SIXTH GRADE OVERVIEW LANGUAGE ARTS
The Sixth Grade Language Arts curriculum focuses on developing a reading and writing community in the classroom. Through Writer’s Workshop, we delve into the craft of writing from spelling to grammar, and into many other characteristics of the writing process. Writing, sharing, and focusing on individual areas of growth for each student helps develop the student's writing proficiency. In reading, we continue to foster a reading community through class studies of novels as well as free choice selections. In our book studies, we build a common background to expand our frame of reference and discussions for future reading endeavors. Also, we delve into the structural components of reading, as well as explore the literary devices within the novels. Independently, students choose books to read and share through book talks, thereby, encouraging others to join our reading community. Our Language Arts curriculum embraces the use of technology to further expand our reading knowledge through nonfiction pieces, vocabulary development, and other technology that fosters a love and culture of reading and writing. SOCIAL STUDIES The Sixth Grade Social Studies curriculum focuses on the themes of Relationships and Independence. Study begins with an overview of basic map skills and geography concepts, with a focus on United States geography. Students then explore the history of our nation, beginning with learning about Native American cultures, and continuing with the periods of early exploration, North American colonization, the American Revolution, and the establishment of our new country’s government and Constitution. In addition to class discussions, students work independently, with partners, and in small collaborative groups gathering research and practicing presentation skills. Supplementing this American history curriculum are ongoing current events lessons, using a variety of resources to bring an awareness of not only our history, but also of the current world around us. MATHEMATICS In Sixth Grade, we introduce our students to the Glencoe Math program. This program continues to build on and introduce concepts in ratios and proportion relationships, the number system, expressions and equations, geometry and statistics and probability. Students will continue to work on expressing and explaining how mathematical concepts work, how they are applied, and advance their organizational skill throughout the year.
ANN & NATE LEVINE ACADEMY
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