Sixth Grade Curriculum Overview

Download 6th Grade Summer Reading

• History

2011-2012: The Mystery of History Vol. 1- Ancient History, Creation to 33 A.D.
2012-2013: The Mystery of History Vol. 2 -Middle Ages, 34 A.D. to 1454

• Math

Saxon Math:  Course 1 (Click to view Scope & Sequence)

• Bible

Scientific methods and process skills

Life, earth and physical science topics

• Literature

Reading Strategies and Reading Vocabulary

Identify author purpose
Identify major and minor points of information
Survey text
Connect text to self, text to God’s Word, and text to world
Make predictions
Recognize facts and opinions
Summarize
Draw conclusion
Self-correct
Reread
Recognize text structure
Recognize text features
Recognize certain literary elements or devices: plot triangle, author’s use of characterization, big ideas, foreshadowing, flashback, suspense, similes, personification, onomatopoeia, alliteration, mood, motivation, point of view, theme, metaphor, and imagery.

Reading Comprehension and Test Taking Skills

Nonfiction – Science Fair

Legends

Novel Units are selected from the following titles:

Where the Red Fern Grows
Tuck Everlasting
The Bronze Bow
The Hobbit
Arthurian Legends
Moccasin Trail

Egyptian novels:

Cleopatra VII: Daughter of the Nile, Gregory
The Golden Goblet, McGraw
Mara, Daughter of the Nile, McGraw
A Place in the Sun, Rubalcaba
His Majesty, Queen Hatshepsut, Carter                                  

Making Biblical Worldview Connections in Literature

• Language Arts

Level Writing
Major writing terms: parts of an essay, topic sentence, thesis statement, prompt, thesis statement, work cited, bibliography
Focus
Support and Elaboration
Organization
Voice
Conventions

Writing techniques and Tools

Types of Writing
Expository
Persuasive
Narrative
Descriptive
Poetry
Legends
Creative Writing
Research Paper

Listening Skills

Spelling and Vocabulary

Grammar
Parts of Speech
Punctuation
Capitalization
Major Grammatical Terms
Kinds of Sentences
Sentence Structure
Agreement Issues

• Science

Scientific methods and process skills

Earth science topics

• Latin
           Second Form

Demonstrate use of Adjective forms

Explain 6 verb tenses

Show knowledge of active and passive voices in verbs.

• Music

Demonstrate proficiency of reading musical notation in 6/8, 2/2 and 4/4 time.
Summarize biographical information about Handel, Beethoven, Bartok and Sousa.
Understand the components necessary to compose music.
Classify the instruments of the band.