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English/Language
Arts
2 Semesters:
36 Units
In Sixth Grade Language Arts, students engage in skill units
that focus on writing conventions and vocabulary building. They
are responsible for obtaining copies of Maniac Magee by Jerry
Spinelli, The Giver by Lois Lowry, and From the Mixed-up Files
of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg. All three books
are Newberry Award Books. Students are required to read these
books and use the writing process to write several papers including
a research paper. Students also develop and present a variety
of speeches. Emphasis is placed on recognizing and using literary
elements and techniques.
Math
2 Semesters:
36 Units
This course covers factors, exponents, and orders of operations; prime numbers and prime factorization; rational numbers, GCF, and LCM; adding fractions and mixed numbers with like and unlike denominators using fraction bars; rounding fractions to the nearest half; subtracting mixed fractions with borrowing using fraction bars; subtracting mixed fractions from whole numbers using fraction bars; multiplying and dividing fractions and mixed fractions; analyzing patterns; numeric and geometric patterns; decimals: estimation, addition, subtraction, equivalence, division and multiplication; measuring to the nearest eighth; equivalent fractions and decimals; ratios and proportions; estimate reasons solutions with fractions and decimals; percents: fractions and decimals; measuring angles; classifying triangles and triangle properties; geometry: lines, diagonals and planes; polygons and quadrilaterals; transformations, tessellations, and similar triangles; customary units conversions and computations; metric system: units of weight, length, and capacity; perimeter and area of triangles and quadrilaterals; perimeter and area; effects of doubling dimensions; circumference and area of circles and circle sectors; solids and 3-D cube models; volume and surface area of solids; variables, expressions and functions; properties: commutative, associative, and distributive; negative numbers and graphing in the coordinate plane; exploring algebra through diagrams and pictures; simple equations: addition, multiplication, and division; rate of change and inequalities; constructing line graphs, circle graphs and histograms; statistics; displaying data in appropriate graphs; probability: theoretical and actual.
Social Studies - Ohio History
Regions and People of The World
2 Semesters: 36 Units
In this course, students will focus on the study of world regions. The concentration is geographic
rather than historic. Students study some of the earliest people who lived in each region to
understand how humans interacted with the environmental conditions at that time. Connections
are made to present-day world regions including characteristics of governments and economic
interactions.
Science
2 Semesters:
36 Units
Required Course Materials
Students in grade six continue to conduct investigations and
begin to apply mathematical skills in evaluating and analyzing
variables of data. They identify basic skills of the scientific
inquiry process, such as how thinking scientifically is helpful
in daily life and how technological advances affect the quality
of life. Students research how men and women of other countries
and cultures contribute to science. Sixth-grade students identify
rocks, their distinct properties and formation and characteristic
properties of the minerals that form them. They learn to recognize
that a cell continually divides to create new cells, reproduction
of cells occur, similar cells have special functions, and
characteristics of an organism are a result of inherited traits.
Students acquire knowledge of the uses, properties and chemical
processes of the small particles that compose matter. They
learn the renewable and nonrenewable sources of energy as
part of the grade six indicators.
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