6th Grade Core
Core Highlights:
- Core is made up of three periods: Reading, Writing and History
- The three periods will be with the same teacher and same students
- Two letter grades are given: English Grade and History Grade
- Students make great friends and foster community within their Core class!
Reading Units In Order:
- Deep Study of Character
- Skills: Identifying Character Traits, Setting, Motif, Theme, Choosing and Citing Relevant Evidence
- Teachers use one or more of these texts: Unstoppable, Harbor Me, Stargirl, Count Me In, Freak the Mighty and other various short stories
- Non Fiction
- Skills: Central Idea, Summarizing, Note Taking Skills, Annotating Articles
- Teachers use one or more of these texts: Newsela articles,The Boy on the Wooden Box, They Called Us Enemy, Oh, Rats!, Seymour Simon Series Books
- Social Issues Book Clubs
- Skills: Character Relationships and Conflict, Character Traits that Collide, Group Conflict, Theme, Choosing and Citing Relevant Evidence
- Teachers use one or more of these texts: Front Desk, Crenshaw, Counting by 7’s, Ghost Boys, From the Desk of Zoe Washington, Ghost, The Only Road, Fish in a Tree, Lily and Dunkin
- Deep Study of Character Review
- We revisit this unit as a review since these are skills that they are expected to know in 7th grade
- Skills: Identifying Character Traits, Setting, Motif, Theme, Choosing and Citing Relevant Evidence
- Teachers use one or more of these texts: Peak, Unstoppable, Harbor Me, Stargirl, Count Me In, Freak the Mighty
Writing Units In Order:
- Narrative
- Skills: Plot Structure, Dialogue, Internal Thinking, Show Not Tell Details, Developing a Theme
- Product: Personal Narrative Short Story
- Informational Articles
- Skills: Learn and write on a topic using the 5 Non Fiction Text Structures, Central Idea, Relevant Information, Analysis, Text Features
- Product: Multiple articles written with text features included
- Argument Essay
- Skills: Well defined claim or thesis statement, introduction paragraph, Body Paragraphs with relevant evidence and an analysis, conclusion paragraph
- Product: 5 Paragraph Argument Essay
- Literary Analysis Paragraphs
- Skills: Well defined Topic Sentence, Relevant Evidence and Analysis
- Product: Multiple one paragraph literary analysis’ that answers a prompt decided on by the teacher (Done throughout the year in each reading unit)
History Units In Order:
With every unit listed below, we go over that civilizations geography, social structure, government and lasting achievements. We use the TCI History Alive! The Ancient World textbook. An online version is available to the students to have at home access to the curriculum.
- Early Humans
- Mesopotamia
- Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Israel and Judaism
- