Central Idea and Details RI.6.2 | Toys R Us: The End of an Era Article #6-1

Nonfiction Article of the Week Club, Article #6-1: Toys R Us: The End of an Era

This is the first in a set of 25 informational text articles + activity packs designed to teach ALL of the reading informational text standards for 6th grade in a fun, rigorous, and easy to implement solution!

Download this FREE resource today, and then click here to view the rest of the article + activity packs available via this growing bundle. Your students will love reading Toys R Us: The End of an Era and practicing skills, including text evidence, central idea and supporting details, and integrating multiple sources.

Each article + activity pack includes these components:

-original article written at the 6th grade level

-modified version of each article

-professional audio recording of each article and modified article

-editable version of all activities and assessments

-digital Google Slides version of all articles and activities

-self-grading Google Forms assessments (3 per article)

-articles also included digitally via Google Docs

6th Grade Articles Available:

6-2: Skill RI.6.2 Summarize (Overpopulation in China: China's One-Child Policy)

6-3: Skill RI.6.3 Analyze Key Details in a Text (Competitive Eating: The World's Fast Eaters)

6-4: Skill RI.6.3 Elaboration of Key Details (Supervolcano Lurking Beneath Yellowstone Park)

6-5: REVIEW RI.6.2-RI.6.3 (Unbreakable: Navajo Code Talkers)

6-6: Skill RI.6.4 Connotative & Figurative Meanings (Football vs. Fútbol (Soccer))

6-7: Skill RI.6.4 Connotative & Figurative Meanings (Halloween History)

6-8: Skill RI.6.5 Analyze Text Structure (Underpopulation in Japan)

6-9: Skill RI.6.5 Analyze Text Structure (The Golden Age of Radio)

6-10: Skill RI.6.6 Author's Point of View & Purpose (Too Much Sugar)

6-11: Skill RI.6.6 Author's Point of View & Purpose (Bullying)

6-12: REVIEW RI.6.4-RI.6.5-RI.6.6 (The Harlem Renaissance)

6-13: MIDTERM Assessment RI.6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 6.6 (Climate Change)

6-14: Skill RI.6.8 Evaluate Arguments & Claims (Don't Shop, Adopt! Pet Adoption)

6-15: Skill RI.6.8 Evaluate Arguments & Claims (UFOs)

6-16: Skill RI.6.7 Integrate Information From Different Media (Screen Time)

6-17: Skill RI.6.9 Compare & Contrast Two Authors' Presentation of Events (Human Computers)

6-18: Skill RI.6.9 Compare & Contrast Two Authors' Presentation of Events (Biography and Autobiography Excerpt) (Frederick Douglass)

6-19: REVIEW RI.6.7-RI.6.8-RI.6.9 (Chocolate!)

6-20: Skill RI.6.1 Citing Text Evidence (SpaceX)

6-21: Skills RI.6.5 and RI.6.6 (Who Were the Mayans?)

6-22: Test Prep / Standardized Test Practice

6-23: End of the Year Review ESCAPE ROOM (The Dawn Wall of El Capitan)