Sixth Grade Curriculum

List of 8 items.

• Language Arts

  • Literature-based program using fiction, short stories, novels, and poetry
  • Literary and story elements
  • Vocabulary Workshop
  • Grammar Workshop
  • Simplify Writing
  • Formal composition writing, emphasis on well-constructed paragraphs
  • Research Paper
  • Accelerated Reader 
  • IXL

• Mathematics

  • Whole numbers and Operations
  • Integer Operations
  • Rational Numbers
  • Proportional Relationships
  • Measurement/Geometry
  • Expressions
  • Equations/Inequalities
  • Data/Statistics

• Science

  Life Science

  • Life iScience (McGraw Hill)
  • Science safety
  • Scientific method and skills
  • Needs of living things
  • Cells, tissues, and organs
  • Classification of organisms
  • Simple organisms
  • Invertebrates and vertebrates
  • Plant structure and function
  • Human body
  • Genetics
  • Science labs

• Social Studies

  World Geography
  

  • World Cultures and Geography (McGraw Hill)
  • Geography and map skills
  • Study of continents and various countries within each continent  (Cultures, history, government, economy, and environmental issues)

• Spanish

  Spanish I (high school curriculum)
  

  • Navigando 1   (Year 1 - used in grades 6-8)
  • Basic grammar, conversational structures, pronunciation, and vocabulary
  • Development of oral and written communication skills
  • Cultures of Spain and Latin America

• Health

  All sixth graders take one semester of health where they learn about making good choices for a healthy life style.

• Technology

  • Keyboarding
  • Google Apps 
  • Digital citizenship

  
  
  

• Physical Education

  • Team Athletics - Soccer, Volleyball, Tennis, Basketball, Softball, Cross Country, Golf
  • Track and Field
  • Cooperative Activities 
  • Physical fitness - mile run