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Grade 6 Curriculum Overview
Language Arts
- Reading :
-Read 30 minutes each day to practice fluency (daily 5)
-Learn how to select and use appropriate strategies to help reading comprehension
- Participate in two novel studies (The Westing Game and City of Ember)
- Complete weekly reading summaries
- Complete book reports throughout the year to demonstrate reading comprehension
-Writing:
-Write a variety of clear, focused personal writing that connects to personal experiences, ideas and
opinions (weekly journal writing)
-Use writing as a way to present information about a topic in a clear and organized way (essay
writing/daily 5)
-Spelling/Grammar. We will have weekly spelling/grammar lessons and a quiz each Friday
- Speaking:
-Students will be expected to present information through oral presentations on a variety of topics
-Students will be required to share opinions and ideas with the class, and sometimes with their
groups, on different topics throughout the year
-Pronunciation. We will be working on pronunciation with the students in all subjects throughout
grade 6
* We will also be doing reading buddies once a week with the grade 1 class. The students will have the
opportunity to read books to the grade 1 students and form a bond with their reading buddy throughout
the year.

Math
-Patterns and Equations - Fractions, Ratios and Percent
-Prime and Composite Numbers - Geometry and Measurement
-Decimals -Data Analysis and Probability
-Angles and Polygons -Transformations

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Science
-The Diversity of Live
-Characteristics of living and non-living things -Adaptations
-Classification of living things -Using Microscopes
- Electricity
-What electricity is -Different types of energy
-How we can control electricity -Renewable/Non-renewable energy

- Extreme Environments
-Using technology to survive -Space
-Benefits and costs of exploring

Social Studies
-The United Nations
-Learning about and comparing different cultures from around the world
- Learning about and comparing different governments throughout the world
- How different economies work
- Global trade

Physical Education Fine Arts
-Active Living -Drama
-Safety, fair play, leadership -Music
-Movement skills -Art
-Dance

Health and Career Education
-How to set S.M.A.R.T. goals -Substance misuse prevention
-Different careers -Healthy living