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6th

Grade Curriculum Map AUGUST

READING - Imagine It!

CONTENT Getting started; Unit 1 Taking a Stand - Lesson 1

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Word structure: suffix –al, inflectional ending –ing, gerunds, and shades of meaning. Comprehension

strategies: asking questions, clarifying visualizing, and predicting. Comprehension skills: cause and effect,

sequence. Vocabulary. Writing a list. Simple sentences, generating questions to investigate, listening for

emotion.

ASSESSMENT Knowledge will be demonstrated through a variety of assessments including but not limited

to: multiple choice, fill in the blank, short answer tests; workbook pages; projects; and written papers.

WRITING - 6 Trait

6 Trait UNIT

Ideas

CONTENT

Over view of the Six + one Traits of Writing. Ideas: finding a topic, focusing the topic,

developing the topic, and using details.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW offer a clear, central theme or a simple, original story line that is memorable, narrow the theme or

story line to create a piece that is clear, tight, and manageable, provide enough critical evidence to support

the theme and show insight on the topic, and offer credible, accurate details that create pictures in the

reader’s minds from beginning to end.

ASSESSMENT Teacher will observe student participation in class.

GRAMMAR - Shurley English

CONTENT Chapter 1 Lessons 1-6

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Introduce study skills, set long-term and short-term goals, getting organized, listening, planning study

time and doing homework, read and discuss capitalization and punctuation rules and editing guide,

analyze synonyms and antonyms, introduce vocabulary and analogies.

ASSESSMENT A pretest will be done to determine students’ prior knowledge.

Grammar test will be given to test skills and editing at the end of Chapter 1.

MATH - Saxon

LESSONS 1 – 10

CONTENT Pre-Algebra Order of Operations Fractions/Decimals

Geometry Number Sense

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Find the sum of two or more whole numbers; use the commutative property of addition to check an addition

answer; ad two or more money amounts; use the identity property of addition to find the sum of a whole

number and zero; find the difference between two whole numbers; identify the minuend, the subtrahend, and

the difference in a subtraction problem; use addition to check the answer to a subtraction problem; subtract

money amounts; arrange three numbers to form a fact family made up of two addition facts and two

subtraction facts; Students will learn to recognize expressions that indicate multiplication, find the product of

two whole numbers, multiply dollars and cents by a whole number, use the commutative property of

multiplication to check multiplication, identify and use the identity property of multiplication and the zero

property of multiplication, recognize expressions that indicate division, identify the dividend, the divisor,

and the quotient in a division problem, use ling division or short division to divide whole numbers, divide

dollars and cents by a whole number, and arrange three numbers to form a fact family made up of two

multiplication facts and two division facts; Students will learn to use subtraction to find a missing addend in

an addition problem, check their answer to an addition problem by using the answer in place of the letter in

the original problem, find the missing minuend in a subtraction problem by adding the subtrahend and the

difference, find the missing subtrahend in a subtraction problem by subtracting the difference from the

minuend, and check their answer to a missing number in a subtraction problem by using the answer in place

of the letter in the original problem; Students will learn to use division to find a missing factor in a

multiplication problem, find the missing dividend in a division problem by multiplying the divisor and

quotient, and find the missing divisor in a division problem by dividing the dividend by the quotient;

Students will learn to take steps in order from left to right in a problem with more than one addition or

subtraction step, take steps in order from left to right in a problem with more than one multiplication or

division step, do the work within parentheses first when solving a problem with more than one step, identify

and use the associative property of addition and the associative property of multiplication, and perform the

operations above the bar and below the bar before dividing in a division problem with a bar; Students will

learn to use a fraction to name a part of a whole, use a fraction to name a part of a group, and divide a

number into equal parts to find a fractional part of that number; Students will learn to identify lines,

segments, and rays, use an inch ruler to measure line segments to the nearest quarter inch, and use a

centimeter ruler to measure line segments in centimeters and millimeters; Students will learn to recognize

that the total distance around the classroom is the perimeter of the classroom, find the perimeter of a shape

by adding the lengths of the shape's sides, and find the length of a side of a square when the perimeter of the

square is known; Students will learn to use a number line to order numbers from least to greatest, use the

symbols <, >, and = to compare two numbers, find the value of two expressions and compare them using the

symbols <, >, and =, and use digits and other symbols to write comparisons that are stated in words; Students

will learn to identify addition sequences and multiplication sequences, discover the rule for a sequence and

use it to find missing numbers in the sequence, identify even and odd numbers, find the value of the marks

on a scale, and read the number indicated on a scale.

ASSESSMENT Cumulative Assessment every 5-6 lessons; Daily Homework

SCIENCE - Core Knowledge

CONTENT Earth Science/Scientific Method

Earth Science Introduction and Scientific Method Part 1

Metric System

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW describe the five branches of Earth Science. TSW understand how technology differs from science,

and how technology affects society. Students will explain what scientific inquiry involves and differentiate

between a scientific theory and a scientific law. TSW understand the basic steps of the scientific method.

ASSESSMENT Cumulative evaluations of ideas and facts presented in class

SOCIAL STUDIES - Core Knowledge

CONTENT Spatial Sense ; Great Deserts of the World

Continents, Major Oceans, Longitude, Latitude, Coordinates, Degrees, Climate zones,

Time zones, Arctic & Antarctic Circles. Characteristics of Deserts, Deserts of Africa, Australia,

Asia, North and South America.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will understand that the shared feature of all deserts -regardless of location- is aridity, or lack of

water, and describe the various ways that plants, animals, and humans adapt to and change the desert;

Understand that the Sahara, one of the world's driest deserts, supports plants and animals that have adapted

to extremely hot and arid conditions. Recognize that the Kalahari is known for its rich variety of plants

and wildlife. Explain how the San people learned to find and preserve water; Understand the unique land

features and water resources of the Australian continent. Relate how the Aborigines' traditional way of life

suited the Australian Outback. Describe the unique adaptations of native creatures to the Australian

Outback; Describe the harsh conditions of the Gobi desert. Explain the importance of mineral resources to

the Arabian Peninsula and to the United States; Describe the locations and main characteristics of the

Mojave, Sonoran, and Chihuahuan deserts. Understand the ways deserts have affected travelers and other

visitors; Describe the vegetation, wildlife, and topographical features of the Patagonian desert. Understand

the history and culture of the Tehuelche Indians and the effect of European explorers on Patagonia and its

native inhabitants.

ASSESSMENT Cumulative assessments of ideas and facts presented in class. Periodic writing assignments.

TECHNOLOGY

NWEA Testing

Type to Learn

Demonstrate knowledge of current changes in information technologies and the effects

those changes have on the workplace and society.

Legal and ethical behaviors are exhibited when using information and technology and

discuss consequence of misuse. TYPE to LEARN

All students will have passed two Type to Learn assessments by the end of the year.

CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Year Two: Year Three: Respect & Responsibility

6th

Grade Curriculum Map SEPTEMBER


CONTENT Unit 1 Taking a Stand (continued)

Lesson 2

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Lesson 2-Word structure: base word families, Greek root photo, suffix –or and –ance. Comprehension

strategies: asking questions, clarifying, adjusting reading speed, and summarizing. Comprehension skills:

author’s purpose, and main ideas and details. Vocabulary. Writing a magazine article. Taking notes.

Asking for information.

Lesson 3-Word structure: antonyms, inflectional ending –ed, prefix ex-, Latin root liber. Comprehension

strategies: asking questions, making connections, clarifying, and summarizing. Comprehension skills:

author’s point of view, and drawing conclusions. Writing a magazine article. Adjectives. Assessing a

spoken message. Visual communication.

Lesson 4-Word structure: compound words, Greek root poli, connotation and denotation, and foreign words

and phrases. Comprehension strategies: visualizing, making connections, and asking questions.

Comprehension skills: compare and contrast, and making inferences. Vocabulary. Writing a description.

Capitalization. Using a card catalog. Listening to tone and mood.

Lesson 5-Word structure: homophones, suffixes –ion, -tion, and –en, and synonyms. Comprehension

strategies: predicting, making connections, and summarizing. Comprehension skills: Author’s purpose, and

drawing conclusions. Vocabulary. Writing a summary. Compound sentences. Creating a bibliography.

Presenting for different purposes.

ASSESSMENT Knowledge will be demonstrated through a variety of assessments including but not

limited to: multiple choice, fill in the blank, short answer tests; workbook pages; projects; and written papers.

WRITING - 6 Trait

6 Trait UNIT

Ideas

CONTENT

Ideas: finding a topic, focusing the topic, developing the topic, and using details.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW offer a clear, central theme or a simple, original story line that is memorable, narrow the theme or

story line to create a piece that is clear, tight, and manageable, provide enough critical evidence to support

the theme and show insight on the topic, and offer credible, accurate details that create pictures in the

reader’s minds from beginning to end.

ASSESSMENT Teacher will assess students’ writing samples.


CONTENT Chapter 2 Lessons 1-5 and 14; Chapter 3 Lessons 1-5 and 11.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Jingles, introduce noun, subject noun and verb, pattern 1 sentences, introduce adverbs and adjectives, four

types of sentences, revised sentences, introduce prepositions, object of the preposition, and prepositional

phrases, subject-verb agreement, and homonyms.

ASSESSMENT Oral definition tests, practice improved sentences tests, grammar test will be given to test

each new concept as it is introduced. We will be starting on a three day rotation, and as the year

progresses, students will test on the same day sentences are introduced.

MATH - Saxon

LESSONS 11 – 25

CONTENT Number Sense Statistics Fractions/Decimals Geometry

Word Problem interpretation and strategy

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to interpret a frequency table, count and write tally marks, make a frequency table,

interpret a histogram, make a histogram, interpret survey results, and distinguish between a closed-option

survey and an open-option survey; Students will learn to identify the addition pattern in story problems about

combining, follow the four-step method to solve story problems about combining, write an equation to solve a

story problem about combining, identify the subtraction pattern in a story problem about separating, follow

the four-step method to solve story problems about separating, and write an equation to solve a story problem

about separating; Students will learn to identify the place value through trillions of a digit in a whole number,

use words and digits to write number through trillions, and use addition, subtraction, multiplication, and

division to solve problems with several steps; Students will learn to identify the subtraction pattern in a story

problem about comparing, write an equation to solve a story problem about comparing, identify the

subtraction pattern in an elapsed-time problem, and write an equation to solve an elapsed-time problem;

Students will learn to use a number line to order and compare integers, identify numbers that are opposites,

and use a number line to subtract a larger number from a smaller number; Students will learn to identify the

pattern in a story problem about equal groups, and write an equation to solve a story problem about equal

groups; Students will learn to round whole numbers to the nearest ten, hundred, and thousand, use rounding to

help estimate the answer to a problem, and use estimation skills when reading graphs; Students will learn to

determine which fraction or mixed number is represented by a point on a number line, and measure the

lengths of segments to the nearest sixteenth of an inch; Students will learn to make equal groups to find an

average, find the average of several numbers by adding the numbers and dividing the sum by the number of

addends, identify a number that is halfway between two numbers by finding the average of two numbers, and

interpret a line graph; Students will learn to name all the factors of a given number, and identify prime

numbers; Students will learn to find the greatest common factor of two or more numbers; Students will learn

to create and use a set of fraction circle manipulative, and use fraction circles to solve problems; Students will

learn to use divisibility tests to determine whether a number is divisible by 2,3 ,5,9, or 10, and use divisibility

tests to determine if 2, 3, 5, 9, or 10 are factors of a number; Students will learn to use two steps to solve

equal groups problems with fractions, divide objects into equal groups and count to find a fractional part of a

number, and divide a given number into equal groups and then multiply to find a fractional part of the

number; Students will learn to use ratios to describe relationships between numbers and identify ratios and

write them in fraction form; Students will learn to use fraction manipulative to model addition and subtraction

of fractions that have common denominators, and add and subtract fractions that have common denominators;

Students will learn to write the answers to division problems as mixed numbers, write improper fractions as

mixed numbers, and find multiples of numbers; Students will learn to use fraction manipulative to reduce

fractions, add mixed numbers by first adding the fraction parts and then the whole-number parts, subtract

mixed numbers by first subtracting the fraction parts and then the whole-number parts, and reduce answers

when adding and subtracting mixed numbers.



