Article of the Week: 30 Nonfiction Articles + Activity Packs + Slide Decks (Grade 6, CCSS RI + TEKS)

Curriculum bundle · Grades 6 (great for 5–7) · PDF + PowerPoint, 6 ZIPs · $39

Make nonfiction the best part of the week. Each original article grabs middle schoolers with a real, recent story (a newly named dinosaur, sea turtles nesting where they never have before, the Moon shrinking, monarchs tracked by radio tag, a dwarf planet beyond Pluto, the World Series, this year's chemistry Nobel) and builds the skills that matter most: central idea, inference, text evidence and critical thinking.

Every article comes in an on-level and a modified version with matching paragraph numbers and headings, so the whole class can discuss the same evidence. Each week also zooms in on one focus standard (RI.6.1 through RI.6.9, with matching Grade 6 TEKS) with its own Skill Focus page, and every article has a ready-to-teach PowerPoint with a hook, Stop and Think checkpoints, a Part A/Part B evidence demo, a Four Corners debate, an exit ticket and a teacher script in the speaker notes.

Facts are checked against the sources listed with each article. Students also practice integrating sources with an original Source 2 (data tables, timelines, opinion pieces and clearly labeled fictional accounts), plus a cold-read pre-test, midterm and final with a class tracker to show growth.

Each article is also sold individually for $3, so the bundle saves you more than half.

What's included

• 30 original nonfiction articles, on-level + modified versions
• 30 activity packs (about 30 pages each) with answer keys
• 30 PowerPoint slide decks with speaker-note teacher scripts
• Comprehension Checks, Evidence Hunts (annotate + Part A/Part B), Central Idea Builder and Inference Lab every week
• A Skill Focus page for each article's standard (RI.6.1–RI.6.9)
• Integrating Sources with an original Source 2 and a two-source writing task
• Four Corners debate, Skills Test, short response and Modified Skills Test every week
• Pre-test, midterm and final (cold reads) with question map and class tracker
• Teacher guide with weekly routine, article list, standards map and TEKS notes
• Common Core RI and Grade 6 TEKS alignment on every teacher page, plus a full standards map
• Articles: Student Science, Near Space; Secrets of the Deep; Sea Turtles Make History; Coral Reefs Need Help; Can You Trust That Video?; Old Tech, New Life; Smarter Energy for Schools; Young Stars, World Stage; How Elections Work; New Clues From Old Bones; Is the Moon Shrinking?; Follow the Monarchs; Tracking Bats in Flight; Robots on the Farm; The Future of Chocolate; Weather on Other Worlds; Can Microbes Eat Plastic?; Sports for Every Body; Stay Smart, Stay Secure; City Farms, Fresh Food; What's Beyond Pluto?; How Do Dogs Remember?; Solving a Frog Mystery; Keeping Traditions Alive; Fighting Food Waste; Smarter Shellfish Science; Baseball's Biggest Stage; Molecules in the Mirror; 3D Prints That Sense; Space Trash Into Tools

How teachers use it

• Weekly Article of the Week routine in grade 6 ELA (also works in grades 5 and 7)
• Nonfiction and informational text instruction, test prep and small-group reteaching by standard
• Differentiated reading with on-level and modified versions, ESL/EB and intervention support

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