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Sixth Grade

Language Arts

  • Literature
  • Comprehension
  • Vocabulary
  • Research and Study Skills
  • Oral Language
  • Composition
  • Capitalization, Punctuation and Grammar
  • Spelling
  • Handwriting


Mathematics

By the end of sixth grade, students have mastered the four arithmetic operations with positive and negative numbers, whole numbers, fractions and decimals; they accurately compute and solve problems. They apply their knowledge to statistics and probability. Students understand the concept of and how to calculate the range, mean, median and mode of data sets. They analyze data sampling processes for possible bias and misleading conclusions, and they use addition and multiplication of fractions routinely to calculate probabilities for compound events. Students conceptually understand and work with ratios and proportions; they compute percentages (e.g., tax, tips, interest). Students know about pi and the formulas for the circumference and area of a circle. They use letters for numbers in formulas involving geometric shapes and in representing an unknown part of a ratio. They solve 1-step linear equations.

History/Social Science

  • The Ancient World

Science

  • Theme: Energy Systems and Interaction/ Evolution
  • Energy can be converted from one form to another.
  • The changing earth is part of the changing universe.
  • Living things are adapted to their environment and are members of a closed system on earth.
  • Factors that promote good health include exercise, rest, avoidance of toxic substances and safe sexual practices.
  • Change is always taking place in any environment, but people may cause undesirable change to occur rapidly unless they take special care.

 

 
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