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Grade 6 Self-Monitoring Strategy Unit

Analyzing Strategy Unit

Science Book Club: Mission: Space

Sequencing Strategy Unit

Making Connections Strategy Unit

Arts Book Club: From Page to Stage

Predicting Strategy Unit

Inferring Strategy Unit

Social Responsibility Book Club: When Disaster Strikes

Evaluating Strategy Unit

Synthesizing Strategy Unit

Genre Book Club: Hero of Another World

Guided Reading Guided Reading Guided Reading Guided Reading

Book Club Grade 4 Grade 5 Grade 6

Science Environment The Body Space Exploration

The Arts Music Visual Art Drama

Social Responsibility Taking Action Bullying Responding to Disasters

Genre Adventure Mystery Fantasy

Book Club Units Feature Cross-Curricular

Connections!

• Each Strategy Unit focuses on one main comprehension strategy. Book Club Units combine several of the comprehension strategies.

• You can use the Strategy Units in any order, this is one possible order.

• In grade 6, Self-Monitoring is recommended as the first Strategy Unit because it incorporates all comprehension strategies. Mission: Space is recommended as the first Book Club.

Grade 6 Complete Package•Professional Development Package •8 Strategy Units•32 Guided Reading Texts and Teaching Plans•4 Book Club Units

978-0-7791-7086-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$3,900.00

Professional Development Package 978-0-7791-8936-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$150.00

•Grade 6 Literacy Support Guide . . . .978-0-7791-8976-2 . . . .$75 .00 •Program & Planning Guide . . . . . . .978-0-7791-7633-5 . . . .$40 .00•Professional Development DVD . . . .978-0-7791-7654-0 . . . .$40 .00

Strategy UnitsGrade 6 Complete Strategy Unit Pack•8 units & display box978-0-7791-8937-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,080.00

Guided ReadingGrade 6 Complete Guided Reading Pack •All 32 Guided Reading Packs978-0-7791-8938-0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,400.00

Grade 6 Guided Reading Library Pack • 1 copy each of 32 texts978-0-7791-9211-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$214.00

Guided Reading Packs• 6 copies of Guided Reading Text & Teaching Plan

Book Club UnitsComplete Grade 6 Book Club Unit Pack•Contains all 4 Book Club Units978-0-7791-8939-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1,325.00

Each Book Club Unit contains:• Unit Teacher’s Guide•Unit Audio CD with fluent readings•1 Read Aloud text•2 Shared Reading texts•Multiple copies of 4 texts for supported independent reading: below level, approaching level, on level, and above level•Additional Website resources

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Self-Monitoring Unit . . . . 978-0-7791-8900-7 . . . $129 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofTree of Life (book) •16copiesofAd Busters (article) •16copiesofBoost School Spirit With Uniforms (brochure) •1AudioCD(FluentReading:BoostSchoolSpiritWithUniforms, Ad Busters, Ad Busters: Science Experiment)Text Type Study: procedure - science experiment

Guide Guide

Read Aloud

Audio CD

Shared Reading

Analyzing Unit . . . . 978-0-7791-8921-2 . . . $160 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofCaring For Cheetahs (book) •16copiesofPower Up! (magazine) •1AudioCD(FluentReading:PowerUp!) Text Type Study: description - problem/solution report

Guide

Read Aloud Read Aloud

Sequencing Unit . . . . 978-0-7791-8922-9 . . . $128 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofThe Incredibly Ordinary Danny Chandelier (book) •1copyofThe Great Crêpe Battle (8 overheads) •16copiesofBeginner’s Guide to Juggling (guide) •1AudioCD(FluentReading:Beginner’sGuidetoJuggling, The Great Crêpe Battle) Text Type Study: narrative - script

Shared Reading

Making Connections Unit . . . . 978-0-7791-8923-6 . . . $124 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofRyan and Jimmy (book) •1copyofNets to Africa (3 overheads) •16copiesofAre You Water Wise? (poster) •1AudioCD(FluentReading:NetstoAfrica,AreYouWaterWise?)Text Type Study: personal communication - formal letter