CONTENT Plate Tectonics

Surface of the Earth; Layered Structure of the Earth; Crust Movements; Volcanoes;

Continental Drift Theory

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW define the layers of the earth and describe the characteristics of each layer. TSW verbalize that

the earth’s crust is broken into plates that are constantly moving. TSW differentiate between

continental crust and oceanic crust. TSW define and describe convection currents as they relate to

continental movement.

TSW describe Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift. TSW show Pangaea and move the

continents apart.

TSW identify fossils of plants and animals that appear on continents that were once connected.


Continued in October


CONTENT Judaism and Christianity; Ancient Greece

Basic ideas in common, central ideas and moral teachings of Judaism and Christianity,

Geography of the Middle East.

The Greek Polis, beginnings of democracy, Classical ideas of human life and works, Greek

wars, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Alexander the Great.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will identify the Jewish Bible and the Christian Bible and their parts, and recognize their importance

to Jews and Christians. Understand Abraham's covenant with God and his role as patriarch for Jews,

Christians and Muslims; Describe the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt. Explain the Ten Commandments

and how God revealed them to Moses. Understand the content of the Torah, or Pentateuch; Understand the

role of prophets such as Amos and Isaiah in Judaism. Understand what happened to the Jewish people during

the almost 1,000 years between David's kingdom and the coming of Roman rule; Understand the centrality of

Jesus Christ to Christianity. Understand the content of Jesus' teachings in the Beatitudes, Golden Rule,

parables, and Lord's Prayer; Understand the spread of Christianity through Jesus' followers, such as Paul of

Tarsus. Understand the Roman persecution of Christians, the efforts of church councils to standardize

Christianity, and the growth of Christianity as a major religion; Understand that Judaism and Christianity

agree on one God, who is good and who made everything in the universe and that people should be good.

Understand that Judaism and Christianity disagree on questions of human nature and life after death;

Understand the social organization of Greek city-states that share a common language and religion. Identify

tyranny, aristocracy, oligarchy, and democracy as early forms of Greek government; Understand aspects of

Athenian democracy, such as the Assembly, ostracism, the boule, public and private law, the jury system, and

the strategoi. Describe rights of citizens, women, slaves, and metics. Recognize the importance of education

to Athenians; Understand the Spartan emphasis on military training, bravery, and warrior culture. Explain the

Spartan system of government. Recognize some of the important differences between Athens and Sparta;

Understand the importance of athletics and physical competition to ancient Greeks as evidenced by the

Olympic Games. Describe the Olympic truce, events, prizes, and legacy; Describe the Persian Wars and the

battles of Sardis, Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis. Understand the achievements of Sparta and Athens

during the wars. Discuss the leadership of Leonidas and Xerxes in these battles.


TECHNOLOGY

Type to Learn. Microsoft Word:

Page Setup Tab

Margins

Orientation

Columns TYPE to LEARN


CORE VIRTUES


6th

Grade Curriculum Map OCTOBER


CONTENT Unit 2 Ancient Civilizations

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Lesson 1-Word structure: prefixes con-, com-, and col-; number prefixes, Latin root sign, and content

words-archaeology. Comprehension strategies: asking questions, clarifying, and summarizing.

Comprehension skills: fact and opinion, and making inferences. Vocabulary. Writing a historical report.

Apostrophes. Using a planning calendar. The development of words.

Lesson 2-Word structure: negative prefixes, Greek root log, suffixes –ful, and –less. Comprehension

strategies: Making connections, clarifying, predicting, and summarizing. Comprehension skills: compare

and contrast, and main idea and details. Vocabulary. Writing a historical report. Subject-verb agreement.

Interpreting maps. Effective speech.

Lesson 3-Word structure: negative prefixes, prefix en-/em-, Latin root scribe, and suffix –ic.

Comprehension strategies: asking questions, making connections, adjusting reading speed, and

summarizing. Comprehension skills: cause and effect, and sequence. Vocabulary. Writing historical

fiction. Adverbs. Citing sources in a bibliography. Evaluating the media.

Lesson 4-Word structure: number prefixes, suffix –ity, and –ous, content words archaeology.

Comprehension strategies: asking questions, clarifying, and visualizing. Comprehension skills: classify and

categorize, and fact and opinion. Vocabulary. Writing historical fiction. Quotation marks. Using a

glossary. Story elements.

ASSESSMENT Knowledge will be demonstrated through a variety of assessments including but not limited to:

multiple choice, fill in the blank, short answer tests; workbook pages; projects; and written papers.

WRITING - 6 Trait

6 Trait UNIT

Organization

CONTENT

Organization: Creating the lead, using sequence words and transition words, structuring the body, and ending

with a sense of resolution.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW grab the reader’s attention from the start and lead them into the piece naturally, include a variety of

carefully selected sequence words and transition words to guide the reader through the piece, create a piece

that is easy to follow by fitting details together logically, and sum up their thinking in a natural, thoughtful,

and convincing way.

ASSESSMENT Teacher will assess students’ writing samples. Samples may be written in conjunction with Science/History.


CONTENT Chapter 4 Lessons 1-5 and 11; Chapter 5 Lessons 1-3.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Vocabulary and analogy information, jingles, introduce pronoun, subject pronoun and possessive

pronouns, introduce conjunctions, fragments, simple sentences, run-on sentences, and compound parts,

a/an choices and contractions, introduce helping verbs of the lean mean verb machine, the not adverb,

adverb exception and natural and inverted order, coordinating conjunctions, connective adverbs, compound

sentences, comma splice, and run-on sentences.


each new concept as it is introduced. We will be starting on a three day rotation, and as the year progresses,

students will test on the same day sentences are introduced.

MATH - Saxon

LESSONS 26 – 41

CONTENT Fractions/Decimals Number Sense Geometry

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to identify the circumference, diameter, and radius of a circle, use a compass to draw a

circle with a given radius, find the diameter of a circle when the radius is known, and find the radius of a

circle when the diameter is known; Students will learn to identify parallel lines, perpendicular lines, and

oblique lines, name angles using one letter, three letters, or one number, identity right angles, acute angles,

and obtuse angles; Students will learn to multiply a fraction by a fraction, multiply a whole number by a

fraction, reduce a fraction in one step by dividing the numerator and the denominator by the greatest

common factor (GCF) of the two numbers, and reduce a fraction in two or more steps by dividing the

numerator and the denominator by a common factor other than the GCF and repeating this process until the

fraction is completely reduced; Students will learn to identify common multiples of two numbers, find the

least common multiple (LCM) of two numbers, identify reciprocals as numbers that have a product of 1

when multiplied, and find the reciprocal of a given number by reversing the position of the numerator and

the denominator of the number; Students will learn to use a protractor to find the measure of an angle, and

use a protractor to draw an angle with a given measure; Students will learn to identify square units as the

units used to measure area, multiply length by width to find the area of a rectangle, and find the side length

and the perimeter of a square when the area of the square is known; Students will learn to write a number in

expanded notation, use standard notation to write a number expressed in expanded notation, rename hours

and minutes as minutes to solve an elapsed-time problem, and rename minutes and hours as minutes to

solve an elapsed-time problem; Students will learn to write a percent as a reduced fraction; Students will

learn to identify the value of the decimal places through millionths, name the digit that occupies a specific

decimal place in a number, and name the decimal place occupied by a given digit in a number; Students will

learn to write a decimal number as a fraction, write a fraction as a decimal number, read and write decimal

numbers in word form, and write the word form of a decimal number as a fraction and as a decimal;

Students will learn to subtract a fraction from a whole number, and subtract a mixed number from a whole

number; Students will learn to add decimal numbers, and subtract decimal numbers; Students will learn to

write a whole number with a decimal point, add decimal numbers and whole numbers, subtract whole

numbers from decimal numbers, square a number, use the exponent 2 to indicate squaring or square units,

simplify an expression by applying exponents and then adding, subtracting, multiplying, or dividing, and

find the square root of a number; Students will learn to multiply a decimal number by a decimal number,

and multiply a decimal number by a whole number; Students will learn to use zeros to fill in each empty

decimal place when subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimal numbers, use zeros as placeholders as

needed when writing in digits the word form of a decimal number, and interpret information displayed in a

circle graph; Students will learn to describe whether data are quantitative or qualitative in nature, create an

open-option and a closed-option survey, explain why a sample is not representative of a population, identify

bias in a survey, and conduct surveys and collect data;



Continued from September

CONTENT Plate Tectonics Surface of the Earth

Layered Structure of the Earth Crust Movements

Volcanoes Continental Drift Theory

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW define the layers of the earth and describe the characteristics of each layer. TSW verbalize that the

earth’s crust is broken into plates that are constantly moving. TSW differentiate between continental crust

and oceanic crust. TSW define and describe convection currents as they relate to continental movement.

TSW describe Alfred Wegener’s theory of continental drift. TSW show Pangaea and move the continents

apart. TSW identify fossils of plants and animals that appear on continents that were once connected.



CONTENT Ancient Rome The Roman Republic, Punic Wars, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar,

Christianity under the Roman Empire, The decline and fall of the Roman Empire.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will Recognize the successes of Pericles, including the formation of the Delian League and the

rebuilding of the Acropolis. Identify contributions that Aristophanes, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides,

Herodotus, Thucydides, and Hippocrates made to Greek culture; Understand the origins of the Peloponnesian

War, the military strategies employed by t the Athenians, and the consequences of the conflict for the Greeks.

Describe the strategy behind Alcibiades' attack on Sicily to win the war and its consequences; Recognize

mythology and the early Greek philosophy as ways of explaining natural phenomena. Understand the beliefs

of Socrates and his role in Athenian society, his use of dialogue (the Socratic method), and his trial;

Understand Plato's philosophy, and the ways his views differed from those of Socrates. Understand

Aristotle's philosophy, his scientific investigations, and the golden mean; Understand the accomplishments

and victories of Alexander the Great. Recognize the significance of the Hellenistic Period and the library at

Alexandria; Understand the origins of Rome, the republic, the importance of the army, and social divisions.

