Mrs. Shaver - 6th Grade ELA & Science

Welcome to 6th Grade English Language Arts & Science!

Weekly Word Stems

Books we will be reading this year:

A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park

Some important ELA Topics we will focus on this year:

• Reading and making inferences (understanding what is implied, but not directly stated)
• Understanding new or unfamiliar vocabulary words in a text
• Understanding the text structure of non-fiction texts
• Reading & determining the main idea or theme of a text
• Understanding figurative language in a text
• Writing personal narratives & research-based informational essays
• Building an understanding of word stems (Latin & Greek roots)