Common Core Stations Overview (Math Conference)

RL 6.1

Essential Skills

Making Inferences

Drawing Conclusions

Author’s Purpose

Extension Activity

Narrative Pyramid

RI 6.1

Essential Skills

Making Inferences

Drawing Conclusions

Extension Activity

Poem Based on the Article

RL 6.2

Essential Skills

Theme

Fact/Opinion

Extension Activity

Theme Graphic Organizer

RI 6.2

Essential Skills

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Fact/Opinion

Extension Activity

Main Idea and Supporting Details Graphic Organizer

RL 6.3

Essential Skills

Character/Setting

Plot: Conflict/Resolution

Problem/Solution

Extension Activity

Plot Diagram

RI 6.3

Essential Skills

Problem/Solution

Extension Activity

VISUALIZE: CREATE A STORY STRIP

 RL 6.4

Essential Skills

Figurative Language

Tone & Style

Multiple Meaning Words

Extension Activity

Create a Rap

RI 6.4

Essential Skills

Denotation and Connotation

Synonyms and Antonyms

Extension Activity

Create a Rap

RL 6.5

Essential Skills

Text Features

Graphics

Extension Activity

Create a graphic based on the novel

RI 6.5

Essential Skills

Text Features

Graphics

Extension Activity

Discuss how Text Features and Graphics enhance or could enhance the article

RL 6.6

Essential Skills

Point of View

Extension Activity

Explain how the chapter would differ if told from the viewpoint of a previous character

RI 6.6

Essential Skills

Point of View

Author’s Purpose

Extension Activity

Create a Point of View Game

 RL 6.7

Essential Skills

Compare and Contrast

Extension Activity

VENN Diagram – Reading the Story vs. Listening to the Story

RI 6.7

Essential Skills

Summarizing

Extension Activity

Journal Entry: Connect a song or video to the article and explain

RL 6.8

Essential Skills

None

Extension Activity

None

RI 6.8

Essential Skills

12 Words Specifically Trace and Evaluate

Chronological Order

Cause and Effect

Extension Activity

Flow Map

RL 6.9

Essential Skills

Genres

Extension Activity

Describe how the novel would differ if the genre was changed.

RI 6.9

Essential Skills

Compare and Contrast

Extension Activity

Compare & Contrast Graphic Organizer (Comparing/Contrasting Two Articles about the Same Topic)

RL 6.10

Essential Skills

Drama

Extension Activity

Create a Dramatization of a scene from The Absolute Value of Mike and Complete Reading Strategies Checklist

RI 6.10

Essential Skills

Literary Nonfiction

Extension Activity

Complete Three-Column Notes Graphic Organizer