Grade 6 Article of the Week, Non-Fiction Reading Response

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Pages: 75 Pages + Google Slides
Answer Key: Rubric only
Teaching Duration: 1 Year

Help your Grade 6 students become stronger readers and writers with this Grade 6 Article of the Week Resource. Designed to build independence gradually, this ready-to-use resource teaches students how to read, analyze, annotate, discuss, and respond to non-fiction texts with confidence.

Instead of handing students an article and hoping they know what to do, this resource explicitly teaches the reading response process through structured, scaffolded, and independent lessons, making it perfect for the entire school year. Students progress from teacher-guided activities to independently writing thoughtful, evidence-based responses using any non-fiction article.

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Students practice using three engaging high-interest articles before moving to independently selected current events, including:

• School Uniforms
• The Yeti
• Plastic Pollution

What's Included

• Step-by-Step Lesson Plans
• Structured Group Lesson
• Structured Independent Lesson
• Scaffolded Lesson
• Independent Article of the Week Lesson
• Teacher Instructions and Implementation Ideas
• Multiple Classroom Activity Options
• Non-Fiction Reading Response Graphic Organizers
• 3 Non-Fiction Articles (School Uniforms, The Yeti, Plastic Pollution)
• Assessment Options (Levels And Points Rubrics)
• Sample Responses
• How To Annotate Guide Poster
• Paragraph Writing Must-Haves Poster
• Response Writing Guidelines
• Peer Editing Checklist
• Print and Digital Formats

Students gradually build independence using multiple response formats including:

• Summaries
• New Learning
• Questions About The Text
• Main Idea Organizers
• Evidence Collection
• Text Connections
• Reflection Activities
• Paragraph Responses

Assessment Resources

• Multiple Assessment Rubrics
• Level 1–4 Rubrics
• Expectations-Based Rubrics
• Teacher Feedback Form
• Paragraph Writing Assessment
• Reading Response Assessment

Why Teachers Love This Resource

➡️Teaches students how to respond to informational text, not just what to answer
➡️Gradually releases responsibility from teacher modelling to independent writing
➡️Perfect for weekly current events and Article of the Week routines
➡️Differentiated graphic organizers support a wide range of learners
➡️Ready-to-use lesson plans save valuable planning time
➡️Encourages critical thinking, discussion, annotation, and evidence-based writing
➡️Can be used with any non-fiction article all year long

Perfect For:

• Grade 6 English Language Arts
• Reading Comprehension
• Current Events
• Informational Text
• Non-Fiction Reading
• Literacy Centres
• Guided Reading
• Small Groups
• Whole-Class Instruction
• Independent Reading
• Homework

Students Will Practice:

✅Reading Comprehension
✅Summarizing Informational Text
✅Identifying Key Ideas
✅Supporting Ideas With Evidence
✅Making Connections
✅Annotation Strategies
✅Paragraph Writing
✅Critical Thinking
✅Opinion Writing
✅Discussion Skills
✅Peer Editing
✅Reflection

Whether you use weekly current events, other non-fiction articles, or classroom-selected non-fiction texts, these graphic organizers, lesson plans, rubrics, and anchor charts provide everything you need.