LANGUAGE ARTS- Reading and English

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Pearson Realize 6th Grade Language Arts Series Goals:

Reading Curriculum

Students will be able to use a variety reading strategies in non-fiction and in literature throughout the year.
1. Identify and using grade appropriate vocabulary in a variety of texts.
2. Analyze the main ideas and details in a text
3. Analyzing text organization
4. Determining and comparing literary elements in a text
5. Identifying and making inferences and generalizations.
6. Recognizing and applying different forms of figurative language
7. Determining the author’s purpose for writing a text
8. Analyzing the author’s point of view
9. Identifying the theme of the story
10. Comparing multiple non-fiction sources on a similar topic
11. Reading independently chapter books

English Curriculum
1. Parts of speech
2. Sentence types and extending simple sentences with details
3. Writing paragraphs with details from the text
4. Writing essays
5. Presenting research information
6. Using effective listening skills
7. Spelling words correctly

Math RULES!

6th Grade Math uses the Everyday Math curriculium.

Math Curriculum

Students will be able to use a variety of strategies throughout the year to review, improve and extend their knowledge of Mathematical concepts in order to prepare them for 7th Grade math or Pre-Algebra.

1. Number Relations
2. Operations, Computation and Mental Arithmetic
3. Data and Chance
4. Measurement, Measures, and Numbers in Reference Frames
5. Geometry
6. Patterns, Functions and Algebra