6th+Grade

- another genre assignment - book pass - discuss one battle book each week - silent reading
 * Tuesdays in February**

- one week - show new OPAC in tech lab - other weeks - book talk book fair books, book fair video and book fair Tuesdays in December - book pass for new genre assignment if needed - each week discuss/read from one battle book
 * Tuesdays in January**

1st Class - Ranger's Apprentice 2nd Class - Face on the Milk Carton
 * December 11, 2012**

Show class book trailers on website 1st Class - Theodore Boone 2nd Class - Truce General introduction to battle books and silent reading
 * December 4, 2012**
 * November - before Thanksgiving**

Pass the book - Science fiction - structured book selection
 * October, 30, 2012**

Silent reading, independent checkout
 * October 23, 2012**

Silent reading, independent checkout
 * October 16, 2012**

Silent reading, independent checkout
 * October 9, 2012**

Silent reading, independent checkout
 * October 2, 2012**

Silent reading, independent checkout
 * September 25, 2012**

Did not come to library - Wildner to get articles on U-Boats
 * September 18, 2012**


 * September 11, 2012**
 * - Please Pass the Book - Library Sparks October 2011**

Review of library rules and procedures and expected behavior, Mystery Fiction book pass See link below for record and scan for article. - 8-9 books at each table, 5 kids at each table - fiction book pass - call time - take one book to investigate 1. read title and author's name and look at front cover 2. Read the book blurb on back cover or flap of jacket 3. Turn to first chapter and keep reading, if not interested - flip to middle and start reading 4. Call time - stop reading and record book on book pass log - include comment and rating Name on book pass and collect. [] - =Week of Thanksgiving - Tuesday - battle= =4/5/11 - tech lab= =3/29/11 - booktalk topics= =3/22/11= Continue - thick and think questions - Mary Celeste
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Thick and think questions - Mary Celeste
 * 3/15/11**

October 12, 2010 Book Reviews - have kids change font, add book cover and put on flash drive - in tech lab? =September 14, 2010= 40 Book Challenge Review different genres - show stickers on books, talk about library website, show where find poetry, novels in verse, mythology, folktales, informational =June, 2010= Two mornings - battle of the books =April-May, 2010= Battle of the Books

Note: Gave both 6th gr HR teachers audio clips of battle books to play during homeroom

6th Grade battle of the books – AUDIO CLIPS FOR HOMEROOM Audio excerpts to play during homeroom – sometimes need to hit play, then hit pause and then hit play again. Firegirl by Tony Abbot Audio excerpt [] Football Genius by Tim Green []

Olive’s Ocean by Kevin Henkes [] - note: need to click on Audio Excerpt Travel Team by Mike Lupica Audio excerpt [] Rules by Cynthia Lord [] Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt –

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Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli [] click on audio Emma-Jean Lazarus Fell Out of a Tree by Lauren Tarshis – none Ranger’s Apprentice: The Ruins of Gorlan by John Flanagan [] Inkheart by Cornelia Funke [] Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz [] Princess Academy by Shannon Hale [] Mister Monday by Garth Nix [] Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert O’Brien [] The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan [] The Alchemyst by Michael Scott [] The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle [] Blood on the River: Jamestown 1607 by Elisa Carbone – none Yellow Star by Jennifer Roy [] City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau – author discusses book’s idea at beginning [] The Girl Who Could Fly by Victoria Forester – none My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George [] Everest: Book One: The Contest by Gordon Korman – none Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell [] Brian’s Winter by Gary Paulsen [] The Wright 3 by Blue Balliet [] Skeleton Man by Joseph Bruchac – author talks about origin behind book [] Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline Cooney [] Last Shot by John Feinstein []
 * April 19**

Individual help in library with thin and thick questions, narrowing topic
 * April 12**

Research topic book talks - discussion of narrowing topics =March-April, 2010= Historical Fiction genre assignment =February, 2010=

February 16 - model book talk - follow LM's guidelines for writing a book review

Fantasy genre assignment =December 2009-January, 2010= Battle of the books

=December 9, 2009=

Christmas carol vocabulary - check out books for Christmas vacation

=November 24, 2009=

Read aloud from Wednesday Wars by Gary Schmidt - start the chapter titled November - introduce the book using the intro on p. 82 of Reid's Read Alouds.

=November 10, 2009=

Choose a battle book Choose an informational book =October 27, 2009=

Read a scary story to 6th grade - Mia's Ghost by San Souci - From The August House of Scary Stories - edited by Liz Parkhurst - make sure to follow storyteller's instructions at end - giving emphasis on Mia and the haunted house

=October 20, 2009=

KW go to classroom - get student opinions on last year's (5th grade) battle books - Which ones were total winners - you just loved them? - Which ones didn't you like? =October 13, 2009=

Select mystery from tables - silent reading - book dating method.