Recognize Roman methods of conquering and building an empire; Understand circumstances and attitudes

that led to the Punic Wars. Recognize Hannibal as the defender of Carthage. Describe the roles of Hannibal

and Scipio in defending Carthage against Rome; Understand Julius Caesar's rise to power, his conquests

during the Gallic Wars, and his alliance with Pompey and Crassus. Identify changes in the Roman army.

Understand Caesar's dictatorship and the reasons for his assassination; Understand the sweeping changes

made by Caesar Augustus to the army, buildings, arts, and law. Describe how Augustus restored Roman

pride in empire and brought about Pax Romana; Understand the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire in

the first and second centuries. Understand how the Roman persecution of Christians led to Constantine's

signing of the Edict of Milan; Understand the economic recession, joblessness, and the divide between rich

and poor in the empire. Recognize Germanic tribes, the rise of Islam, and the role of Christians at the end of

the empire; Understand how Greek and Roman contributions have had lasting effects in our culture.


TECHNOLOGY

Powerpoint: Create a presentation

Click the File tab, and then click New.

Do one of the following:

Click Blank Presentation,

and then click Create.

Apply a template or theme

Save a presentation

Click the File tab, and then

click Save As. In the File name

box, type a name for your

PowerPoint presentation, and

then click Save.

Insert a new slide

On the Home tab, in the Slides group, click the arrow below New Slide, and then click the slide

layout that you want.

Add shapes to the slide

On the Home tab, in the Drawing group, click Shapes.

Click the shape that you want, click anywhere on the slide, and then drag to place the shape.

To create a perfect square or circle (or constrain the dimensions of other shapes), press and hold

SHIFT while you drag.

TYPE to LEARN


CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Diligence

Year Two: Self-Control and Self Discipline

Year Three: Perseverance

6th

Grade Curriculum Map NOVEMBER


CONTENT Unit 2 Ancient Civilizations (continued); Unit 3 Ecology

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Lesson 5 - Word structure: Greek root arch, Latin root form, suffix –al, and content words archaeology.

Comprehension strategies: asking questions, making connections, adjusting reading speed, and clarifying.

Comprehension skills: author’s purpose, and main idea and details. Vocabulary. Timed writing. Subject-

verb agreement, adverbs, apostrophes, quotation marks, and hyphens and dashes. Using technology to

present information. Proper grammar.

Lesson 1 - Word structure: compound words, suffix –ly, foreign words and phrases, and content words

ecology. Comprehension strategies: asking questions and visualizing. Comprehension skills: classify and

categorize, and fact and opinion. Vocabulary. Observe/explain a process using a learning log. Colons and

semicolons. Organizing information in a chart. Group conversations.

Lesson 2 - Word structure: homographs, prefixes con-, com-, and col-, location prefixes, and Greek root

photo. Comprehension strategies: making connections, clarifying, adjusting reading speed, and

summarizing. Comprehension skills: main idea and details, and author’s purpose. Vocabulary. Scientific

observation. Independent and dependent clauses. Choosing a suitable question or problem to pursue.

Effective speech.



WRITING - 6 Trait

6 Trait UNIT Voice

CONTENT

Voice: Establishing a tone, conveying the purpose, creating a connection to the audience, and taking risks to

create voice.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW show they care about the topic, make clear his or her reason for creating a piece of writing, speak in a

way that makes the reader want to listen, and express ideas in new ways to make pieces interesting and

original.

ASSESSMENT Teacher will observe student participation in class. Teacher will assess students’ speeches in conjunction

with Science/History.


CONTENT Chapter 5 Lessons 4-5 and 11; Chapter 6 Lessons 1-5 and 11.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Vocabulary and analogies, practice and improved sentences, interjection, possessive nouns, jingles,

clauses, subordinate conjunctions, and complex sentences.




MATH - Saxon

LESSONS 42 – 54

CONTENT Statistics Fractions/Decimals Number Sense Geometry

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to write a percent as a decimal, find the percent of a number by changing the percent to

either a fraction or a decimal and multiplying, and calculate the sales tax on a purchase and find the total

price of the purchase including tax; Students will learn to rename fractions by multiplying them by

fractions equal to 1, and add or subtract fractions with different denominators by renaming each fraction as

an equivalent fraction with the same denominator; Students will learn to find division answers by forming

equivalent division problems, and find the missing number in a fraction or decimal problem; Students will

learn to simplify a decimal number by removing extra zeros at the end of the number, attach extra zeros to

the ends of decimal numbers to help compare them, and order decimal numbers from least to greatest;

Students will learn to divide a decimal number by a whole number; Students will learn to write decimal

numbers in expanded notation, write a number written in expanded notation in decimal form, mentally

multiply whole numbers by 10 or 100, and mentally multiply decimal numbers by 10 or 100; Students will

learn to determine the approximate number of diameters in the circumference of a circle, use 3.14 as an

approximation of pi, use the formula C= pi d to find the circumference of a circle, and use the formula C=2

pi r to find the circumference of a circle; Students will learn to regroup to subtract mixed numbers with the

same denominators; Students will learn to divide a decimal number or a whole number by a decimal

number; Students will learn to locate and identify decimal numbers on a number line divided into tenths,

and divide a whole number by a fraction by multiplying the whole number by the fraction's reciprocal;

Students will learn to create horizontal and vertical bar graphs, pictographs, and pie charts (circle graphs)

to display qualitative data, create line plots and stem-and-leaf plots to display quantitative data, and find

the mean, median, mode, and range for a set of data points; Students will learn to round money amounts to

the nearest cent, and round decimal numbers to the nearest hundredth, tenth, and whole number; Students

will learn to divide a decimal number by 10 and 100 mentally; Students will learn to recognize the rules

involved in adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing decimal numbers, simplify an improper fraction

by first reducing it and then converting it to a mixed number, and simplify an improper fraction by first

converting it to a mixed number then reducing it.



CONTENT Oceans Surface; Subsurface Land Features; Ocean Bottom; Composition of Seawater; Currents, tides,

waves; Marine Life; Alfred Wagener

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW understand the surface features, subsurface land features, and the composition of the ocean. TSW

understand currents, tides, and waves. TSW understand the variety of marine life and how the ocean sustains

that life. TSW appreciate the contributions of scientists and inventors throughout history. TSW understand the

social and economic effects of major discoveries in science.

ASSESSMENT Cumulative evaluations of ideas and facts presented in class.

Continued in December


CONTENT Ancient Rome continued The Roman Republic, Punic Wars, Julius Caesar, Augustus Caesar, Christianity under the Roman Empire,

The decline and fall of the Roman Empire.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will Recognize the successes of Pericles, including the formation of the Delian League and the

rebuilding of the Acropolis. Identify contributions that Aristophanes, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides,

Herodotus, Thucydides, and Hippocrates made to Greek culture; Understand the origins of the

Peloponnesian War, the military strategies employed by t the Athenians, and the consequences of the

conflict for the Greeks. Describe the strategy behind Alcibiades' attack on Sicily to win the war and its

consequences; Recognize mythology and the early Greek philosophy as ways of explaining natural

phenomena. Understand the beliefs of Socrates and his role in Athenian society, his use of dialogue (the

Socratic method), and his trial; Understand Plato's philosophy, and the ways his views differed from those

of Socrates. Understand Aristotle's philosophy, his scientific investigations, and the golden mean;

Understand the accomplishments and victories of Alexander the Great. Recognize the significance of the

Hellenistic Period and the library at Alexandria; Understand the origins of Rome, the republic, the

importance of the army, and social divisions. Recognize Roman methods of conquering and building an

empire; Understand circumstances and attitudes that led to the Punic Wars. Recognize Hannibal as the

defender of Carthage. Describe the roles of Hannibal and Scipio in defending Carthage against Rome;

Understand Julius Caesar's rise to power, his conquests during the Gallic Wars, and his alliance with

Pompey and Crassus. Identify changes in the Roman army. Understand Caesar's dictatorship and the

reasons for his assassination; Understand the sweeping changes made by Caesar Augustus to the army,

buildings, arts, and law. Describe how Augustus restored Roman pride in empire and brought about Pax

Romana; Understand the rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire in the first and second centuries.

Understand how the Roman persecution of Christians led to Constantine's signing of the Edict of Milan;

Understand the economic recession, joblessness, and the divide between rich and poor in the empire.

Recognize Germanic tribes, the rise of Islam, and the role of Christians at the end of the empire;

Understand how Greek and Roman contributions have had lasting effects in our culture.


TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft Word:

Insert Tab – Text

- WordArt

- Text Box Home Tab – Paragraph

- Paint Bucket fill

TYPE to LEARN


CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Gratitude Year Two: Wonder Year Three: Stewardship

6th

Grade Curriculum Map DECEMBER


CONTENT Unit 3 Ecology (continued)

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Lesson 3-Word structure: antonyms, suffix –able, Latin root form, and content words for ecology.

Comprehension strategies: asking questions, clarifying, and adjusting reading speed. Comprehension

skills: main idea and details, and compare and contrast. Vocabulary. Compare and contrast essay.

Pronouns: subject, object, and possessive. Using multiple sources. Main ideas in pictures.

Lesson 4-Word structure: inflectional ending –ed, suffix –able, homophones, and shades of meaning.

Comprehension strategies: making connections, predicting, and summarizing. Comprehension skills:

drawing conclusions, and making inferences. Vocabulary. Compare and contrast essay. Complex

sentences. Graphic organizers. Appropriate word choice.

Lesson 5-Word structure: compound words, base word families, suffixes –ive, and –ance, and foreign

words and phrases. Comprehension strategies: making connections, clarifying, predicting, and

summarizing. Comprehension skills: Cause and effect, and sequence. Vocabulary. Writing a play.

Regular and irregular plurals. Evaluating research sources. Words and gestures.



WRITING - 6 Trait

6 Trait UNIT Word Choice

CONTENT

Word Choice: Applying strong verbs, selecting striking words and phrases, using specific and accurate

words, and choosing words that deepen meaning.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW use action words giving their writing punch and pizzazz, use many finely honed words and phrases, use

words with precision, and use words to capture the reader’s imagination and enhance the piece’s meaning.

ASSESSMENT Teacher will observe student participation in class & assess student’s individual poems.



SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Vocabulary and analogies, Pattern 2 sentences with the direct object, identify tenses of helping verbs,

object pronouns, mixed patterns 1 and 2, principal parts of verbs.