Predicting Unit . . . . 978-0-7791-8924-3 . . . $182 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofRaven Quest (book) •16copiesofNeighbourhood Nose & Tale (newspaper) •16copiesofLearn to Be ... An Art Director (brochure) •1AudioCD(FluentReading:NeighbourhoodNose&Tale, Learn to Be … an Art Director)Text Type Study: retell - newspaper article

Shared Reading

Guide

Read Aloud

Guide

Read Aloud

Shared Reading

Inferring Unit . . . . 978-0-7791-8925-0 . . . $145 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofIqbal (book) •1copyofPoetry Beat: Rhythm and Rhyme (6 overheads) •16copiesofGrandpa Promised (magazine-style short story) •1AudioCD(FluentReading:GrandpaPromised,PoetryBeat; Songs: Homework, Zamboni, Dream Variations, I Am a Canadian) Text Type Study: poetry - rhyming verse

Shared Reading

Guide

Evaluating Unit . . . . 978-0-7791-8926-7 . . . $110 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofThe Gramma War (book) •1copyofMovie Talk: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (5 overheads) •1copyofYou Be the Judge (10 overheads) •1AudioCD(FluentReading:MovieTalk,YouBetheJudge) Text Type Study: persuasive - review

Shared Reading

Guide

Read AloudRead Aloud

Synthesizing Unit . . . . 978-0-7791-8927-4 . . . $122 .00 •1Teacher’sGuide •1copyofNokum Is My Teacher (book) •1copyofFabulous Fables (5 overheads) •16copiesofThe Alberta Homesteader (sheet music) •1AudioCD(FluentReading:FabulousFables,AlbertaHomesteader; Song: Alberta Homesteader) Text Type Study: traditional narrative - fable

Don’t Whistle Up the Windnon-fiction: retell - accountanalyzingmaking connectionssequencingevaluating

978-0-7791-9161-1 . . . $33 .00

World News fiction: description - humorous newspaper article self-monitoringmaking connectionsanalyzing

978-0-7791-9160-4 . . . $27 .00

The Substitutefiction: narrative - magazine style realistic storysequencingmaking connectionsevaluating inferring

978-0-7791-9166-6 . . . $33 .00

Wireless Wastenon-fiction: persuasive - posterself-monitoringevaluatingsequencing

978-0-7791-9167-3 . . . $33 .00

Meeting Makwainfo-fiction: narrative/description - explaination/short storyself-monitoringanalyzingsequencing

978-0-7791-9179-6 . . . $54 .50

Web Tools for Kidsnon-fiction: description - referenceevaluatingmaking connectionssynthesizing

978-0-7791-9182-6 . . . $57 .50

Your Baffling Brainnon-fiction: description - explanation predictingmaking connectionssynthesizing978-0-7791-9181-9 . . . $36 .00

Clash of the Titansfiction: description - newspaper articlessynthesizingmaking connectionspredictingevaluating

978-0-7791-9186-4 . . . $33 .00

The Cryptids Club of Canadafiction: persuasive - advertisement evaluatingmaking connectionsself-monitoring

978-0-7791-9185-7 . . . $36 .00

The Great Wavefiction: narrative - magazine-style fantasy storyinferringmaking connectionspredicting

978-0-7791-9191-8 . . . $33 .00

Stop the Press!fiction: narrative - fantasy novellaanalyzingmaking connections self-monitoring

978-0-7791-9190-1 . . . $62 .00

Illustriousfiction: narrative - magazine-style fantasy storymaking connectionsinferring

978-0-7791-9183-3 . . . $33 .00

Read Aloud

Shared Reading Shared Reading Self-Monitoring Unit Analyzing Unit Sequencing Unit Making Connections Unit Predicting Unit Inferring Unit Evaluating Unit Synthesizing Unit

Audio CDAudio CD

GRADE 6 Each Strategy Unit contains: • Includes all 8 Strategy Units•Comes in an attractive display box with heavy-duty dividers for each unit

Sample Yearly Plan

Guide

Are You Getting the Message? non-fiction: persuasive - magazine articleevaluating making connections inferring synthesizing

978-0-7791-9162-8 . . . $27 .00

Jimmy’s Parents Are Aliensfiction: narrative - fantasy novellasequencingmaking connectionsevaluating

