Year 6 Lesson Plans

In this integrated science and language arts lesson, students will explore causes and multiple effect in the context of reading and learning about various weather events and natural disasters.

In this integrated language arts and science lesson students will explore causes and effects that specifically relate to environmental impact, including the effects of human actions.

Similes, metaphors, and idioms are some of the most widely used literary devices in both speaking and writing. Students will review each of these and practise creating some of their own.

You can combine ideas by making compound sentences — and link descriptive phrases into them. Students enjoy fun games and activities while learning to make varied sentences.

A deeper comprehension of clauses and conjunctions will help your young writers understand the building blocks of language.

This lesson walks students through the first few steps of crafting a personal narrative.

This engaging lesson will revisit the basic parts of speech and address why some words have can have more than one part of speech.

Teach your students to recognise patterns of zeros when multiplying by powers of 10 with exponents.

Teach your students to use bar models and multiplication to find a fraction of a whole number.

Students will read a story and listen to a song to explore the sound of silence, its meaning, and significance.

If your students understand PEMDAS and its role in the order of operations, GEMDAS will be a breeze. The “P” is replaced with a “G” to represent a wider range of grouping symbols.

Support your EL students in understanding and identifying parts of speech such as adverbs and adjectives in a text. This lesson plan can also support the lesson Varsity Parts of Speech Review.

In this lesson, students will gain and use knowledge of expanded fraction form to play a fun card game involving rounding.

Make multiplying by powers of ten more accessible to your students by focusing on patterns in the number of zeros!

Activate your students' observational skills by having them analyze a chart of the powers of ten! Use this lesson on its own or as support to the lesson Powers of 10.

By the end of the lesson, students will understand what theme is and how to determine theme in a piece of writing, such as a poem.

Use this lesson to help your ELs identify and understand the meaning of metaphors. It can be a stand-alone lesson or used as support for the lesson What's a Metaphor?

What's the difference between primary and secondary sources? This lesson will compare the two types of sources and ask students to discuss the benefits of using each source.

This rich, engaging varsity-level review incorporates the lesser-studied parts of speech: articles, prepositions, adverbs, and superlative adjectives.

Help your students determine the meaning of new and unfamiliar words using roots, prefixes, and suffixes.

Students will learn how to advocate for their ideas by planning and drafting a well-supported persuasive letter on an issue of their choice.

In this lesson, students will create a paper chain based on their greatest strengths and attributes. They will also work with peers to share and identify each other's strengths.

Help students decode tricky language in the Declaration of Independence with an integrated vocabulary and history lesson.

Imagery is one of the most important tools in a narrative writer's arsenal.

Students will actively engage in research, art integration and presenting to peers.