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SIXTH GRADE

CURRICULUM

Religion

  • Knowledge of the Faith

  • Liturgical 

  • Moral Education

  • Teaching to Pray

  • Educating for the Life, Community, and History of the Church

  • The Church’s Missionary Life and Service

Language Arts

  • Literature

  • Language Arts

    • Vocabulary

    • Grammar

    • Writing

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Social Studies

  • World History Survey

  • Sixth Grade students will survey with an emphasis on ancient civilizations through the Reformation, geographic focus on Africa, and the role of Religion.

Science

Space Systems 

History of Earth 

Earth’s Systems

Weather and Climate

Human Impact

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Math

Ratios and Proportional Relationships

• Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.

The Number System

• Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.

• Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.

• Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

Expressions and Equations

• Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.

• Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.

• Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.

Geometry

• Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.

Statistics and Probability

• Develop understanding of statistical variability.

• Summarize and describe distributions.

Performance Objectives

1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.

2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.

3. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

4. Model with mathematics.

5. Use appropriate tools strategically.

6. Attend to precision.

7. Look for and make use of structure.

8. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

World Language

  • Introduction to the Spanish language.

  • Introduction to the culture of Spanish speaking nations.

Art

  • Identify and utilize the Elements of Art in the creation of artwork.

  • Identify and utilize the Principles of Art in the creation of artwork.

  • Utilize media and method for 2-D Art.

  • Utilize media and method for 3-D Art.

  • Demonstrate safety awareness and care for art materials

  • Understand and appreciate the place of art in historical context and cultural heritage as it relates to, reflects, and documents history as well as current times.

  • Participate in the visual arts.

  • Evaluate, analyze, and describe their own works of art and the work of others.

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P.E.

  • Demonstrate competency in a variety of motor skills and movement patterns.

  • Apply knowledge of concepts, principles, strategies and tactics related to movement and performance.

  • Demonstrate the knowledge and skills to achieve and maintain a health-enhancing level of physical activity and fitness.

  • Exhibit responsible personal and social behavior that respects self and others.

  • Recognize the value of physical activity for health, enjoyment, challenge, self-expression and/or social interaction.

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Music

  • Count, perform and identify rhythms of different values and in varying tempos.

  • Identify and distinguish components of melody and harmony.

  • Recognize themes and motifs in music

  • Discover aspects of tone production and quality of vocal and instrument families.

  • Learn basic harmonic structures.

  • Discover musical expressions through performing, composing and listening.

  • Study music history and its influence on culture.

  • Explore musical instruments.

  • Explore careers in the field of music.

  • Evaluate music critically through listening and performing.

  • Identify vocabulary and differentiate between musical styles.

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Technology

  • Creativity and Innovation

  • Knowledge and Ideas

  • Models and Simulations

  • Trends and Possibilities

  • Original Works

  • Communication and Collaboration

  • Effective Communications and Digital Interactions

  • Digital Solutions – Contribute to Project Teams

  • Global Connections – Create Cultural Understanding and Awareness

  • Research and Information Literacy

  • Planning Strategies of Guide Inquiry Using Technology

  • Processing Locate, Organize Analyze, Evaluate Synthesize and Ethically Use Information

  • Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making

  • Investigation

  • Collaboration

  • Digital Citizenship

  • Safety and Ethics

  • Leadership for Digital Citizenship

  • Impact of Technology

  • Technology Operations and Concepts

  • Understanding – Technology Terms, Processes, Systems and Applications

  • Application

  • Troubleshoot Systems and Processes

  • Transfer current Knowledge to Learning New Technologies

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