Canadian Daily Language Activities - Grade 6 (Enhanced E-book)
This book is divided into 32 weekly sections offering short and quick opportunities for Grade 6 students to review and reinforce language skills in grammar, spelling, and reading comprehension. The enhanced e-book saves teachers from having to print off pages and allows students to enter their answers right from their computers or other devices.
Subject: Language
Sub Topic: Grammar, Spelling, Vocabulary, Reading Comprehension
Grade(s): 6
Description: This book is divided into 32 weekly sections. Short and quick opportunities for students to review and reinforce language skills in grammar, spelling, and reading comprehension. The Bonus Activities that follow each week of skills are fun tasks such as word and vocabulary puzzles, figurative language, and reading exercises. A short interesting fact about Canada is the finishing touch! Each weekly section provides daily skill review and assessment activities.
Activities 1 - 4: Focus on punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling; language and reading comprehension skills
Activity 5: Focus on a single language or reading skill
Bonus Activity: Provides opportunities for extended activities through word puzzles, vocabulary development, spelling and reading skills; includes a short, interesting fact about Canada
Student Progress Chart: Students may require a modelled example or individual assistance to complete their Progress Chart. Students record their daily scores for each Language Activity. At the end of the week, they calculate their Total Score. At the end of four weeks, students evaluate their performance.
Number of Pages: 120
Answer Key: Yes
Topics Covered:
This book provides many opportunities for practice of the following skills:
Vocabulary & Word Skills
- word meaning from context
- root words/prefixes/suffixes
- vowel sounds
- spelling
- syllabication
- synonyms/antonyms/homonyms
- contractions
Capitalization
- beginning of sentences
- proper names/titles of people
- names of places
- titles of books, songs, poems
- names of days, months, holidays
- abbreviations
Punctuation
- punctuation at the end of a sentence
- commas in a series
- commas in dates and addresses
- commas in compound sentences
- commas in simple dialogue
- commas after an introductory phrase/clause
- commas in direct address/parenthetical expressions
- commas after appositives
- commas between adjectives
- periods in abbreviations/initials
- use of colons
- quotation marks in speech
- quotation marks: poems, songs, stories
- apostrophes in contractions
- apostrophes in possessives
- interjections
- punctuation in a friendly letter
- run-on sentences
- underlining: books, plays, poems, magazines
Grammar & Word Usage
- pronouns: subject/object, possessive
- common/proper nouns
- singular/plural nouns
- possessive nouns
- verb forms
- verb tenses
- double negatives
- types of adjectives and adverbs
- the correct form of adjective and adverbs
- correct article/determiner/adjective/adverb
- parts of speech
- comparative/superlative
- subject/predicate
- subject-verb agreement
- prepositional phrases
- sentence types
- sentence combinations
Reading Comprehension
- analogies
- categorization
- cause and effect
- fact or opinion
- fact or fantasy
- fiction or nonfiction
- figurative language
- inference
- simile/metaphor
- idioms, proverbs
Reference Skills
- alphabetical order
- dictionary skills
- reference materials
- media sources
Delivery: E-book, Enhanced E-book, Print Book
Author/Creators Name: S & S Learning Materials
Authors/Creators Education: N/A
About the Creator: N/A
