Welcome to 6th grade English Language Arts and Social Studies!
I consider myself very fortunate to be a teacher at Shrewsbury Public School. I want what is best for your students and look forward to contributing to their growth, not only in ELA and Social Studies, but as people as well.
English Language Arts
The first unit in ELA is a study of Non-Fiction. A good way to remember what genre Non-Fiction is NF= Not Fake= Non-Fiction.
Studying real life events can present itself in many unique formats. The first focus of Non-Fiction is that of text features.
Here are some common text features accompanied by their functional definitions:
Captions: Help you better understand a picture or photograph
Comparisons: These sentences help you to picture something {Example: A whale shark is a little bit bigger than a school bus.}
Glossary: Helps you define words that are in the book
Graphics: Charts, graphs, or cutaways are used to help you understand what the author is trying to tell you
Illustrations/Photographs: Help you to know exactly what something looks like
Index: This is an alphabetical list of ideas that are in the book. It tells you what page the idea is on.
Labels: These help you identify a picture or a photograph and its parts
Maps: help you to understand where places are in the world
Special Print: When a word is bold, in italics, or underlined, it is an important word for you to know
Subtitles: These headings help you to know what the next section will be about
Table of Contents: Helps you identify key topics in the book in the order they are presented
I consider myself very fortunate to be a teacher at Shrewsbury Public School. I want what is best for your students and look forward to contributing to their growth, not only in ELA and Social Studies, but as people as well.
English Language Arts
The first unit in ELA is a study of Non-Fiction. A good way to remember what genre Non-Fiction is NF= Not Fake= Non-Fiction.
Studying real life events can present itself in many unique formats. The first focus of Non-Fiction is that of text features.
Here are some common text features accompanied by their functional definitions:
Captions: Help you better understand a picture or photograph
Comparisons: These sentences help you to picture something {Example: A whale shark is a little bit bigger than a school bus.}
Glossary: Helps you define words that are in the book
Graphics: Charts, graphs, or cutaways are used to help you understand what the author is trying to tell you
Illustrations/Photographs: Help you to know exactly what something looks like
Index: This is an alphabetical list of ideas that are in the book. It tells you what page the idea is on.
Labels: These help you identify a picture or a photograph and its parts
Maps: help you to understand where places are in the world
Special Print: When a word is bold, in italics, or underlined, it is an important word for you to know
Subtitles: These headings help you to know what the next section will be about
Table of Contents: Helps you identify key topics in the book in the order they are presented