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Sixth Grade Curriculum

CompassLearning
This online alternative provides interactive, virtual classes with complete curriculum in mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies, plus critical thinking – all correlated to the latest national and state education standards. Lessons incorporate engaging graphics at all levels and lively auditory support at lower grade levels. In addition, more than 100 thematic, interdisciplinary project-based units are offered for the intermediate grades that combine computer-based instruction, research, and offline resources. Lesson plans are provided to parents online to guide them through the curriculum. Workbooks in mathematics, language arts, science, and social studies are also provided to each student for supplemental needs, along with high-quality literature geared to the student's grade level.

Visit the CompassLearning Web site to learn more about the curriculum and to view sample CompassLearning lessons.

Language Arts - Reading comprehension and strategies; genres of literature; vocabulary; writing process; grammar, mechanics, and usage; speaking and listening skills; spelling; technology in communication; thematic units in literature and poetry; handwriting

Mathematics - Number theory; understanding operations (+,-,×,÷) and how they relate; representing fractional and decimal numbers; patterns relations, and functions; representing ratios and percents; coordinate geometry; transformation and symmetry; time attributes and measurement, customary and metric systems; calculating perimeter, area and volume; displaying and interpreting data; basic probability concepts; using visualization, spatial reasoning, modeling, and logic to solve problems

Social Studies - Ancient Hebrew, Indian, and Chinese civilizations; civilizations of Islam; early African civilizations; U.S. history from the Westward movement to the U.S. as a world power; geography and map skills; political science

Science - Nature of scientific processes; nature of matter; properties of elements, compounds, and solutions; structure and function of plants; changes in forms of energy, force, and motion; electricity; magnetism; earth, moon, and sun; human body

Electives - Brain buzzers; thematic units

Technology - Weekly activities using Internet Resources