Gr6 Reading Comprehension Nonfictin Brand_TAOS BAKES Care and Handling Instructions Care and Handling Instructions Balanced nutrition with 25 essential vitamins & minerals and 7g protein 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 Build strong reading comprehension skills with leveled nonfiction texts and comprehension activities