978-0-7791-9163-5 . . . $62 .00

Robot Museum: Tour Gone Wrongfiction: narrative - comic booksynthesizing evaluating predictingsequencing

978-0-7791-9164-2 . . . $62 .00

The Colours of Mexiconon-fiction: description - reportmaking connectionssynthesizinginferring

978-0-7791-9173-4 $63 .50

Victory on Icenon-fiction: description - timelinemaking connectionssequencingself-monitoringevaluating

978-0-7791-9165-9 . . . $53 .00

Space Divingnon-fiction: description - magazine articleanalyzingmaking connectionsinferring

978-0-7791-9174-1 . . . $27 .00

Tales of a Reluctant Camper fiction: narrative - humourous storypredictingmaking connectionsinferring

978-0-7791-9170-3 . . . $62 .00

The Wooden Loonfiction: narrative - fantasy storyinferringmaking connectionspredicting

978-0-7791-9177-2 . . . $61 .50

Charlie on Tourinfo-fiction: narrative - biographysequencingsynthesizingmaking connectionsself-monitoring

978-0-7791-9180-2 . . . $62 .00

The Fastest Gameinfo-fiction: personal communication - e-mailsevaluatingpredictingsynthesizing

978-0-7791-9175-8 . . . $33 .00

To Tell the Truthfiction: narrative - magazine-style realistic storyinferringmaking connections evaluatingsynthesizing

978-0-7791-9176-5 . . . $33 .00

What Ever Happened to Canada’s Arrow?non-fiction: description - reportinferringevaluatingsynthesizing

978-0-7791-9188-8 . . . $45 .00

Audio CD

Read Aloud

Audio CD

Audio CDAudio CD Audio CD

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When Disaster Strikes Unit . . . . . . 978-0-7791-8940-3 . . . $250.00•1Teacher’sGuide•1copyofSafe as Houses (book) •16copiesofBe Prepared With a Survival Kit (brochure)•1copyofMSF Brings Refugee Camp to Life

(5 overheads)•4copiesofFloods (newspaper)•8copiesofHurricanes (newspaper)

•12copiesofEarthquakes (newspaper)•4copiesofTsunamis (newspaper) •1AudioCD(Fluent Readings: Floods, Be Prepared With a Survival Kit, MSF Brings Refugee Camp to Life)

Approaching Level On LevelBelow LevelTeacher’s Guide

Read Aloud 2 Shared Reading texts

Additional 4-Packs •Floods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9195-6 . . . $20 .80 •Hurricanes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9196-3 . . . $20 .80 •Earthquakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9197-0 . . . $20 .80 •Tsunamis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9198-7 . . . $20 .80

Above Level

Social Responsibility – When Disaster Strikes

Audio CD

Hero of Another World Unit . . . . . . . .978-0-7791-8942-7 . . . $350.00

Teacher’s GuideRead Aloud 2 Shared

Reading texts

Supported Independent Reading

•1Teacher’sGuide•1copyofThe Tide Turner (book) •1copyofFlights of Fantasy (5 overheads)•16copiesof Manny’s Middle Earth Blog (blog)•4copiesofDoorway to Danger (book)•8copiesofThe Nexus Ring (book)•12copiesofGregor the Overlander (book)•4copiesofThe Ruby Kingdom (book)

•1 Audio CD (Fluent Readings: Doorway to Danger, Manny’s Middle Earth Blog, Flights of Fantasy)

Additional 4-Packs •Doorway to Danger . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9203-8 . . . $31 .80 •The Nexus Ring . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9204-5 . . . $31 .80 •Gregor the Overlander . . . . . 978-0-7791-9205-2 . . . $35 .95 •The Ruby Kingdom . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9206-9 . . . $51 .95

Approaching Level

On Level Above LevelBelow Level

Genre Book Club – Hero of Another World

Audio CD

From Page to Stage Unit . . . . 978-0-7791-8943-4 . . . $365.00•1Teacher’sGuide•1copyofWhat Was That? (1 CD)•16copiesofDirector’s Journal (journal) •1copyofGetting in on the Act (8 overheads)•4copiesofWriter’s Block (script)•8copiesofShoot the Breeze (script)•12copiesofBeneath the Banyan Tree (script) •4copiesofTwo Weeks, Twice a Year (script)

