6th Grade

6 Homeroom

Reminders:

• students will be responsible for a morning routine-turn in anything for me or the  office, make their lunch choice, take down chairs, prepare for their morning
• our buddy class will be third grade

6th Grade Advanced Math 

• Multiplication and Division of Fractions
• Integers
• The Coordinate Plane
• Rational Numbers
• Expressions – Writing and Evaluating
• Equations – Writing and Solving

REMEMBER TO CHECK EMAIL FOR THE WEEKLY CLASSROOM NEWSLETTER WHICH CONTAINS SPECIFIC PROJECT, QUIZ, AND TEST DATES!

6th Grade Math

Ratios & rates

Fractions, decimals, & percents

Compute with multi digit numbers

Multiply & divide fractions

integers & the coordinate plane

Expressions & Equations

Functions & inequalities

Area, Volume & surface area

Statistics

Simple Solutions

Vocabulary--Units are completed independently over a 2-week span, with the last day of the second week being a test day. Parts of units are assigned in chunks, and students should be writing due dates for each section in their planners.

English

• General review of parts of speech
• Sentences and sentence structure
• Prepositions and prepositional phrases
• Interjections
• Pronouns
• Capitalization and punctuation
• Writing projects for English and in conjunction with other subjects, with a focus on paragraph development

Literature

• Poetry
• Figurative language
• Elements of plot
• Character development
• Setting
• Conflict
• Written response to literature
• Selections from literature book
• Novels

Sixth grade covers ancient world history, with an emphasis in geography, beginning with the foundations of a successful civilization and ending with Ancient Rome. Students will also explore the process of studying history by asking compelling questions and finding sources to answer them.  

Topics covered this year include: 

• Evaluating Sources
• Themes and Tools of Studying History
• Early Humans  
• Mesopotamia
• Ancient Egypt
• Ancient India
• Ancient China
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient Rome

The sixth grade students will work to strengthen their relationships with God through regular prayer exercises. They will also broaden their understandings of God's plan of revelation and salvation through a chronological study of the Old Testament as well as Christ's life as expressed through the Gospels. Students will also be working through the Theology of the Body program which explores how God created each human in his image. Classes will be centered around readings from Scripture and the Catechism as well as exploration of new prayer practices. 

Topics covered this year include: 

• The Covenants with Abraham and Sarah, Jacob, and Joseph
• Moses and the Exodus from Egypt
• The Covenant of Mount Sinai and the Ten Commandments
• The Conquest of the Promised Land
• The Kingdom of Israel
• The Babylonian Exile
• The Birth of Jesus
• Jesus' Public Ministry
• The Sacraments' Basis in Scripture

• Metrics
• Stream Team
• Earth’s makeup
• Rocks & Minerals
• Plate Tectonics
• Earthquakes
• Volcanoes
• Weathering and Soil