Grade 6 Curriculum

   Reading

§         Apply an integrated strategy for word identification and continue to expand reading vocabulary.

§         Read text using self-monitoring comprehension strategies.

§         Make a variety of meaningful, relevant connections to text to expand meaning and understanding.

§         Make, and support with evidence, assertions about texts.

§         Analyze texts and respond with higher levels of thinking about a story and extend understanding.

§         Analyze texts to identify literary elements and literary devices used by the author.

§         Read and understand essential content of information texts.

§         Read independently for enjoyment.

   Language Arts 

§         Independently use the writing process and work in writing groups, with emphasis on revision.

§         Use a variety of modes of writing: personal narratives with reflection; informative/explanatory/investigative essays; persuasive essays; literary responses; business letters.

§         Refine handwriting skills to achieve maximum legibility.

§         Be accountable for words presented across the curriculum in spelling instruction.

§         Use reference materials and computer spell-checks to verify spelling.

§         Present formal oral reports with notes and visuals.

§         Actively listen, reflect, and respond appropriately in small group and whole class discussions and activities.

§         Apply study skills and test-taking strategies.

§         Extend independent use of electronic and printed reference materials.

§         Apply research skills independently: formulating questions; gathering data; organizing data; interpreting data; presenting information in oral, written, and word-processed form; self-evaluating process and product of research.

§         Be accountable for correct capitalization, punctuation, and usage, with emphasis on direct quotes and business letters.

§         Vary sentence structure by using complex sentences.

§         Refine knowledge of parts of speech, including verb tenses, pronoun usage.

§         Identify parts of sentences, and work on phrases, direct objects, and subject/verb agreement.

§         Write to an informative prompt.

  Mathematics

§         Read, write, and compare numbers from thousandths to trillions.

§         Understand/apply order of operations to evaluate expressions and solve number sentences.

§         Add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers and decimals.

§         Use an algorithm to multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers.

§         Use an algorithm to add/subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like/unlike denominators.

§         Convert between fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percents.

§         Write fractions in simplest form.

§         Find the greatest common factor and least common multiple of two numbers.

§         Apply the distributive property.

§         Use a percent circle to construct and interpret circle graphs.

§         Use rate tables, ratio, and proportion to solve problems.

§         Apply and explain problem solving strategies.

§         Understand and use probability concepts.

§         Write and solve equations that represent problem situations.

§         Determine the value of a variable and solve for 1- and 2-step equations.

§         Represent and solve problems using rates with formulas, tables, and graphs.

§         Evaluate algebraic expressions and formulas.

§         Apply properties of sums of angle measures of triangles and quadrangles.

§         Measure and construct angles.

§         Solve perimeter, circumference, area and volume and capacity problems.

  Science

§         Explain the functions of the parts of a microscope.

§         Prepare a wet-mount slide, review a specimen, and record observations.

§         Explain earth’s moving plates and the Continental Drift Theory.

§         Compare examples of seismic activities.

§         Identify the effects of the sun and the moon on tides, day length, and seasons.

§         Describe the development of telescopes and satellites.

§         Explain the structure of the sun, the life cycles of stars, and the shapes and components of galaxies.

§         Describe space exploration in the past and in the present.

§         Identify types of pollution that impact on land, water, and air.

§         Test for presence of pollution.

  Social Studies

§         Describe the cultural and current status of Europe, Latin America, sub-Sahara Africa, or Southern and Eastern Asia, concentrating on three of the four areas.

§         Analyze the economies of the above areas and the relationships to the United States.

§         Recognize the interaction of world communities.

§         Use latitude, longitude, meridians, and time zones in locating areas.

§         Identify landmasses, landforms, and bodies of water in the countries studied.

§         Explain citizens’ rights and responsibilities.

§         Become informed on issues and candidates, and the importance of voting.

§         Use communicating and negotiating skills in working cooperatively with others.

§         Discuss international current events.

  Health

§         Understand feelings and basic human needs.

§         Discuss the circulatory, respiratory, nervous, and reproductive systems and explain basic structures and functions.

§         Discuss proper eating habits and effect on the body.

§         Discuss emotional and physical differences on human growth and development.

§         Develop positive self-esteem.

§         Discuss how behavior affects others.

§         Describe effects of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco on the body’s organs, including decisions and consequences.

  Phys Ed

The Physically Educated Person:

§         Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms.

§         Applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of motor skills.

§         Exhibits a physically active lifestyle.

§         Achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of physical fitness.

§         Demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical activity settings.

§         Demonstrates understanding and respect for differences among people in physical activity settings.

§         Understands that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction.

  Library

§         Locate materials in all library collections.

§         Use suitable reference sources, both print and electronic.

§         Perform the research process.

§         Complete the sixth grade assessment project.

§         Use various non-print resources to retrieve and present information.

§         Demonstrates appropriate behavior with print and electronic resources.

§         Enjoy various forms of literature, including different genres of fiction.

  Art

§         Recognize the type of balance found in a composition.

§         Discuss philosophical questions regarding the nature of art.

§         Manipulate a composition to create a work of art.

§         Use drawing and painting techniques of shading in order to exhibit realism and to depict ideas and/or emotions.

§         Demonstrate abstraction in a relief process print (linoleum).

§         Determine the point of completion when creating a work of art.

§         Propose a historical interpretation of an artwork, suggesting what the visual content of that artwork may have meant to the people of the time in which the work was created.

§         Write an analysis of the compositional elements present in a work of art.

  Music

§         Recognize and identify all basic terms, signs and symbols learned in grades 1-5.

§         Awareness of vocal ranges.

§         Learn about opera.

§         Learn about American composers.

§         Learn about popular music styles.

§         Demonstrate improvisational skills.