Central Bucks School District Grade 6 Curriculum

Grade 6 Curriculum
Reading	Language Arts	Mathematics	Science	Social Studies

Art	Health	Phys Ed	Library	Music

	Reading § Apply an integrated strategy for word identification and continue to expand reading vocabulary. § Read text using self-monitoring comprehension strategies. § Make a variety of meaningful, relevant connections to text to expand meaning and understanding. § Make, and support with evidence, assertions about texts. § Analyze texts and respond with higher levels of thinking about a story and extend understanding. § Analyze texts to identify literary elements and literary devices used by the author. § Read and understand essential content of information texts. § Read independently for enjoyment.
	Language Arts § Independently use the writing process and work in writing groups, with emphasis on revision. § Use a variety of modes of writing: personal narratives with reflection; informative/explanatory/investigative essays; persuasive essays; literary responses; business letters. § Refine handwriting skills to achieve maximum legibility. § Be accountable for words presented across the curriculum in spelling instruction. § Use reference materials and computer spell-checks to verify spelling. § Present formal oral reports with notes and visuals. § Actively listen, reflect, and respond appropriately in small group and whole class discussions and activities. § Apply study skills and test-taking strategies. § Extend independent use of electronic and printed reference materials. § Apply research skills independently: formulating questions; gathering data; organizing data; interpreting data; presenting information in oral, written, and word-processed form; self-evaluating process and product of research. § Be accountable for correct capitalization, punctuation, and usage, with emphasis on direct quotes and business letters. § Vary sentence structure by using complex sentences. § Refine knowledge of parts of speech, including verb tenses, pronoun usage. § Identify parts of sentences, and work on phrases, direct objects, and subject/verb agreement. § Write to an informative prompt.
	Mathematics § Read, write, and compare numbers from thousandths to trillions. § Understand/apply order of operations to evaluate expressions and solve number sentences. § Add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers and decimals. § Use an algorithm to multiply and divide fractions and mixed numbers. § Use an algorithm to add/subtract fractions and mixed numbers with like/unlike denominators. § Convert between fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percents. § Write fractions in simplest form. § Find the greatest common factor and least common multiple of two numbers. § Apply the distributive property. § Use a percent circle to construct and interpret circle graphs. § Use rate tables, ratio, and proportion to solve problems. § Apply and explain problem solving strategies. § Understand and use probability concepts. § Write and solve equations that represent problem situations. § Determine the value of a variable and solve for 1- and 2-step equations. § Represent and solve problems using rates with formulas, tables, and graphs. § Evaluate algebraic expressions and formulas. § Apply properties of sums of angle measures of triangles and quadrangles. § Measure and construct angles. § Solve perimeter, circumference, area and volume and capacity problems.
	Science § Explain the functions of the parts of a microscope. § Prepare a wet-mount slide, review a specimen, and record observations. § Explain earth’s moving plates and the Continental Drift Theory. § Compare examples of seismic activities. § Identify the effects of the sun and the moon on tides, day length, and seasons. § Describe the development of telescopes and satellites. § Explain the structure of the sun, the life cycles of stars, and the shapes and components of galaxies. § Describe space exploration in the past and in the present. § Identify types of pollution that impact on land, water, and air. § Test for presence of pollution.
	Social Studies § Describe the cultural and current status of Europe, Latin America, sub-Sahara Africa, or Southern and Eastern Asia, concentrating on three of the four areas. § Analyze the economies of the above areas and the relationships to the United States. § Recognize the interaction of world communities. § Use latitude, longitude, meridians, and time zones in locating areas. § Identify landmasses, landforms, and bodies of water in the countries studied. § Explain citizens’ rights and responsibilities. § Become informed on issues and candidates, and the importance of voting. § Use communicating and negotiating skills in working cooperatively with others. § Discuss international current events.
	Health § Understand feelings and basic human needs. § Discuss the circulatory, respiratory, nervous, and reproductive systems and explain basic structures and functions. § Discuss proper eating habits and effect on the body. § Discuss emotional and physical differences on human growth and development. § Develop positive self-esteem. § Discuss how behavior affects others. § Describe effects of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco on the body’s organs, including decisions and consequences.
	Phys Ed The Physically Educated Person: § Demonstrates competency in many movement forms and proficiency in a few movement forms. § Applies movement concepts and principles to the learning and development of motor skills. § Exhibits a physically active lifestyle. § Achieves and maintains a health enhancing level of physical fitness. § Demonstrates responsible personal and social behavior in physical activity settings. § Demonstrates understanding and respect for differences among people in physical activity settings. § Understands that physical activity provides opportunities for enjoyment, challenge, self-expression, and social interaction.
	Library § Locate materials in all library collections. § Use suitable reference sources, both print and electronic. § Perform the research process. § Complete the sixth grade assessment project. § Use various non-print resources to retrieve and present information. § Demonstrates appropriate behavior with print and electronic resources. § Enjoy various forms of literature, including different genres of fiction.
	Art § Recognize the type of balance found in a composition. § Discuss philosophical questions regarding the nature of art. § Manipulate a composition to create a work of art. § Use drawing and painting techniques of shading in order to exhibit realism and to depict ideas and/or emotions. § Demonstrate abstraction in a relief process print (linoleum). § Determine the point of completion when creating a work of art. § Propose a historical interpretation of an artwork, suggesting what the visual content of that artwork may have meant to the people of the time in which the work was created. § Write an analysis of the compositional elements present in a work of art.
	Music § Recognize and identify all basic terms, signs and symbols learned in grades 1-5. § Awareness of vocal ranges. § Learn about opera. § Learn about American composers. § Learn about popular music styles. § Demonstrate improvisational skills.

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