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Mrs. Ahern. 6 th Grade: 6A Religion , Language Arts, and Social Studies. 6 th Grade: Religion.
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Mrs. Ahern 6th Grade: 6A Religion , Language Arts, and Social Studies
6th Grade:Religion “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.' This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' • Faith and Life Series • Areas of Study • The Ten Commandments • The Holy Mass • Heaven • Prayer, Stewardship, Service • Approach – “Chunking” • Multi-sensory • Music • Art • Movement – we like to sparkle! • Nature • Meditation
6th Grade:Language Arts • Reading • 4 Literature Studies • Old Yeller - our “bonding” classic! • Holes • Bud, Not Buddy • The Westing Game • Great Books! • Reading Comprehension • Context Clues/Vocabulary • Figurative language – visualization • Story Elements • Read Alouds • The Princess Bride • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer • A Single Shard • Swindled • Writing • Essays • Narrative • Descriptive • Persuasive • Expository • Summary Writing • Methodology • 4 Square • Outlining • Visual Organizers • 6 Traits +1 • Journals – Responding to literature • Socratic Seminars
6th Grade:Language Arts • Grammar • Easy Grammar • Prepositions • Nouns and Verbs • Adjectives • Adverbs • Pronouns • Spelling • Sitton Spelling • Rules vs. memorization • Incorporate literature studies and working vocabulary • Proofreading for conventions • Testing within context
6th Grade:Social Studies • Breadth of history • Focus on contributions or achievements vs. strictly memorization (names/dates) • World History in high school • Early Man – Science and Exploration • Academic Skills • Note taking • Cornell notes emphasis • Reading textbooks and nonfiction • SQ3R • Survey • Question • Read • Recite • Review • Critical Thinking • Reasoning
6th Grade: 6B Religion, Math and Science Mrs. Bybee
6th Grade:Math • Number Sense and Algebraic Thinking • Whole number operations and estimation, Powers & Exponents, Order of Operations, Variables, Expressions, Equations and Mental Math and a Problem Solving Plan • Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide Decimals • Decimals and Place Value, Measuring Metric Lengths, Ordering, Rounding, Estimating, Adding ,Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Decimals, Distributive Property • Number Patterns and Fractions • Prime Factorization, Greatest Common Factor, Equivalent Fractions, Least Common Multiple, Ordering Fractions, Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions, Changing Decimals to Fractions and Fractions to Decimals • Ratio, Proportion, Percent • Solving Proportions, Understanding Percent, Percents, Decimals and Fractions, Finding a Percent • Measurement, Area, Perimeter, Statistics • Measuring Length, Perimeter, Area, Scale Drawings, Graphs, Tables, Plots • Classification of Geometric Figures • Measuring Angles, Classifying Angles, Triangles and Quadrilaterals, Polygons • Geometric Measures • Area of a Parallelogram , Triangle and Circle, Circumference, Surface Area, Volume • Integers • Comparing, Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Integers • Equations and Functions • Adding, Subtracting, Multiplying and Dividing Equations, Functions, Graphing • Probability • Finding Outcomes, Probability of Independent Events, Plots, Statistics
6th Grade:Science • Studying our planet’s Biomes: • Chaparral • Rainforest • Taiga • Deciduous Forest • Desert • Savanna • Tundra • Grasslands • Oceanic Pelagic
6th Grade:Science Geography and Scientific Testing • Observation, Questions and Hypotheses • Scientific Testing • Analysis and Conclusions • Communication • History of Science as a Human Endeavor • Nature of Scientific Knowledge • Changes in Environments • Science and Technology in Society • Structure and Function in Living Systems • Reproduction and Heredity • Populations and Organisms in Ecosystems • Diversity, Adaptation and Behavior Climate and History Culture and Adaptations Types of Animals