MATH - Saxon

LESSONS 55 – 65

CONTENT Number Sense Fractions/Decimals Probability Geometry

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to reduce a fraction by grouping factors in the numerator and the denominator that are

equal to 1, use fraction manipulative to show the division of a fraction by a fraction, and divide a fraction

by a fraction; Students will learn to find the least common denominator of two fractions, rename one

fraction so that two fractions have common denominators, and add or subtract two fractions that do not

have common denominators by renaming one of the fractions; Students will learn to rename two fractions

so that they have common denominators, add or subtract two fractions that do not have common

denominators by renaming both fractions, and compare two fractions that do not have common

denominators by renaming one or both fractions; Students will follow three steps-shape, operate, simplify-

to add or subtract fractions; Students will learn to express the probability that an event will occur as a

reduced fraction, a decimal, or a percent, express the probability that an event will not occur as a reduced

fraction, a decimal, or a percent, and find the probability of an event by dividing the number of outcomes

in the event by the number of possible outcomes; Students will learn to use three steps-shape, operate, and

simplify- to add mixed numbers with fractions that do not have common denominators; Students will learn

to identify common polygons by the number of sides they have, use the term congruent to describe

geometric figures, and find the length of a side of a regular polygon when the perimeter of the polygon is

known; Students will learn to recognize, name and draw common geometric solids, identify the number of

faces, edges, and vertices in various geometric solids, find the surface area of a polyhedron, identify

patterns that can be folded into a specific three-dimensional figure, and determine the volume of a

geometric solid by counting cubes; Students will learn to add three ore more fractions or mixed numbers;

Students will learn to change a mixed number to an improper fraction, and find the product of two mixed

numbers by changing each number to an improper fraction and then multiplying; Students will learn to

rename fractions so that they have common denominators and then regroup to subtract mixed numbers;

Students will learn to identify, classify, and draw quadrilaterals according to the characteristics of their

sides and angles.



Continued from November

CONTENT Oceans continued Surface; Subsurface Land Features; Ocean Bottom; Composition of Seawater;

Currents, tides, waves; Marine Life; Alfred Wagener

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW understand the surface features, subsurface land features, and the composition of the ocean. TSW

understand currents, tides, and waves. TSW understand the variety of marine life and how the ocean sustains

that life. TSW appreciate the contributions of scientists and inventors throughout history. TSW understand the

social and economic effects of major discoveries in science.



CONTENT Enlightenment French Revolution; Isaac Newton, Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, Thomas Jefferson,

Montesquieu. American and French Revolutions, Old Regime, Three Estates, National

Assembly, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Reign of terror, Revolutionary arts and the new

classicism, Napoleon Bonaparte.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will Place the Enlightenment in historical context and contrast the period with the Middle Ages

and the Renaissance. Tell how Isaac Newton explained the workings of the universe. Explain how

Newton's scientific achievements influenced Enlightenment thinkers; Summarize the major ideas of Rene

Descartes, especially "I think, therefore I am." Explain how Descartes’ methods and ideas broke with

tradition. Explain why Descartes is considered the father of modern philosophy; Explain Thomas Hobbes's

conclusions about human nature. Describe the type of government favored by Hobbes. Identify major

historical events that occurred during Hobbes's time and tell how they influenced his life and philosophy;

Summarize John Locke's philosophy about human knowledge and the responsibilities of government.

Contrast Locke's ideas with ideas of Thomas Hobbes. Explain how the English government after the

Glorious Revolution reflected Locke's philosophy; Characterize the ideas of Montesquieu and Voltaire.

Explain how the French ruling class tried to keep the message of the Enlightenment from reaching most

French people. Explain the importance of the Encyclopedia; Explain how ideas of the Enlightenment

helped inspire American leaders to declare independence. Recognize specific Enlightenment ideas

reflected in the Declaration of Independence and US Constitution. Explain how the American patriots

Jefferson, Franklin, and Madison each embodied the spirit of Enlightenment; Understand the main ideas of

the French Enlightenment. Understand the French reaction to the Glorious Revolution in England.

Describe the effects of the American Revolution on France and the French people; Identify the three

estates of French society. Understand the reasons for the growing social unrest in French society; Describe

life at Versailles. Identify Louis XIV and describe his reign. Identify and describe Louis XV and describe

his reign. Identify and describe Louis XVI; Identify Marie Antoinette and her effect on the French people.

Understand the reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Identify Le Petit Trianon; Describe what

happened at the 1789 meeting of the Estates-General. Understand Louis XVI's role in the meeting.

Understand how the National Assembly came into existence. Identify the Tennis Court Oath; Understand

Louis XVI's reaction to the National Assembly. Describe the storming of Bastille. Understand the

reaction in the French countryside; Describe the provisions of the declaration of the Rights of Man.

Understand the October 1789 march on Versailles and its results. Understand the king and queen's

reaction to these events; Describe the attempted escape of the royal family and its results. Understand the

makeup of the Legislative Assembly. Understand the conflict between France and Austria. Understand

the actions of the National Convention.


TECHNOLOGY

Science Fair How to Research

- PPLD is a good site

- What to stay away from

. NWEA Testing.

TYPE to LEARN


CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Generosity Year Two: Charity Year Three: Service

6th

Grade Curriculum Map JANUARY


CONTENT Unit 3 Ecology (continued); Unit 4 Great Expectations

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

End of unit 3.

Lesson 1-Word structure: compound words, gerunds, base word families, and multiple-meaning words.

Comprehension strategies: asking questions, predicting, and visualizing. Comprehension skills: author’s

point of view, and fact and opinion. Vocabulary. Business letter. Fragments and run-on sentences.

Interpreting diagrams. Misleading information.

Lesson 2-Word structure: homographs, suffix –ly, -tion/-ion, concept words-great expectations.

Comprehension strategies: adjusting reading speed, clarifying, summarizing, and visualizing.

Comprehension skills: drawing conclusions, and main idea and details. Vocabulary. Persuasive report.

Varying sentences structure to achieve purpose. Interpreting graphic sources of information. Problems

and solutions.

Lesson 3-Word structure: inflectional ending –ing, prefix re-, Latin root mem, and synonyms.

Comprehension strategies: asking questions, making connections, and visualizing. Comprehension skills:

making inferences, and compare and contrast. Vocabulary. Persuasive report. Pronouns: indefinite,

referent, and interrogative. Using a thesaurus. Persuasive presentations.

Lesson 4-Word structure: suffix –ion, -tion, -al, -ic, concept words-great expectations. Comprehension

strategies: making connections, predicting, and summarizing. Comprehension skills: author’s purpose,

and author’s point of view. Vocabulary. Adventure story. Prepositions and prepositional phrases. Using

online searches to find information. Listening



WRITING - 6 Trait

6 Trait UNIT

Sentence Fluency

CONTENT

Sentence Fluency: crafting well built sentences, varying sentence types, capturing smooth and rhythmic

flow, and breaking the rules to create fluency.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW carefully and creatively construct sentences for maximum impact, use various types of sentences to

enhance the central theme or story line, think about how sentences sound, diverge from standard English to

create interest and impact.

ASSESSMENT Teacher will observe student participation in class (speeches) & assess students’ writing samples. Samples

may be written in conjunction with Science/History.


CONTENT Chapter 8 Lessons 4-5 and 10; Chapter 9 Lessons 1-5 and 11; Chapter 10 Lessons 1-3.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Vocabulary and analogy, Pattern 3 and the indirect object, introducing quotations beginning, ending, and

split, mixed patterns 1-3, ten spelling rules for the plurals of nouns.




MATH - Saxon

LESSONS 66 – 80

CONTENT Fractions/Decimals/Percents Number Sense Geometry Ratios/Proportions

Order of Operations

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to identify a composite number as a number with more than two factors, write the prime

factorization of a given composite number, use division by primes to find the prime factorization of a given

number, and make a factor tree to find the prime factorization of a given number; Students will learn to

multiply a mixed number by a whole number, and multiply a mixed number by a mixed number; Students

will learn to use prime factorization to reduce fractions; Students will learn to divide a mixed number by a

whole number, and divide a mixed number by a mixed number; Students will learn to write an equation

showing that the length of a segment is equal to the sum of the lengths of its parts and solve the equation

for the missing length, identify complementary and supplementary angles, name and find the measure of

the complement of an angle, and name and find the measure of the supplement of an angle; Students will

learn to reduce fraction terms before multiplying; Students will learn to identify the coordinates of a point

on a coordinate plane, graph points on a coordinate plane, and locate the vertices of a shape on a

coordinate plane, than draw segments between the points to draw the shape; Students will learn to identify

opposite and adjacent angles in a parallelogram, find the measure of an angle in a parallelogram when the

measure of its opposite angle or adjacent angle is known, create and use a model to show that

parallelograms with sides the same length may have different areas, and find the area of a parallelogram;

Students will learn to recognize the rules for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing fractions, and

follow three steps to multiply three or more fractions or mixed numbers; Students will learn to read

expressions with exponents, find the value of expressions with exponents, write the prime factorization of

a number using exponents, and write a decimal number as a fraction or mixed number; Students will learn

to convert fractions and mixed numbers to decimal numbers, and use a calculator to convert a fraction to a

decimal number; Students will learn to write a fraction as a percent and write a decimal as a percent;

Students will learn to compare fractions by converting each fraction to decimal form; Students will learn to

diagram fractional parts statements, and find unstated information from fractional-parts statements;

Students will learn to identify and convert between units of capacity within the US Customary system, and

identify and convert between units of capacity within the metric system; Students will learn to demonstrate

that a triangle's area is half the area of a parallelogram with the same base and height, and use the formulas

A=1/2bh, and A=bh/2 to calculate the area of a triangle; Students will learn to draw and use a ratio box to

sort ratio numbers and actual counts, find the scale factor when the ratio and one actual count is known,

and multiply a ratio term by the scale factor to find the actual count.



CONTENT Astronomy

Gravity; Stars; Galaxies; Sir Isaac Newton

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW learn about the composition of space and the place of Earth in the universe. TSW understand the

components of the study of astronomy, Students will learn about stars and how the stars and Earth impact

each other. TSW appreciate the contributions of scientists and inventors throughout history. TSW

understand the social and economic effects of major discoveries in science.


CONTENT Scientific Method Scientific Method Part 2 and Science Fair Projects

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW apply the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct, communicate about,

and evaluate such investigations.

Continued in February


CONTENT Romanticism Industrialism, Capitalism, Socialism Rejection of classicism, emphasis on emotion and imagination, and on nature and the private self. Jean-

Jacques Rousseau.

Beginnings in Great Britain, textiles, iron and steel mills, the early factory system, Adam Smith,

Law of supply and demand, social classes, forms of socialism, Karl Marx.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will Describe the effect of the French Revolution on the Catholic Church. Understand the new

calendar. Recognize Revolutionary fashions and art; Understand the impact of the French Revolution on

the rest of the world. Describe the Reign of Terror. Identify the Jacobins, the Committee of Safety, and

Maximilien Robespierre, and their roles in the Reign of Terror; Identify Napoleon Bonaparte. Understand

the early achievements of Napoleon's military career. Understand how Napoleon gained power in the

French government; Define the term Romantic. Understand Rousseau's influence on the Romantic

movement. Compare and contrast romanticism with neoclassicism. Identify Wordsworth, Constable, and

Beethoven and their relationship to the Romantic movement; Explain some of the effects, positive and

negative, of the Industrial Revolution. Describe working conditions for nineteenth-century children in

England. Define the term free market and explain its effect on workers and employers; Describe the life of

the typical English peasant in the 1600's. Understand the challenges of operating a farm; Identify the

changes that led to more efficient farming practices in the seventeenth century. Understand the enclosure

movement and explain its effect on farmers. Describe the impact of steam power; Understand how the

modern city developed. Define the term cottage industry. Describe the spinning jenny and cotton gin and

explain their effect on mass production; Explain how capitalism works. Describe the mercantilist system.