•1AudioCD(Fluent Readings: Writer’s Block, Director’sJournal,GettinginontheAct;Song: Sunny Day)•Grade6FictionDiscussionCardPack •4setsof12BeforeReadingDiscussionCards •4setsof12DuringReadingDiscussionCards •4setsof12AfterReadingDiscussionCards 978-0-7791-8947-2 . . . . . . . . . . $25 .00

Approaching Level On Level Above LevelBelow LevelTeacher’s Guide

Read Aloud on CD

Arts Book Club – From Page to Stage Supported Independent Reading Supported Independent Reading

2 Shared Reading texts

Additional 4-Packs •Writer’s Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9207-6 . . . $29 .00 •Shoot the Breeze . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9208-3 . . . $29 .00 •Beneath the Banyan Tree . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9209-0 . . . $29 .00 •Two Weeks, Twice a Year . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9210-6 . . . $29 .00

Audio CD

Mission: Space Unit . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-8941-0 . . . $380.00•1Teacher’sGuide•1copyofThe Amazing International Space

Station (book)•1setofcompanionoverheadstoThe Amazing International Space Station (3 overheads) •1copyofBob McDonald’s Top 10 Moments in Space Travel (5 overheads)•16copiesofGalileo’s Galaxy (comic book) •4copiesofTicket to Space (graphic novel)

•8copiesofRoberta’s Space Adventure (graphic novel) •12copiesofThe Space Race and Beyond! (graphic novel)•4copiesofTour of the Planets (graphic novel)•1AudioCD(Fluent Reading: Ticket to Space, Galileo’s Galaxy, Bob McDonald’s Top 10 Moments in Space Travel)•Grade6Non-fictionDiscussionCardPack •4setsof12BeforeReadingDiscussionCards •4setsof12DuringReadingDiscussionCards •4setsof12AfterReadingDiscussionCards 978-0-7791-8950-2 . . . . . . . . . . $25 .00

Approaching Level

On Level Above Level

Below Level

Teacher’s Guide

Additional 4-Packs•Ticket to Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9199-4 . . . $31 .00•Roberta’s Space Adventure . . . . 978-0-7791-9200-7 . . . $31 .00•The Space Race and Beyond! . . 978-0-7791-9201-4 . . . $31 .00•Tour of the Planets . . . . . . . . . . . 978-0-7791-9202-1 . . . $31 .00

Supported Independent Reading

Discussion Cards

Read Aloud 2 Shared Reading texts

Science Book Club – Mission: Space

Audio CD

Media

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Making Money: Minting and Printingnon-fiction: description/retell - explanationsynthesizingmaking connectionssequencingevaluating

978-0-7791-9172-7 . . . $47 .00

White Out fiction: narrative - magazine-style adventure story self-monitoringpredictinginferring978-0-7791-9171-0 . . . $33 .00

U/V U/V U/V U/V W/X W/X Y/Z Y/Z Y/ZW/XW/X W/XU/V

Rocket Sciencefiction: narrative - magazine-style science fiction storymaking connectionssynthesizing

978-0-7791-9178-9 . . . $33 .00

U/V

Icarus and the Fatesfiction: traditional narrative - mythpredictingself-monitoringinferringmaking connections

978-0-7791-9184-0 . . . $27 .00

MediaS

MediaU/V

Fish With Attitude: The Shark Booknon-fiction: description - report analyzingself-monitoringsynthesizing

978-0-7791-9168-0 . . . $63 .50

I Think I Like It: Talking About Art non-fiction: description - report predictinganalyzingmaking connectionsevaluating

978-0-7791-9169-7 . . . $47 .00

A Flock of Small Wingsnon-fiction: procedure - instructionssequencinganalyzing

978-0-7791-9189-5 . . . $33 .00

The Triangle Booknon-fiction: description - trivia booksynthesizingmaking connectionsevaluating

978-0-7791-9192-5 . . . $65 .00

W/X

Discussion Cards