Grade 6 – Unit 2

How Animals Fly

The How Animals Fly Releasing Writers-inspired unit helps Grade 6 students explore the special characteristics of flying animals while building structured, meaningful writing skills. Aligned with the Ontario Science curriculum, this classroom-ready resource was created by Ontario teachers for Ontario classrooms.

Fluency in Perspective

The fluency passage in Unit 2 explores how aviation transformed travel, communication, trade, and emergency response around the world. Through repeated reading across the week, students strengthen oral reading fluency while developing vocabulary connected to transportation, innovation, and technological change. The passage supports knowledge building by helping students examine how advances in aviation changed the movement of people and goods and increased global connections over time.

From Wings to the World: Aviation and Its Impact on Society

• Fluency Passage: From Wings to the World: Aviation and Its Impact on Society
• Educator Resource: Fluency
  • Instructional Slide Deck – Fluency
  • Quick Fluency Routine

Structured Writing Cycle

How Animals Fly

• Mentor Text – How Animals Fly
• Educator Resource – Structured Writing
  • Instructional Slide Deck – Structured Writing
  • Instructional Slide Deck – Vocabulary
  • Colour Coded and Student Exemplars
  • Student Writing Page with Prompt

General Resources

• Learning Through Literacy Grade 6 Overview