Recognize the economic relationship between a colony and its home country. Understand the economic

theories of Adam Smith; Identify Charles Dickens and Benjamin Disraeli and explain their contributions to

society. Compare and contrast the lives and leisure activities of the rich, the middle class, and the poor;

Understand workers' reactions against industrialization. Identify Robert Owen and discuss his life and

ideas; Define the terms depression and inflation. Identify The Communist Manifesto and explain its main

ideas. Identify Karl Marx and explain his most important ideas; Understand the effect of a capitalist

economy on modern society. Identify the socialist ideas that can be found in today's democratic

governments.


TECHNOLOGY

Using Excel to make graphs for Science Fair.

E-Pat Features for CMASS PARCC Items that need to be reviewed for state testing:

- Drop Down

- Drag /

- Bar Graph / Histogram

- Highlighting

- Number line / coordinate plane items (hotspot)

- Toolbox Pointer

- Toolbox Calculator (5th-8

th gr)

- Ruler – standard and metric

- Magnifier

- Zoom in/out

TYPE to LEARN


CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Courage Year Two: Courage Year Three: Courage

6th

Grade Curriculum Map FEBRUARY


CONTENT Unit 4 Great Expectations (continued); Unit 5 Earth in Action

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Lesson 5-Word structure: location prefixes, Latin root sens, suffix –ness, and base word families.

Comprehension strategies: asking questions, making connections, adjusting reading speed, and clarifying.

Comprehension skills: sequence, and cause and effect. Vocabulary. Writing an adventure story. Using

electronic technology to retrieve information. Using a dictionary to draw conclusions. Literary devices.

Lesson 1-Word structure: prefix semi-, suffix –ive, shades of meaning, and content words-earth in action.

Comprehension strategies: asking questions, clarifying, and visualizing. Comprehension skills: compare

and contrast, and main idea and details. Vocabulary. Writing a research report. Active and passive voice.

Conducting an interview. Nonverbal gestures.

Lesson 2-Word structure: suffix –ment, prefix dis-, connotation and denotation, and content words-earth

in action. Comprehension strategies: asking questions, making connections, summarizing, and

visualizing. Comprehension skills: cause and effect, and classify and categorize. Vocabulary. Wirting a

research report. Varying sentences to achieve purpose. Finding useful information and taking notes.

Evaluating visual sources.



WRITING - 6 Trait

6 Trait UNIT Conventions

CONTENT

Conventions: Check spelling, punctuating effectively and paragraphing accurately, capitalizing correctly,

and applying grammar and usage.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW spell sight words, high-frequency words, and less familiar words correctly, handle basic punctuation

skillfully, use capital letters consistently and accurately, and form grammatically correct phrases and

sentences.



CONTENT Chapter 10 Lessons 4-5 and 11; Chapter 11 Lessons 1-5; Chapter 12 Lessons 1-4.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Vocabulary and analogy, Pattern 4 sentences and predicate noun, introduce how to make nouns possessive,

noun cases, review noun jobs, mixed patterns 1-4, pronoun and antecedent agreement, and indefinite

pronouns.




MATH - Saxon

LESSONS 81 – 94

CONTENT Ratios/Proportions Number Sense Probability Geometry Pre-Algebra

Fractions/Decimals / Percents

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to use a compass and straightedge to construct the perpendicular bisector of a given line

segment, and use a compass and straightedge to construct the bisector of a given angle; Students will learn

to add, subtract, multiply, and divide units of measure; Students will learn to find the volume of a

rectangular prism; Students will learn to read and write proportions, identify a ratio that forms a proportion

with a given ratio, and use the scale factor to find a missing term in a proportion; Students will learn to

follow the order of operations when simplifying an expression; Students will learn to use cross products to

determine whether two fractions are equal or whether two ratios form a proportion, and use cross products

to find a missing term in a proportion; Students will learn to estimate the area of a circle drawn on a grid,

and use the formula A=pi r squared to determine the area of a circle; Students will learn to solve a missing

factor problem in which the unknown factor is a mixed number, and solve a missing factor problem in

which the unknown factor is a decimal number; Students will learn to use proportions to solve ratio

problems; Students will learn to find the square root of a perfect square greater than 100, and use guess and

check to estimate the square roots of numbers that are not perfect squares; Students will learn to identify

and describe turns measured in degrees, and solve problems involving turns; Students will learn to estimate

the probability of an event from data gathered by performing a probability experiment, present data in a

relative frequency table, and conduct probability experiments; Students will learn to use formulas to

calculate the perimeter and area of squares, rectangles, parallelograms, and triangles; Students will learn to

write the powers of 10 with exponents when writing numbers in expanded notation, simplify expressions

with exponents and roots, and use exponents with fractions and decimals; Students will learn to classify

triangles by the lengths of their sides, and classify triangles by the measure of their angles; Students will

learn to change a fraction, a decimal, or a mixed number to a percent by multiplying by 100%.



Continued from January

CONTENT Scientific Method Scientific Method Part 2 and Science Fair Projects

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW apply the processes of scientific investigation and design, conduct, communicate about, and evaluate

such investigations.



CONTENT Latin American – Geography and History

Haitian revolution, Mexican revolutions, liberators, new nations in Central America, Brazilian

Independence. Prominent geographic features, countries and cities of Latin America.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will Describe the social structure in Latin America prior to the struggles for independence.

Understand the inspiration for and causes of revolutions in Latin America; Identify Toussaint L'Ouverture

and describe his role in Haiti's struggle for independence. Explain the causes of rebellion against the

French in Haiti. Describe significant events and personalities in the antislavery and pro-independence

struggles; Understand the motivation behind the Mexican struggle for independence. Describe the

significant events and personalities of the Mexican independence movement; Compare and contrast three

South American liberators: Francisco de Miranda, Simon Bolivar, and Jose de San Martin. Describe how

Simon Bolivar and Jose de San Martin liberated South America from Spanish rule. Explain why Simon

Bolivar was not able to unite South America as one country; Explain how the people of Buenos Aires

defeated the British and later forced the Spanish viceroy into exile. Understand the importance of Jose de

San Martin to the southern South American independence movement. Describe how Jose de San Martin

helped Argentina, Chile, and Peru fight for independence; Identify Joao and describe his life and

accomplishments. Describe the path Brazil took to independence and explain how it differed from that of

the other Latin American countries; Understand the events and significance of the Mexican revolution.

Identify Santa Anna, Benito Juarez, Porfirio Diaz, Pancho Villa, and Emiliano Zapata.


TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft Word Typing for Science Fair. Excel

Inserting Data to Make Graphs

E-Pat Features for CMASS PARCC Items that need to be reviewed for state testing:

- Drop Down

- Drag /

- Bar Graph / Histogram

- Highlighting

- Number line / coordinate plane items (hotspot)

- Toolbox Pointer

- Toolbox Calculator (5th-8

th gr)

- Ruler – standard and metric

- Magnifier

- Zoom in/out

TYPE to LEARN


CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Loyalty Year Two: Love of Country Year Three: Honesty and Justice

6th

Grade Curriculum Map MARCH


CONTENT Unit 5 Earth in Action (continued)

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Lesson 3- Word structure: Latin root terra, Greek root gen, antonyms, and homophones. Comprehension

strategies: asking questions, making connections, and predicting. Comprehension skills: drawing

conclusions, and cause and effect. Vocabulary. Writing a research report. Using electronic technology to

verify information. Conducting a literature search. Informative presentations.

Lesson 4-Word structure: prefix pre-, suffix –less, compound words, inflectional ending –ing.

Comprehension strategies: clarifying predicting, visualizing, and summarizing. Comprehension skills:

classify and categorize, and compare and contrast. Vocabulary. Letter of condolence. Sentence tense.

Assessing messages in mass media. Improving an oral presentation.

Lesson 5-Word structure: suffixes –y, -ment, multiple-meaning words, content words-earth in action.

Comprehension strategies: making connections, adjusting reading speed, and summarizing.

Comprehension skills: author’s purpose, and cause and effect. Vocabulary. Writing a book review.

Compound-complex sentences. Test-taking strategies. Effective listening.



WRITING - 6 Trait

6 Trait UNIT

6+1 Traits together

CONTENT

Culmination of all content covered thus far.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW understand how to use all six traits in their writing successfully.



CONTENT Chapter 12 Lesson 10; Chapter 13 Lessons 1-5 and 12; Chapter 14 Lessons 1-3, 5 and 7.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Jingles, predicate adjectives, pattern 5 sentences, degrees of comparison adjectives, double negatives,

mixed patterns 1-5, parts of a friendly letter, parts of an envelope and commonly used abbreviations.




MATH - Saxon

LESSONS 95 – 101

CONTENT Algebra Ratios/Proportions Geometry

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to cancel units of measure before multiplying; Students will learn to find the rule for a

function, find a missing number in a function table, make a table for a function, and graph a function on a

coordinate plane; Students will learn to identify transversals, interior angles, alternate interior angles,

exterior angles, alternate exterior angles, and corresponding angles, and find the measures of the angles

formed by a transversal intersecting two parallel lines when the measure of one angle is known; Students

will learn to identify the interior and exterior angles of a polygon, find the sums of the interior angles of a

triangle and of a quadrilateral, and find the measure of one interior angle in a triangle or quadrilateral when

the measures of the other interior angles are known; Students will learn to complete a table that shows

equivalent fractions, decimals, and percent’s; Students will learn to use a number line to add integers, add

integers mentally, identify the opposite of an integer, and use algebraic addition to subtract integers;

Students will learn to create a tree diagram that shows all possible outcomes of a compound experiment,

and determine the probabilities of the possible outcomes of a compound experiment; Students will learn to

use ratio boxes to solve ratio problems that involve totals; Students will learn to identify and convert units

of mass in the metric system, identify and convert units of weight in the US Customary system, and add

and subtract measures in pounds and ounces; Students will learn to find the perimeter of a complex shape.



CONTENT Energy Heat Temperature Heat Transfer

Energy Transfer Distillation Change of Phase

Forms of Energy at varying temperature Expansion and Contraction

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW understand the structure and properties of heat and temperature. TSW understand the various ways

that heat energy can be transferred and what effects that process has on life. TSW understand the

characteristics of a variety of changes in the states of matter. TSW the structure and properties of energy

transfer.


Continued in April…


CONTENT Immigration - Waves of immigration post 1830, Ellis Island, major cities of settlement,

melting pot, land of opportunity, discrimination.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will Define the word immigrant. Explain why many western and northern Europeans left their

native lands to begin new lives in the United States; Describe the transatlantic voyage Europe to America.