=October 6, 2009=

not coming to library

=September 29, 2009=

Nonfiction book talks - from Gotcha series by Kathleen Baxter - Around the World Theme -purpose to get kids to read NF for 40 book challenge __Gotcha Good__ What if You Met a Knight? - p. 94 Taj Majal by Caroline Arnold p. 95 The World Made New by Marc Aronson -. 96 Hatshepsut by Ellen Galford p. 102, 103 Blackbeard the Pirate Kingp. 106, 107 Cat witht he Yellow star by Susan Rubin p. 113 The Secret of the Priest's Grotto p. 118

__Gotcha for Guys__ What if you met a Knight p. 1 Hitler Youth p. 2 and 3 Ghosts of the Nile p. 4 Hiroshima by Clive Lawton p. 5 Remember WWII p. 7 Hidden Child p. 7 Lonek's Journy p. 9 Ancient Rome p. 9

=September 22, 2009= 6th Grade did not come to library this week =September 15, 2009=

Check out books - show kids where poetry and mythology are located in library. Kids need to return to classroom relatively quickly to finish testing.

=September 1, 2009= This Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall – 6th grade Bruno Walton and Melvin (Boots) O' Neal love their shared dorm room in the Topnotch Canadian boarding school, Macdonald Hall, but when their practical jokes get out of hand, Headmaster Sturgeon (The Fish) feels his best choice is to separate the lifelong friends. Bruno is forced to move in with Elmer Drimsdale, the eccentric school genius who raises fish in the bathtub, plants in the dresser, and who's idea of a good time is to stay up 'til the wee hours studying the Crab Nebula with his telescope, while Boots is saddled with George Wexford-Smyth III, a hypochondriac yuppie snob who believes it vitally important to sterilize his dorm room daily. Life is not good. Though Bruno comes up with one wild scheme after another to convince the Headmaster to put the two back together, it seems that nothing will work. Has the Fish managed to put a permanent end to Bruno and Boots' friendship? Not if Bruno has anything to say about it. This Can't Be Happening at Macdonald Hall was Gordon Korman's first book, written as an English project when he was only 12 years old, and in it he introduced many of the Macdonald Hall characters that would remain favorites for many books to come. Gordon Korman Realistic Fiction - ties to Morrow's Literature assignment - response to liberature - Realistic fiction - everyone needs a realistic fiction book – handed out realistic fiction listThis Can’t Be Happening at Macdonald Hall - Booktalk and Read excerpts from book – p.g. 49 *** to 51** * and page 53*** to page 55*** Find book for Realistic Fiction genre study Speed Dating for Books" Realistic Fiction - source lm_net We are having SO much fun with it. I have piled stacks of books all over the tables. When the class comes in, they choose a table to sit and pick a book that appeals to them. They are given 5 minutes to "get to know" the book they pick up. After 5 minutes - everyone goes to a different table. If the first book they read has really grabbed them - they can check it out and go sit on the bean bag chairs and read the rest of the time. If the first book did not grab them - they choose a book from the 2nd table and give it 5 more minutes. We had them switch 4 times. Then the teacher told them it was time to make a final decision on which book they were going to take out for a longer "date". The kids really enjoyed it. It was a very peaceful activity as the kids descended into the books. It gave kids a "method" for choosing books. It gave kids an opportunity to share about books that were on the table that they had already read. Lots of fun was had by all!

HA Version - same thing - just call it book tryouts Realistic Fiction genre assignment =June 9 and 10, 2009= Battle of the Books - two mornings =May 12, 2009= Still working on battle books - no genre assignment =May 5, 2009= 6th grade - checking in and out battle books - brief team meetins =April 28, 2009= Battle of the Books - teams - and finding books

=April 21, 2009= Research - Bibliography - writing down all sources - use powerpoint []

=April 14, 2009= Easter Vacation =April 7, 2009= Individual help with research projects =March 30, 2009= Introduce Research project on behalf of Morrow Book talk various books and topics appropriate to research project - 6th grade =March 24, 2009= Did not come to the library =March 17, 2009= Reading Strategy/Listening Grade for Morrow

Read Aloud Zathura by Chris VanAllsburg Make Summarization Pyramid worksheet for kids - p. 113 of Teaching Integrated Reading Strategies in the Middle School Library Media Center - based on Zathura - put story pyramid together as a group 9:15 - Anderson's HR, 10:45 - Morrow's HR =March 10, 2009= Did not come to library =March 3, 2009= Choose a fantasy book for project =February 24, 2009=

Thin and Thick questioning continued - finish up Wolf Girls =February 17, 2009=

Thin and Thick questioning - using Wolf Girls by Jane Yolen =January 6, 2008=

Fact Trackers for Battle Books - demonstrate using short picture book - use as example - Edwina - The Dinosaur Who Didn't Know She Was Extinct by Mo Willems

=December 16, 2008=

Christmas Carol vocabulary game


 * December 9, 2008 - Did not come to library**


 * December 2, 2008 - Reading Strategies**

Nonfiction previewing strategies. Look at title, subheadings and illustrations - See p. 10 in Teaching Integrated Reading Strategies in the Middle School Library

DIA - Directed Inquiry Activity - kind of

Survey the title, subheadings and illustrations in the non-fiction book they checked out last week.

K. Wildner will model - based on review will be working on for next week - Magellan - what do I know? what do I think I will learn from this book?

Make a chart on loose-leaf paper - On one side - put what you already know about the subject, on the next side - put what you want to know


 * November 25, 2008 - Nonfiction**

Nonfiction book talks - purpose to have each 6th grade student choose a good nonfiction book to check out and use in LA/Lit. Use booktalks from Gotcha series by Baxter.