6^TH GRADE ELAR SYLLABUS BY NINE WEEKS

Below is a brief overview of what 6^th grade Reading/Language skills the state of Texas requires teachers to cover.  Some of these skills may take longer to teach so we might start a skill in one nine weeks but finish it in the next. All of the TEKS that 6^th grade ELAR teachers are required to teach are centered on students listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking. These skills are set by the state and because we really have a lot to teach each nine weeks, attendance and positive classroom behavior are extremely important. 

If you would like more information on what skills your child will be taught this year, you can go to the following website http://www.teksresourcesystem.net/ . 

1^ST NINE WEEKS:

Unit 1 - Building Foundational Reading and Writing Processes

Unit 2A - Analyzing and Crafting Literary Text: Fiction and Literary/Narrative Nonfiction

 2^ND NINE WEEKS:  

Unit 2B - Analyzing and Crafting Literary Texts: Drama and Poetry

Unit 3 - Analyzing and Crafting Informational Text

3^RD NINE WEEKS: 

Unit 4 - Analyzing and Crafting Argumentative Texts

Unit 5 - Analyzing Texts Across Genres

 4^TH NINE WEEKS:  

Unit 5 (cont.) - Analyzing Texts Across Genres

Unit 6 - Synthesize! Create! Innovate!