Understand the immigrant experience in the United States at this time; Explain why many more

immigrants came to the United States after the Civil War. Define the term New Immigration and identify

the New Immigrants' countries of origin. Compare and contrast the experiences of the post-Civil War

immigrants with those of earlier immigrants; Identify the Statue of Liberty and discuss its symbolic

importance. Identify Ellis Island and explain its function. Define the term nativism and describe its effect

on immigration. Understand the Chinese Exclusion Act; Explain the significance of the term melting pot

to the history of immigration in the United States. Compare and contrast first-, second-, and third-

generation Americans. Understand the assimilation process of immigrant groups into American society.


TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft Powerpoint Open a presentation

Click the File tab, and then click Open.

In the left pane of the Open dialog box, click the drive or folder that contains the presentation that you want.

In the right pane of the Open dialog box, open the folder that contains the presentation.

Click the presentation, and then click Open.

View a slide show

To view your presentation in Slide Show view from the first slide, do the following:

On the Slide Show tab, in the

Start Slide Show group,

click From Beginning.

To view your presentation in Slide Show view from the current slide, do the following:


Start Slide Show group, click From Current Slide.

Print a presentation

Click the File tab,

and then click Print.

Under Print What,

do one of the following:

o To print all slides, click All.

o To print only the slide that is

o currently displayed, click

Current Slide.

To print specific slides by number, click Custom Range of Slides, and then enter a list of individual slides, a

range, or both.

When you finish making your selections, click Print.

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CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Compassion Year Two: Faithfulness Year Three: Mercy

6th

Grade Curriculum Map APRIL


CONTENT Unit 5 Earth in Action (continued); Unit 6 Art and Impact

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

End of Unit 5.

Lesson 1-Word structure: inflectional ending –ed, homographs, multiple-meaning words, connotation and

denotation. Comprehension strategies: predicting, visualizing, and summarizing. Comprehension skills:

sequence, and main idea and details. Vocabulary. Writing a biography. Adjectives, capitalization, and

types of sentences. Conducting an interview. Appropriate word choice.

Lesson 2-Word structure: negative prefixes, location prefixes, synonyms, and content words for art and

impact. Comprehension strategies: asking questions, making connections, visualizing, and clarifying.

Comprehension skills: drawing conclusions, and compare and contrast. Vocabulary. Wirting a biography.

Adverbs, apostrophes, quotations marks, hyphens, dashes, and subject/verb agreement. Choosing

appropriate sources. Main ideas in pictures.

Lesson 3-Word structure: suffixes –en, -ous, homophones, and content words for art and impact.

Comprehension strategies: visualizing, making connections, and asking questions. Comprehension skills:

sequence and cause and effect. Vocabulary. Writing: describing a place. Regular and irregular plurals,

colons and semicolons, pronouns, dependent clauses, and complex sentences. Planning a survey.

Interacting: communicating with respect.



WRITING - 6 Trait

6 Trait UNIT

6+1 Traits together

CONTENT


SKILLS / OBJECTIVES


ASSESSMENT Teacher will observe student participation in class and assessments



SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Introduce four types of business letters, the six parts of a business letter and parts of a business envelope,

fact and opinion, propaganda, mass media, evaluating propaganda techniques in the media, reasons for

reading speeds and subject-matter reading, outlines.

ASSESSMENT Posttest. Oral definition tests, practice improved sentences tests, grammar test will be given

to test each new concept as it is introduced. We will be starting on a three day rotation, and as the year


MATH - Saxon

LESSONS 102 – 115

CONTENT Ratios/Proportions Geometry Number Sense

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to use the electrical-charge model to add signed numbers; Students will learn to solve

percent problems by creating a ratio box, setting up a proportion, and solving the proportion; Students will

learn to solve two-step equations, and use substitution to check the answer to a two-step equation; Students

will learn to find the area of a complex shape; Students will learn to identify and describe rotations,

translations, and reflections, and use transformations to change the position of a figure; Students will learn

to identify the corresponding sides and the corresponding angles of two congruent figures, identify similar

triangles, and identify the corresponding angles of similar triangles; Students will learn to identify

symmetrical figures, and draw lines of symmetry in figures and objects; Students will learn to use the

legend in a scale drawing or model to find the actual measurements of the object being represented, use a

proportion to find an unknown measurement in a scale drawing or model problem, determine the scale and

scale factor of a rendering, and use the scale factor of a model to calculate the dimensions of an actual

object; Students will learn to interpret the remainders to division problems that have real-world

applications; Students will learn to calculate the product of two integers, and calculate the quotient of two

integers; Students will learn to rename units to add and subtract mixed measures, and multiply a number by

a power of ten; Students will learn to write unit multipliers for equivalent measures, and use unit

multipliers to convert from one unit to another; Students will learn to convert a percent that includes a

fraction to a fraction



Continued from March…

CONTENT Energy Heat ; Temperature; Heat Transfer; Energy Transfer; Forms of Energy at

varying temperature; Expansion and Contraction; Change of Phase; Distillation

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW understand the structure and properties of heat and temperature. TSW understand the various ways

that heat energy can be transferred and what effects that process has on life. TSW understand the

characteristics of a variety of changes in the states of matter. TSW the structure and properties of energy

transfer.



CONTENT Industrialization, Urbanization, and Reform

The post-Civil War industrial boom, condition of labor, influence of big business, industrialists, capitalists,

free enterprise and government regulation. Populism, the Progressive Era, Reform for African-Americans,

Women’s suffrage, Eugene Debs.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will describe the life and the accomplishments of Andrew Carnegie. Understand how

industrialization affected the lives of workers. Explain how industrialization began and grew in the United

States; explain why and how America's national railroad system grew after the Civil War. Explain how

railroads contributed to growth and change in industry; Identify and describe the factors that led to

America's growth as an industrial society. Define capital and corporation and explain their importance to

the growth of the industry; recognize how inventions such as the telephone and phonograph created new

industries. Describe the importance of the inventions of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison;

explain the importance of the developing steel and oil industries. Describe the business methods of

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller; explain how monopolies, trusts, rebates, and pools function.

Understand why monopolies, trusts, rebates, and pools are unfair business practices. Describe the

measures the government took to limit unfair business practices; explain how industrialization affected

working people, including skilled craftsmen, women, and children. Describe the working conditions in

factories and mines. Identify positive changes brought about by industrialization; Explain why workers

organized labor unions. Identify Samuel Gompers and describe his rise to union leadership. Describe the

successes and failures of the labor movement during the late 1800's; identify and describe the factors that

contributed to the growth of America's cities. Explain some of the reasons why people moved to cities.

Understand how changes in architecture and transportation altered cities; describe the problems of the

rapidly growing cities. Explain how the political machines of the late 1800's functioned; understand that

the Populist Party grew out of farmers' desires for social reform in the face of growing divides between

industry and agriculture. Describe the main goals of the Populist Party and the role of William Jennings

Bryan; understand the aims of muckrakers and the social improvements they helped bring about. Identify

Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair as muckrakers who exposed the abuses of Standard Oil and the meat-

packing industry, respectively; understand the reforms instituted by Jane Addams in founding Hull House.

Recognize the impact reformer Jacob Riis had on cleaning up New York tenements. Recognize that some

Americans displayed hostility toward new immigrants; Describe Theodore Roosevelt's views on land

conservation, saving natural resources, and protecting native wildlife. Identify Theodore Roosevelt's

achievements in conservation. Explain Roosevelt's "square deal" policy and identify the antitrust laws he

instituted; understand the hardships and dangers African Americans faced after the Civil War, including

Jim Crow Laws, lynching, and discrimination. Describe the beliefs and accomplishments of civil rights

leaders Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. Du Bois; understand the laws and customs of the

nineteenth century that restricted the rights of women. Describe the roles of Susan B. Anthony and

Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the woman suffrage movement and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment;

Describe Eugene Debs's association with the socialist movement, his union efforts, and his attempts to help

the oppressed.


TECHNOLOGY

State Assessments.

TYPE to LEARN


CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Forgiveness Year Two: Graciousness and Courtesy Year Three: Gentleness and Humility

6th Grade Curriculum Map MAY


CONTENT Unit 6 Art and Impact (continued)

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Lesson 4-Word structure: prefixes con-, com-, and col-, number prefixes, suffix –ity, and Greek root arch.

Comprehension strategies: adjusting reading speed, clarifying, and summarizing. Comprehension skills:

fact and opinion, and making inferences. Vocabulary. Writing a Haiku. Fragments and run-on sentences,

prepositions, prepositional phrases, varying sentences to achieve purpose, pronouns, and using electronic

technology to retrieve information. Using a thesaurus. Recognizing propaganda.

Lesson 5-Word structure: prefix re-, suffix –ful, gerunds, and antonyms. Comprehension strategies:

asking questions, making connections, and predicting. Comprehension skills: author’s point of view, and

making inferences. Vocabulary. Writing a cinquain. Varying sentences to achieve purpose, compound-

complex sentences, active and passive voice, perfect and progressive tense, and using electronic

technology to verify information. Using text organizers. Giving and following directions.



WRITING - 6 Trait

6 Trait UNIT

End of the Year Research Project

CONTENT


SKILLS / OBJECTIVES


ASSESSMENT Teacher will observe student participation in class & assessments.


CONTENT Chapter 18 Lessons 1-8.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Genres of poetry, analyze poems, write and share poems, haiku and acrostic poems, parts-of-speech

poems, couplets, triplets and quatrains, diamante and limericks.

ASSESSMENT Students will be graded on their poems.

MATH - Saxon

LESSONS 116 – 120

CONTENT Fractions/Decimals / Percents Geometry Pre-Algebra Roman Numerals

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will learn to calculate compound interest, and use a calculator to compute compound interest;

Students will learn to draw a diagram to find a whole in a fractional-parts problem when a fraction is

known; Students will learn to use a grid to estimate the area of an irregular shape; Students will learn to

write and solve an equation to find a whole when a percent is known; Students will learn to calculate the

volume of a cylinder by multiplying the area of a circular end of the cylinder by the height of the cylinder;

Students will learn to identify and make models of the Platonic solids: a tetrahedron, a cube, an

octahedron, a dodecahedron, and an icosahedron, and identify the number of faces, vertices, and edges for

each created model.



CONTENT Human Body

Circulatory System Lymphatic System

Immune System Marie Curie

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

TSW understand how specific body systems operate individually and corporately to promote a healthy

body.

TSW understand how the immune system fights infections and how they can maintain a healthy lifestyle.

TSW appreciate the contributions of scientists and inventors throughout history.

TSW understand the social and economic effects of major discoveries in science.



CONTENT Industrialization, Urbanization, and Reform

The post-Civil War industrial boom, condition of labor, influence of big business, industrialists,

capitalists, free enterprise and government regulation.

Populism, the Progressive Era, Reform for African-Americans, Women’s suffrage, Eugene Debs.

