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Grade 6

• Language

  • 6.L.1.a
  • 6.L.1.c
  • 6.L.1.d
  • 6.L.1.e
  • 6.L.1
  • 6.L.2
  • 6.L.2.b
  • 6.L.3.a
  • 6.L.3.b
  • 6.L.3
  • 6.L.4.a
  • 6.L.4.b
  • 6.L.4.c
  • 6.L.4
  • 6.L.5.a
  • 6.L.5.b
  • 6.L.5.c
  • 6.L.5
  • 6.L.6

• Reading: Informational

  • 6.RI.1
  • 6.RI.2
  • 6.RI.3
  • 6.RI.5
  • 6.RI.6
  • 6.RI.7
  • 6.RI.8
  • 6.RI.9

• Reading: Literature

  • 6.RL.1
  • 6.RL.2
  • 6.RL.3
  • 6.RL.4
  • 6.RL.5
  • 6.RL.6
  • 6.RL.9
  • 6.RL.10

• Speaking & Listening

  • 6.SL.1.a
  • 6.SL.1.b
  • 6.SL.1.c
  • 6.SL.1.d
  • 6.SL.1
  • 6.SL.2
  • 6.SL.3
  • 6.SL.4
  • 6.SL.5
  • 6.SL.6

• Writing

  • 6.W.1.a
  • 6.W.1
  • 6.W.1.e
  • 6.W.2.a
  • 6.W.2.b
  • 6.W.2.c
  • 6.W.2.d
  • 6.W.2
  • 6.W.3
  • 6.W.3.a
  • 6.W.3.b
  • 6.W.3.c
  • 6.W.3.d
  • 6.W.3.e
  • 6.W.4
  • 6.W.5
  • 6.W.6
  • 6.W.7
  • 6.W.8
  • 6.W.9.a
  • 6.W.9
  • 6.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 6.W.2

Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.

Order to Chaos: Dominoes or Dam?

Sometimes outside forces turn order into chaos. But sometimes chaos comes from within.

Gr 2-8

Earth’s Layers: Who Contributes The Most?

Earth’s layers will disagree about which one contributes the most to the planet’s success.

Gr 1-8

An Under-Appreciated Planet

Students write from the point of view of the most under-appreciated planet.

Gr 1-8

Order and Chaos Hide Inside Each Other

Chaos can contain order. Order can contain chaos! Is chaos ever truly random?

Gr 3-8

Chaos Can Be Positive or Negative

Sometimes we want order, but sometimes we need chaos!

Gr 1-8

Halloween Worksheets

Crosswords, image analysis, and writing prompts for Halloween!

Gr 1-8

Who has more power: the Queen Bee or the Hive?

Sometimes power is concentrated in one place. Other times it is spread out.

Gr 1-8

Indirect Power – Lighthouse vs Magnetism

Students explore the idea of indirect power – which can be both visible (a lighthouse) or invisible (magnetism).

Gr 1-8

Power Big Idea Worksheets

Your students will investigate statements like: Power leads to change, Power comes in many forms, Power can be used or abused.

Gr 2-8

Order, Chaos, and the Holiday Season

Let’s write a holiday song about order and chaos!

Gr 1-8

Mother’s Day Cards

Let’s write the cleverest Mother’s Day cards you’ve ever seen!

Gr 1-8

What If… Unreliable Water?

What would the consequences be if a town’s tap water became… unreliable?

Gr 3-8

What If… No Sleep?

What would the consequences be if no one had to sleep anymore?

Gr 1-8

Zig Zag Cipher (Codes Part 3)

Let’s try a cipher that doesn’t substitute new letters or shapes. We just mix things up.

Gr 1-8

Create A Civ: Capital City

Every great capital is part geography, part human design. Research real ones, then build your own from scratch.

Gr 1-8

Categorize and Re-Categorize Animals

Put these animals into groups. Then do it again. Then… do it one more time. How does re-re-grouping the same creatures reveal new patterns and give new insights?

Gr 1-8

Not Like The Others: Types of Volcanoes

Which of these types of volcanoes is not like the others?

