6th grade library curriculum

 
Author of the week
Genre of the month
Lesson of the day
September   
Week 1  

 

3 Rs: Respect, Responsible, Resourceful
Week 2Paul FleischmanHistorical Fiction How to find a good book
How to find a good book quiz
Week 3Susan Cooper

 

Chemical element report
Chemical Elements sites
Chemical element homepage hunt

Week 4Mildred Taylor Broadening
Broader terms
October Poetry
(in class)
 
Week 5Bloor Narrower
Week 6Karen Cushman Read a record/Bibliography
Week 7  Scavenger hunt A / hunt B
Week 8 Dictionary Day Miss Alaineus disaster - dictionary - or
Heteronyms
November Biography Peacemaker project
Week 9ShustermanAfrica reportReference - Encyclopedias (gen.&spec.)
Week 10Mckinley Online - homepage hunt Africa
Week 11HenkesAfrica FT- pourquoi
African Tales

All about me: online internet hunt
On the day you were born
worksheet

Week 12CS Lewis All about me: reference and book hunt
December Mythology and Folk Tale - pptThanksgiving-Had
Week 13Pierce 

History of the Internet and Quiz
History of the Internet and Quiz

Week 14Dickinson Internet terminology - cards & worksheet
Week 15Avi / Cross What is a URL - make your own
Week 16Munro Ryan game - Ups Downs
January FantasyScholastic Book Fair
 Tolkien New Year traditions- Google quotations
 VanDraanen / Ho Newbery minihunt - POWER searching
 London Newbery Nonsense
 Cormier author video / bookfair
 Lester  
 Alexander  
February MysteryValentine's day scavenger hunt :Internet Book Ency. Dictionary Atlas
 

Nixon

 Invisible Web miniquiz - subject directories
 Verne  
 Crossley Holland  Web evaluation - why wary - Hoaxes
 Woodson Presidents reference hunt
 Sleator What are URLs, why important
 Lawrence, Ian  URL worksheet breakdown
 Voigt  
March AdventureInternet search quiz - search engine math
 Linda Sue Park Google v. Yahoo - variety of search engines
 TA Barron  Google Advanced
   Search Engine Quiz
 SewellProverbsQuotations book
   vote YRC - due April 1
April Science Fiction /
Non Fiction
 
 McCaffrey fact & opinion: True Story of 3 Little Pigs
Harry Potter story with fact and opinion
 Haddix Advanced Google- Poetry scavenger hunt
 J. Christopher  Poetry Homepage hunt
 Mary Hoffman  Poetry Hunt - all reference/internet
 Duncan National Library Week - Boy raised librarians -scavenger hunt
May Historical Fiction /
Fine arts
 
 Cadnum magazines
 Zindel NW connections Almanac
 Doyle  
 Naidoo Alphabet Scavenger hunt = test
 Cooper  
 TH White  
 Mazer  
June   
    
    
    
    

homepage hunt - Library history

 

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