Grade 6  Reading Themes
Unit One Theme: Acceptance  Novel: Freak the Mighty                               
Unit Two Theme: Social Justice Novel: Watsons go to Birmingham                             
Unit Three Theme: Coming of Age Novel: The Giver                                                                                                 
Unit Four Theme: Tolerance Novel: Number the Stars

Week of February 24th:
This week the students are reading Watsons and focusing on how setting affects the plot.  Some questions to ask you child:

~What was it like during the 60s?
~How did the CRM affect African American families in both the South and the North?