Gr 1-8

Not Like The Others: Deserts

Which of these deserts is not like the others?

Gr 1-8

Create A Civilization: Currency

What type of currency will your civilization use? What symbols will be on it? Why are they significant?

Gr 1-8

Create A Civilization: Design A Flag

What makes for a good flag? What makes a bad flag?

Gr 1-8

Ultimate (or Inception) Tic Tac Toe

What if each square on a Tic-Tac-Toe board had another Tic-Tac-Toe board inside of it?

Gr 1-8

Analyze Paragraphs: Baseball

Three paragraphs about baseball. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Gr 1-8

Analyze Paragraphs: Empire State Building

Three paragraphs about the Empire State Building. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Gr 1-8

Analyze Paragraphs: Wolverines

Three paragraphs about wolverines. They all cover the same topic — so what makes each one different? Now combine them into one super-paragraph.

Gr 1-8

The Pros and Cons of Producers and Consumers

Sure, students might know the difference between a producer and a consumer… but have they considered how they feel about each other? What, in a producer’s opinion, are the pros and cons of a consumer?

Gr 1-8

Holiday vs Holiday (from a Mascot’s Perspective)

Want something to do during the holiday season that is both fun and involves thinking? Get students writing about what a snowman would think about Halloween or what a ghost would think about Thanksgiving.

Gr 1-8

Create A Civilization: A Change In Government

It’s a great moment for your civilization! Power is moving from the hands of a few to a more democratic government.

Gr 1-8

Investigating Christmas Trees

Start with facts about Christmas trees. Group them. Label them. Can you boil it all down to one big idea?

Gr 1-8

Upgrading Compare and Contrast Writing

Upgrade compare and contrast writing with just a couple of key words.

Gr 1-8

Building Creative Analogies

We’ll take two seemingly unrelated pieces of content (say volcanoes and the human body) and then build analogies to connect the two ideas. In the end, students can create a skit, comic, or story relating the two concepts.

Gr 1-8

Create A Civilization: Calendars

Why 12 months? Why 30ish days? Why 7 days in a week? Your civilization could organize a year in any way you want!

Gr 1-8

A Caffeine Investigation – Part 3

Caffeine is everywhere. But what are the ads really saying? Analyze the claims, then create your own public service announcement.

Gr 2-8

Create A Civilization: The River

The Nile, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Seine, the Thames, and now… your river!

Gr 1-8

Content Imperatives: Contribuition

Pull on one thread and watch the whole topic move. Contribution asks: what single factor is quietly shaping everything else?

Gr 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Content Imperatives: Origin

Take students back to the beginning by using the Content Imperative ⏺️ Origin.

Gr 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8

Depth and Complexity: ⏳ Change Over Time

Want to get students thinking about how a topic has changed or might change in the future? The ⏳ Change Over Time thinking tool is just what you need!

Gr 2-8

Create A Civilization Introduction

Your students build a civilization from scratch — rivers, flags, calendars, currency, government. Social studies, science, and writing woven into one year-long project.

Gr 1-8

Creating A Realistic Flower and Pollinator

Your students will create a new flower, designed to attract a specific pollinator.

Gr 1-8

Educational Valentines

Let’s make valentines with an educational twist!

Gr 1-8

Create A Creature

Create a new creature based on the adaptations of existing creatures from the same biome.

Gr 1-8

An App For A Historical Figure

What kind of an app could have helped Abe Lincoln accomplish his goals?

Gr 1-8

Reduce Anxiety: Brain Plate (Tool 3)

When a student’s brain is full of worries, everything feels urgent. Brain Plate helps them sort what’s real from what’s noise — and actually do something about it.

Gr 1-8

Reduce Anxiety: Square Breathing (Tool 1)

Reduce anxiety by breathing in a square pattern.

Gr 1-8

Teach Non-Fiction Writing Structure With Fractals

Did you ever notice that the structure of an essay is very similar to the structure of a paragraph? Hmm…

Gr 1-8