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Sixth Grade Lessons and Units Resources

Literacy In Action
Videos that share literacy practices in action
State Collections​
  • Louisiana Department of Education: Sixth Grade
  • Maryland Exemplar Units
  • Mississippi Exemplar Unit: Sixth Grade
  • New York State ELA Units (EngageNY)
  • ​Vermont Writing Collaborative: Writing for Understanding Common Core Units for Teachers

​Independent Organization Collections
  • Student Achievement Partners: Instructional Lesson Planning Guide
  • Anthology Alignment Project (6th-10th): Common Core-aligned lessons for use with texts included in anthologies developed prior to the CCSS Grades 6-11
  • ​Basal Alignment Project (3rd-6th): Common Core-aligned lessons for Basal programs developed prior to the CCSS (some of which include texts that are commonly used trade books) Grades 3-6.  Select the series on the left.​
  • ​Anthology Alignment Project: Free teacher-developed Common Core-aligned lessons for anthology reading series in grade seven. Each story has updated text-dependent questions, tier 2 vocabulary as well as culminating tasks including writing. 
  • CommonLit:  High quality, free, standards aligned instructional units that support literacy development in grades 5-12 ​
  • Common Sense Media: Digital Literacy and Citizenship Curriculum: These free K-12 materials are aligned to our new standards and can be accessed in IBooks or in printable form. 
  • NCTE Lessons: Poetry
  • Literacy Design Collaborative: Sample curriculum     ​
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