The focus in these unit, for grade6, is area (covering) and perimeter (surrounding). The unit helps students develop an understanding of perimeters and areas of rectangles, triangles, parallelograms, and circles. Students use estimating and counting to find areas and perimeters of irregular figures.
Featuring a new group of 38 novels and 5 picture books, this companion title to the popular Literature Circles gives you more exciting projects to promote cooperative, literature-based learning. After students finish reading a select work of literature, this guide assists in working with them to accomplish a common educational goal. Organized around concepts and essential questions, this book helps students expand critical thinking and research skills while learning to work as a team. Grades 3-8.
What do we know about literature circles now that we didn't understand eight or ten years ago? What new resources and procedures can help teachers organize their classroom book clubs better? What are the most common pitfalls in implementing student-led discussion groups? And getting beyond the basics, what do mature or "advanced" literature circles look like?
The benefits and importance of Socratic seminars are widely recognized, but little has been written on how to make them happen successfully in the classroom. By offering real-world examples and straightforward answers to frequent questions, Matt Copeland has created a coaching guide for both the teacher new to Socratic seminars and the experienced teacher seeking to optimize the benefits of this powerful strategy. Socratic Circles also shows teachers who are familiar with literature circles the many ways in which these two practices complement and extend each other.