SKILLS / OBJECTIVES

Students will describe the life and the accomplishments of Andrew Carnegie. Understand how

industrialization affected the lives of workers. Explain how industrialization began and grew in the United

States; explain why and how America's national railroad system grew after the Civil War. Explain how

railroads contributed to growth and change in industry; Identify and describe the factors that led to

America's growth as an industrial society. Define capital and corporation and explain their importance to

the growth of the industry; recognize how inventions such as the telephone and phonograph created new

industries. Describe the importance of the inventions of Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison;

explain the importance of the developing steel and oil industries. Describe the business methods of

Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller; explain how monopolies, trusts, rebates, and pools function.

Understand why monopolies, trusts, rebates, and pools are unfair business practices. Describe the

measures the government took to limit unfair business practices; explain how industrialization affected

working people, including skilled craftsmen, women, and children. Describe the working conditions in

factories and mines. Identify positive changes brought about by industrialization; Explain why workers

organized labor unions. Identify Samuel Gompers and describe his rise to union leadership. Describe the

successes and failures of the labor movement during the late 1800's; identify and describe the factors that

contributed to the growth of America's cities. Explain some of the reasons why people moved to cities.

Understand how changes in architecture and transportation altered cities; describe the problems of the

rapidly growing cities. Explain how the political machines of the late 1800's functioned; understand that

the Populist Party grew out of farmers' desires for social reform in the face of growing divides between

industry and agriculture. Describe the main goals of the Populist Party and the role of William Jennings

Bryan; understand the aims of muckrakers and the social improvements they helped bring about. Identify

Ida Tarbell and Upton Sinclair as muckrakers who exposed the abuses of Standard Oil and the meat-

packing industry, respectively; understand the reforms instituted by Jane Addams in founding Hull House.

Recognize the impact reformer Jacob Riis had on cleaning up New York tenements. Recognize that some

Americans displayed hostility toward new immigrants; Describe Theodore Roosevelt's views on land

conservation, saving natural resources, and protecting native wildlife. Identify Theodore Roosevelt's

achievements in conservation. Explain Roosevelt's "square deal" policy and identify the antitrust laws he

instituted; understand the hardships and dangers African Americans faced after the Civil War, including

Jim Crow Laws, lynching, and discrimination. Describe the beliefs and accomplishments of civil rights

leaders Ida B. Wells, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. Du Bois; understand the laws and customs of the

nineteenth century that restricted the rights of women. Describe the roles of Susan B. Anthony and

Elizabeth Cady Stanton in the woman suffrage movement and the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment;

Describe Eugene Debs's association with the socialist movement, his union efforts, and his attempts to help

the oppressed.


TECHNOLGY

Microsoft Powerpoint

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NWEA Testing

CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Hope Year Two: Joy Year Three: Wonder

6th

Grade Curr Map SPECIALS AUGUST

CORE VIRTUES


ART

UNIT

Classroom Procedures; Elements of Art; Principles of Design

CONTENT

Saftey; Review the art Elements; Review the principles of design

SKILLS

Make a chart of the art elements and look for their use in history;

ASSESSMENT

Class participation and check the chart

CORE KNOWLEDGE Soc St – Great Deserts of the World Sci – Earth Sci; Metric System

MUSIC

UNIT

Elements of Music

CONTENT

Review notations and terms: names and lines of treble clef; middle C; Treble and Bass Clef; staff, bar

line, double bar line, measure, repeat sign; octave; whole, half, quarter, eighth and sixteenth notes and

corresponding rests; sharps, flats, naturals; meter signature 4/4 or common time 2/4, ¾, 6/8

SKILLS

SW review basic elements of music including melodic and rhythmic notation; SW sing scales using

solfege; SW sing various 2/3 part rounds; SW will respond appropriately to the cues of a conductor.

ASSESSMENT

Theory worksheets; Notation


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – RULES AND EXPECTATIONS:

CONTENT:

Safety Cooperation Respects Differences Identifies feelings

Plays fair Follows directions and classroom rules

SKILLS:

Understands rules and safety concerns

Comprehend the protocols used in a physical education setting

Understands expectations

Understands the importance of cooperation and sportsmanship

ASSESSMENT:

Teacher observation Teacher checklist Peer assessments


SPANISH

Chapter

Chapter 1

Week : Primera Etapa: Saludos y despedidas. Pg. 3

Te gusta? Likes and dislikes. Verbs. Pg. 4-5

Review

Content

Vocabulary - Saludos y Despedidas Greetings and Goodbyes

Culture - Introduction to the Hispanic world language and map.

Skills/Objectives

Identify Spanish speaking countries.

Learn and practice forms of greetings and goodbyes

Indentify what greetings to use according to the time of day or the need for formal or informal

Recognize the sequence of answers to follow when greeting and saying goodbye.

Likes and dislikes

Assessment

Geography of Spanish language

6th

Grade Curr Map SPECIALS SEPTEMBER

CORE VIRTUES


ART

UNIT Paper Mache; Art of Ancient Greece

CONTENT

Research and plan paper Mache creature; Identify the “classic period of art and Characteristics –

balance proportion, ideal form.

SKILLS

Make planning sketch of paper mache animal, bird or aquatic creature (two classes); study the Parthenon

and the Discus Thrower and note principles of design at work.

ASSESSMENT

Check plans and note steps needed for paper mache project; class participation and check the chart

CORE KNOWLEDGE Soc St – Judaism & Christianity; Ancient Greece Sci – Plate Tectonics

MUSIC

UNIT

Elements of Music

CONTENT

Review: instrument families; dynamic markings: pp, mp, p, f, mf, ff; frequently used Italian terms;

vocal ranges; recognize introduction, interlude, coda, theme and variations in musical selections;

SKILLS

SW review basic elements of music including melodic and rhythmic notation. ; SW listen to examples

of music from various parts of the world. (focus on use of percussion and form) ;

SW sing scales using solfege. ; SW sing various 2/3 part rounds; Create an original composition;

SW experience and participate in creating steady and syncopated beats;

Audience and performance etiquette.

ASSESSMENT

Theory worksheets; Teacher observation; Notation review; Notation and music terminology

assessment.


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – VOLLEYBALL:

CONTENT:

Fundamental Skills:

Set Spike Volley Bump Dig Serve Passing Blocking

Rules of game:

3 hits per side Boundaries Rally scoring

Tactics:

Offense Defense Positioning Footwork Coordination

SKILLS:

Utilize fundamental net skills

Apply knowledge of the rules of the game

Utilize tactics and strategy in game play

Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of volleyball

Activities:

King’s court Drop B.U.M.P Mini/Modified Volleyball games

ASSESSMENT:

Written test Teacher checklist I pad assessment


SPANISH

Chapter

Segunda Etapa: Que deseas tomar? pg 6-7

Tercera Etapa: Que deseas comer? pg. 8-9

Review pg 10-12

Content

Vocabulary - Ordering drinks and food

Culture - C.K. 16 de septiembre Mexican Independence Day

Skills/Objectives

Gender of nouns

Indefinite articles

Ordering food and drink

Asking and answering yes and no questions

Regular verbs

Assessment

Students work in pairs to practice dialogue in café.

Review likes and dislikes with drinks.

Review subject pronouns

Present tense of regular verbs

6th

Grade Curr Map SPECIALS OCTOBER

CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Diligence

Year Two: Self-Control and Self Discipline

Year Three: Perseverance

ART

UNIT

Art of Ancient Rome; Paper Mache

CONTENT

Identify “classic” characteristics balance and proportion; recognize that basic forms and proportions

underlie the sculpture

SKILLS

Study the Pantheon and note the design principles at at work; start to make basic forms for the mache

critter (one class)

ASSESSMENT

Review and quiz for ancient Greece and Rome; Check proportions

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Soc St – Ancient Rome Science – Plate Tectonics

MUSIC

UNIT

Baroque Music (1600-1750)

CONTENT

Terms: counterpoint, fugue, oratorio Composers and works; J.S. Bach, Brandenburg Concerto,

Well; Tempered Clavier, Cantatas

SKILLS

SW use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast music of the Baroque to music of a different style.

ASSESSMENT

Venn diagram; Teacher observation; Notation


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

– BASKETBALL:

CONTENT:

Fundamental Skills:

Dribbling Passing Catching Shooting Rebounding

Stealing Blocking

Defensive/Offensive stance

Rules of game:

Inbounding Fouls/Violations Starting game play Scoring

Tactics:

Offense (give and go, pick and roll) Defense (Man to man vs. zone)

SKILLS:

Utilize fundamental basketball skills Apply knowledge of the rules of the game


Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of basketball

Activities:

Dribble Tag 3 man weave Knock out 3 vs. 3 5 vs. 5


SPANISH

Chapter

Chapter 2

Primera etapa:

Textbook page 43

WB page 15-16, 18-19

Content

Vocabulary - verbs, conjugating –ar, verbs, pronouns

Culture - Day of the Dead

Skills/Objectives

Sentences with verbs

Assessment

Students will conjugate verbs to the present tense with pronouns and proper names for sentences

6th

Grade Curr Map SPECIALS NOVEMBER

CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Gratitude Year Two: Wonder Year Three: Stewardship

ART

UNIT Paper Mache; Gothic Art

CONTENT

Review religious inspiration of great Gothic cathedral and characteristic features

SKILLS

Continue to make forms (two classes); Study Notre Dame cathedral & note characteristics

ASSESSMENT

Check proportions; Check notes

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Soc St – Ancient Rome Science – Oceans

MUSIC

UNIT Baroque Music (1600-1750) ; Music of Ancient Rome and Greece (overview)

CONTENT

Traditions, innovations of music of Rome and Greece; George Frederick Handel, Water Music,

“Hallelujah Chorus” from The Messiah

SKILLS

SW involve themselves in discussion and listening activities involving Baroque music

ASSESSMENT

Notation activities; Test: Baroque composers; Teacher observation


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – FITNESS CONTENT:

Fitness testing: Pacer test Curl-ups Push-ups Pull-ups Flexibility

SKILLS:

Demonstrate the ability to perform the identified fitnessgram test items and record and interpret personal

scores; Demonstrate the ability to set realistic fitness goals for each of the components of health

related fitness based on their fitness scores; Participate in regular physical activity

ASSESSMENT:

Teacher checklist and rubric Teacher Observation I pad assessment


SPANISH

Chapter

Chapter 2

Segunda etapa: WB pages 20-24 TB pages 53-55

Culture: TB pg. 59

Content

Vocabulary - Formal and informal greetings

Culture - C.K. Iberian Peninsula under the Roman empire, Spanish language between countries.

Skills/Objectives

Responding to greetings

What’s going on?

Quisieras and acabar de

Assessment

Students will learn to intrude a friend to another friend and to their parents.

Talk about needs and desires

6th

Grade Curr Map SPECIALS DECEMBER

CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Generosity Year Two: Charity Year Three: Service

ART

UNIT Baroque and Rococo Art; Paper Mache

CONTENT

Note the characteristics of Baroque and Rococo Art; recognize that basic forms and proportions

underlie the paper mache sculpture (one class)

SKILLS

Examine representative works by Rembrandt & Fragonard

ASSESSMENT

Check notes ; check proportions and craftsmanship

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – Enlightenment Science – Oceans

MUSIC

UNIT Musical Program Preparation

CONTENT performance (selections TBA)

SKILLS SW sing and learn choreography for a musical; SW rehearse musical demonstrating proper

performance etiquette and singing technique.

