Reading Return to Unit List
Grade 6  
Unit 3: With Flying Colors
The School Play
by Gary Soto

Internet Connection Activity
Shooting Stars    Cross Curricular
Comets and Meteors
Connect to this link:
http://library.thinkquest.org/23830/comets.htm


  1. Click What are comets? Read the explanation.

  2. Go back. Click What is the period of a comet? Read about the frequency of comets.

  3. Go back. Find out more by clicking and reading What are Meteors? and Origin of Meteors.

Education Corner
Connect to this link:
http://comets.amsmeteors.org/educate/educate.html


  1. Read the page to tell the difference between comets, meteors and asteroids.

  2. In the Meteor section's Example #1, click meteor to watch the video.

  3. At Example #2, click movie of a fireball to watch another video.


Internet Connection Activity
Donner Party    Find Out More
The Donner Party
Connect to this link:
http://members.aol.com/DanMRosen/donner/index.htm


  1. Scroll down to read the short article. Stop at the list of logs.

  2. Go back to the first paragraph and click ordinary people. Select one or more families to read about.

  3. Go back. Scroll down and click Read what happened to members of the Donner Party.

The Donner Party
Connect to this link:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/donner/index.html


  1. Click About the Program and read the short article.

  2. Click Route to Hell.

  3. Begin at Independence, Missouri. Roll your cursor "west" to each name in blue.


Internet Connection Activity
Artists/Musicians/Writers    Leveled Books
Artist Gallery
Connect to this link:
http://www.allaboutartists.com/bios/index.html


  1. Click an artist's name. Read about the artist.

  2. Click Gallery and click Find Painting by Artist.

  3. Find the artist you have read about and click on his paintings.

American Composers
Connect to this link:
http://ipl.si.umich.edu/div/mushist/twen/american.htm


  1. Read the biographies of these famous American composers.

  2. To hear samples of their famous works click on the hypertext links of the song names.

  3. Create a chart of famous American composers. Include headings for their names, important dates in their lives, and accomplishments.

  4. Which songs do you like the best? Why?