Sixth Grade

English Language Arts

• Support ideas and arguments using evidence from multiple credible sources
• Use technology tools to communicate effectively with others
• Write complete, effective sentences.paragraphs, and essays for a variety of purposes
• Analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone
• Read a variety of genres (including types of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry)and identify the components that make each unique
• Analyze literary elements and their contributions to the text
• Prove central theme and main idea by providing support details from text

Energy and the Environment

• think big and toward the future as they explore sustainable solutions to our energy needs and investigate the impact of energy in our lives and in the world.

Math

• Surface area and volume
• Multiplying and dividing fractions
• Ratios and rates
• Fractions, decimals, and percents
• Angles
• Order of operations
• Probability
• Number Sense
• Math Facts

Science

• Use past failures to revise and improve design and experimentation
• Analyze data to accurately explain their findings in an experiment and show supporting evidence
• Use the appropriate tool and measurements so they can accurately describe, represent, and analyze phenomena in the physical world
• Create and interpret multiple types of graphs when provided an experimental process
• Create a model representation to explain processes

Social Studies

While in our classrooms, your student will be learning about these topics and developing the ability to:

• Interpret and use key features of a map
• Compare and contrast different points of view
• Analyze the cause and effect of a conflict
• Demonstrate effective collaboration skills
• Summarize main idea through clear and coherent writing on a topic
• Use text features to support comprehension of informational text
• Summarize the main idea of a topic