ASSESSMENT

Teacher observation; SW will respond appropriately to the cues of a conductor.


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – FOOTBALL

CONTENT:

Fundamental Skills:

Passing Catching Pass Patterns Punting/kicking

Rules of the game:

No tackling Scoring Offsides Sportsmanship

Plays Patterns Positioning Agility moves

Tactics (Individual vs. Team)

SKILLS:

Utilize fundamental football skills Apply knowledge of the rules of the game Utilize

tactics and strategy in game play

Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of football

Activities:

Flag football Invasion games Ultimate Football

ASSESSMENT:

Written test Teacher checklist and rubric I pad assessment


SPANISH

Chapter

Chapter 3

TB pg. 66-67

Primera etapa:

WB pages 26-27

Map of Central and South America

Sugunda etapa: WB pages 32-33

Content

Vocabulary - Present tense of ser, Name of countries and nationalities

Culture - Christmas in Latin America

Skills/Objectives

Ireegular verb ser, TB pg. 68

Identifying countries

Adjectives of nationality

Names of professions

Assessment

Students will be able to say where they are from and ask where others are from.

Dialogue to discuss nationality

Students have adjectives to write about themselves

6th

Grade Curr Map SPECIALS JANUARY

CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Courage Year Two: Courage Year Three: Courage

ART

UNIT Neoclassical and Romantic Art; Paper Mache

CONTENT

Note characteristics of Neoclassicism and Romanticism

SKILLS

Examine representative works by David, Goya, Turner; check forms (two classes)

ASSESSMENT

Check notes; check craftsmanship

CORE KNOWLEDGE Soc St – Romanticism / Industrialism/ Capitalism / Socialism Sci – Astronomy

MUSIC

UNIT (Rehearsals/ Performance)

CONTENT

preparation and performance

SKILLS

SW perform a musical demonstrating proper performance etiquette and singing technique.

ASSESSMENT

Teacher observation; SW will respond appropriately to the cues of a conductor;

Review terminology and notation; End of year review test.


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – SOCCER

CONTENT:

Fundamental Skills:

Dribbling Passing Shooting Trapping Goaltending

Rules of the game:

Starting game play Offsides Violations Sportsmanship Scoring

Tactics:

Spacing Offense Defense Ball movement

SKILLS:

Utilize fundamental soccer skills Apply knowledge of the rules of the game Utilize tactics and

strategy in game play

Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of soccer

ASSESSMENT:

Teach observation I pad assessment Written Test


SPANISH

Chapter

Chapter 4

Primera Etapa

Textbook pages 98-99 & 101

WB pages 39-40

Segunda etapa

Textbook pages 106-107

WB pages 44-45

Tercera etapa

TB pages 114-115, WB 49-50

Content

Vocabulary -Definite articles, Identifying personal belongings, school items, possessive adjectives, numbers

Culture - The Three Wise Men, Puerto Rico, Commonweath of the USA

Skills/Objectives

Items in the school and your backpack.

Items in your bedroom

Definite article, singular and plural

There is…There are Hay

Numbers 0-20 and tenth place

Assessment

Students will learn vocabulary for many items in the classroom and in their own backpack.

Students will identify who the items belong to.

What’s in their backpack

Students will identify items in their bedroom and write sentences about what there is in there bedroom.

6th

Grade Curr Map SPECIALS FEBRUARY

CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Loyalty Year Two: Love of Country Year Three: Honesty and Justice

ART

UNIT Paper Mache

CONTENT

-----

SKILLS Apply paper mache, (four classes)

ASSESSMENT

Check for craftsmanship

MUSIC

UNIT Classical Music (1750-1825)

CONTENT

Composers and works; Mozart: Symphony No. 40, Piano Concerto No.21

SKILLS

SW complete listening guides for each selection studied describing timbre, expression, and other elements

important to the piece; SW sing various 2/3 part rounds.(revisit “Dona Nobis Pacem”)

ASSESSMENT

Notation activities; Student discussion; Teacher observation; Test over Classical period.

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement

Social Studies – Romanticism / Latin America Science – Astronomy / Scientific Method

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – FLOOR HOCKEY

CONTENT:

Fundamental Skills:

Passing Shooting Receiving Dribbling Stick control

Rules of game:

High stick No contact Boundaries

Tactics:

Offense (positioning and movement) Defense (positioning and movement)

Face offs Goaltending

SKILLS:

Utilize fundamental floor hockey skills

Apply knowledge of the rules of the game


Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of floor hockey

Activities:

2 vs. 1 keep away 3 trap game Endline Hockey Sideline Hockey

ASSESSMENT:

Written tests Teacher Observation Teacher Checklist

SPANISH

Chapter

Primera etapa:


WB pages 56-57

Segunda etapa:


WB pages 58-59

WB pages 60-62

Content

Vocabulary - Likes and dislikes, get information about other people, review possessive adjectives and

pronouns. Regular erbs ending in er and –ir conjugated o the present tense.

Culture -

Skills/Objectives

Likes and dislikes

Classes

Possessive adjectives ser + de

Preferences

Regular –er and –ir verbs

Assessment

Students will discuss likes and disklikes

Work with partners to ask if they like or dislike

Which one do you like best?

Students will learn to conjugate regular verbs ending in –er and –ir ending to the present tense and will

Write sentences for practice.

6th

Grade Curr Map SPECIALS MARCH

CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Compassion Year Two: Faithfulness Year Three: Mercy

ART

UNIT Paper Mache

CONTENT

-----

SKILLS Gresso & Paint (3 classes)

ASSESSMENT

Check for craftsmanship

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – Immigration Science – Energy

MUSIC

UNIT Classical Music (1750-1825) ; Romantic Music (1800-1900)

CONTENT

Haydn, String Quartet Opus 76; No. 3, “Emperor” (Theme and Variations) melody became the

German National Anthem; Composers and works: Beethoven and Schubert as transitional figures:

Symphony No. 9 (fourth movement) Schubert, lieder: Die Forelle, Gretchen am Spinnrade Beethoven,

Piano Sonata No. 14 (“Moonlight” Sonata) Composers and works: Chopin, “Funeral March”

from Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, “Minute” Waltz, “Revolutionary” Etude in C minor

Schumann, Piano Concerto in A Minor

SKILLS

SW recognize differences in characteristics of Romantic music.

ASSESSMENT

Notation activities; Student discussion; Teacher observation;

Test over the Romantic composers and works.


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – HANDBALL

CONTENT:

Fundamental Skills: Passing Shooting Dribbling Catching

Rules of the game: 3 step possession Scoring Sportsmanship Spacing (no contact)

Tactics (Individual and team):

Offense Defense Spacing/Positioning Goaltending

Activities:

Wallball Modified handball games

SKILLS:

Utilize fundamental handball skills Apply knowledge of the rules of the game


Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of handball

ASSESSMENT:

Teacher Observation Teacher Checklist Rubric Written test


SPANISH

Chapter

Chapter 6

Primera etapa:

Textbook pages: 150-152

Workbook pages 66-67

WB pages 68-69

Segunda etapa:


WB page 71

WB page 72

Content

Vocabulary - Question words, Adjectives, irregular verb tener, question words,

C.K. immigration from Latin American countries

Culture -

Skills/Objectives

Present tense of the verb tener

Tener que + infinitive

Review verb ser

Assessment

Students will identify family members and tell their name and last names.

Talk about relatives and possessions

Review verbs, classes and professions

Students will write a dialogue with questions to answer.

6th

Grade Curr Map SPECIALS APRIL

CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Forgiveness Year Two: Graciousness and Courtesy Year Three: Gentleness and Humility

ART

UNIT Paper Mache; The Renaissance; Realism; One Point Perspective

CONTENT

Review main features of Renaissance Art; note realist’s belief that art should represent ordinary people;

learn basics of one point perspective

SKILLS

Add details; examine representative works of Ren Art; examine works by realist’s Courbet and Homer;

make one point perspective drawing

ASSESSMENT

Check for tidy work; class discussion on Ren Art; exam or art movements; check for spatial one

point perspective sense

MUSIC

UNIT -----

CONTENT -----

SKILLS

SW describe timbre, expression, and other elements important to the pieces;

SW identify I IV V chords through listening

ASSESSMENT

Notation review; Sing the tonic of particular passages of music.

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement

Social Studies – Industrialization Science – Energy

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – Industrialization Science – Energy

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – FRISBEE

CONTENT:

Fundamental Skills:

Throwing Catching Scoring Positioning

Rules of the game:

Boundaries No contact Scoring Movement and positioning

Tactics:

Offense Defense Spacing/positioning

Activities:

Target Frisbee Frisbee Golf Modified Frisbee games

SKILLS:

Utilize fundamental fribee skills Apply knowledge of the rules of the game


Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects of Frisbee

ASSESSMENT:

Teach observation Written test I pad assessment

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Social Studies – Industrialization Science – Energy

SPANISH

Chapter 6

Textbook pages: 164-165, 168-169

WB page 75-77

Content

Vocabulary - Question words, adjectives, numbers

Culture - Chile and Ecuador

Skills/Objectives

Adjectives to describe family members

Higher numbers

Assessment

Students will write a paragraph about a member of their family utilizing adjectives and professions and

Nationalities.

Students will read a parapgraph in Spanish and answer questions.

6th

Grade Curr Map SPECIALS MAY

CORE VIRTUES

Year One: Hope Year Two: Joy Year Three: Wonder

ART

UNIT Computer Art

CONTENT Basic Photoshop tools

SKILLS SW experiment and work with basic tools

ASSESSMENT

CORE KNOWLEDGE enhancement Soc St – Industrialization Science – Human Body

MUSIC

UNIT Composer Review/ Sing Songs from 5th

Grade CK Sequence

CONTENT -----

SKILLS -----

ASSESSMENT SW sing various 2/3 part rounds.


PHYSICAL EDUCATION

UNIT – FIELD DAY/TEAM GAMES

CONTENT:

Field day games:

Capture the flag Scarf Tag 50 yard dash Jump the creek

Marble relay Dizzy bat race Gunny sack relay

SKILLS:

Demonstrate competency in a variety of games Utilize fundamental field and playground game skills

Apply knowledge of the rules of the games Utilize tactics and strategy in game play

Compare and contrast the role of individual vs. team aspects in field and playground games

Describe the role of both a leader and follower

ASSESSMENT:

Teacher Observation I pad assessment


SPANISH

Chapter 7

Textbook pages 191, 195

Workbook pages 83-84, 89-90

Content

Vocabulary - Present tense of ir, contraction al, irregular verbs querer and preferir

Culture - Lesser known countries in South America: Paraguau, Uruguay, Bolivia

Skills/Objectives

Places to go

Assessment

Students will talk about going places.

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