Gr6 Reading Comprehension Nonfictin Brand_TAOS BAKES From the supply chain to From the supply chain to the ingredients to their approach to health and wellness Care and Handling Instructions This resource replaces Reading Informational Text and includes updates to the content Text structures include: • Question and answer • Main idea and details • Cause and effect • Compare and contrast • Time order Nonfiction texts in the grade 6 book include a variety of content area topics: Science: • "The Force of Magnetism" Level V • "Food Webs in Ecosystems" Level X • "Genes for Survival" Level Y Social Studies: • "Comparing Rights and Responsibilities" Level X • "Ancient Economies" Level Y Biography: • "Phillis Wheatley: Antislavery Poet" Level V • "Colin Powell: An American Leader" Level W How to: • "How to Grow a Container Garden" Level V • "How to Evaluate Online Sources" Level W • "How to Reuse Items and Reduce Waste" Level X Each unit includes: • Teacher support pages with a lesson plan and objective • A dictionary that identifies content and academic vocabulary • A close reading activity • A comprehension and vocabulary activity • An oral close reading activity with questions to help guide students in a discussion • A text structure analysis activity • A culminating text based writing activity Additional teacher resources: • Overview article and writing prompts chart • Five elements of nonfiction text chart • Five structures of nonfiction text • An answer key Revised edition