Ms. Skinner
6th Grade
Curriculum includes:
Mathematics
• Problem Solving
• Review four basic operations-whole numbers and decimals
• Introduce and extend linear equations
• Place Value
• Number Theory - LCM, GCF, Primes, Composites, Prime Factors
• Fractions
• Ratios and Percents
• Probability
• Geometry
Science
• Science Olympiad
• Landforms (FOSS)
• Mixtures and Solutions (FOSS)
• Experiments with Plants (STC)
• Human Body
• Health
Social Studies
• Five Themes of Geography
• Map and Globe Skills
• Natural Disasters
• Early Asian/American Man
• Ancient Egypt/ Greece/ Rome/China
• European History
English and Study Skills
• Test Taking, Organizational Skills, Textbook Study, Memory Skills, Notetaking
• Structure - Sentence and Paragraph
• Grammar - Parts of Speech, Punctuation, Capitalization, Diagramming
Reading
•Short Story Analysis: The technique of reading for deeper understanding by focusing
on a particular story element.
Some stories used: Beauty and the Beast, Mr. Toad,The Veldt,The Dairy of a Young Girl, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
•Novel Analysis: The technique of reading for deeper understanding of a narrative text using self-questioning strategies.
Some novels used: Father's Arcane Daughter,Nory Ryan's Song, Maggie's Door, Summer of the Monkeys, The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles, A Single Shard
•Vocabulary development for deeper understanding of nuances
•Summary and/or comparitive writing for deeper understanding
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