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6th Grade Lesson Plans

Plan grade 6 instruction with lesson plans, teaching units and guided activities. Browse by subject to find a teaching sequence, a focused lesson or supporting activities for your next class.

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Giraffe Unit Study teaching resource preview
Reading & language arts

Giraffe Unit Study

Interactive multi-lesson unit study introducing and expanding students' knowledge of giraffes, for elementary teachers and homeschooling/co-op families.

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3–5
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A Wrinkle in Time: Exploring Literature Teaching Unit teaching resource preview
Reading & language arts

A Wrinkle in Time: Exploring Literature Teaching Unit

A comprehensive 12-unit literature teaching guide for the novel 'A Wrinkle in Time', covering pre-reading discussion, chapter study guides, vocabulary, class discussion, tests, and writing projects.

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4–9
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Ocean Animals Deep-sea Community PowerPoint and Study Guide teaching resource preview
Science & social studies

Ocean Animals Deep-sea Community PowerPoint and Study Guide

A multi-lesson unit on deep-sea communities (hydrothermal vents, black smokers, and deep-sea organisms) combining a slideshow presentation with a student study guide, review questions, a quiz, and an answer key.

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Microsoft PowerPoint
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4–8
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Polynesian Unit teaching resource preview
Reading & language arts

Polynesian Unit

Multi-lesson unit teaching the geography, history/culture, and myths of Polynesia.

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5–8
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Da Vinci Unit Study teaching resource preview
Reading & language arts

Da Vinci Unit Study

Multi-topic unit study book compiling nine mini-units on the life and work of Leonardo da Vinci, for use in a hands-on class over an extended period.

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4–6
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Editable PE Lesson Plan Template – 3 Color Options teaching resource preview
Arts, movement & wellbeing

Editable PE Lesson Plan Template – 3 Color Options

Organize a PE lesson around what students will learn, how they will practice and how their learning will be checked. The editable Word template includes planning spaces for activities, resources, safety and modifications, with an assessment-method checklist. Three color versions use the same structure, while an introductory article and completed throwing-stations lesson show how the sections work together.

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Classifying Animals Lesson Plan & Slides teaching resource preview
Science & social studies

Classifying Animals Lesson Plan & Slides

A lesson plan for teaching students to classify animals into groups (mammals, birds, fish, amphibians, reptiles, arthropods) using an accompanying slideshow and a review game.

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3–6
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Sound Energy Two Lesson Unit: Lesson Plan, Printables, Powerpoint and Quiz teaching resource preview
Science & social studies

Sound Energy Two Lesson Unit: Lesson Plan, Printables, Powerpoint and Quiz

Sound Energy Two Lesson Unit: Lesson Plan, Printables, Powerpoint and Quiz This comprehensive teaching resource introduces the concept of sound energy to grade 4 and grade 5 students. The Sound Energy mini-unit is divided into two distinct lesson plans supplemented with 10 printable worksheets, an animated powerpoint presentation, and…

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4–5
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Plants of Australia | Australia Unit Study | Geography Bundle teaching resource preview
Science & social studies

Plants of Australia | Australia Unit Study | Geography Bundle

Plants of Australia | Continent of Australia Unit Study | Geography Bundle This teaching resource introduces students to the botanical beauty and variety that graces the Australian continent. The packet contains detailed information cards on twelve different plants native to Australia: bottlebrush kangaroo paw golden wattle gum tree…

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3–7
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Caves and Karst Unit Study teaching resource preview
Reading & language arts

Caves and Karst Unit Study

An interactive unit study that teaches students about caves and karst landscapes, including how different cave types (solution, lava tube, sea, sandstone) form.

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3–5
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Guided Reading Lesson Plan & Activities for Grade 5 teaching resource preview
Reading & language arts

Guided Reading Lesson Plan & Activities for Grade 5

A guided reading lesson plan for Grade 5, built around the anchor text Matilda by Roald Dahl (Chapter 7: "Miss Honey"), targeting character motivation/inference, vocabulary building, and discussion of resilience and kindness themes.

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5
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The Scribe: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers teaching resource preview
Reading & language arts

The Scribe: Full Lesson Plan w/ PowerPoints & Graphic Organizers

The Scribe: A Comprehensive Reading Lesson Plan Bundle for Kristin Hunter's Short Story This reading lesson plan bundle for "The Scribe" by Kristin Hunter includes everything an educator needs to teach the text. It comes with a full lesson plan, worksheet, answer key, 15 graphic organizers , and 8 PowerPoint presentations. Teachers can…

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6–9
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Shapes ESL Lesson Plan For Kids and Early Learners teaching resource preview
Reading & language arts

Shapes ESL Lesson Plan For Kids and Early Learners

ESL lesson plan teaching beginner/early-level students to discuss, describe, and compare shapes to everyday items, part of a numbered ESL lesson plan series ('TEAM TEFL First 25 ESL Lesson Plans For Kids,' no. 8).

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