-45
SB 6c, p. 115; TR p. 44
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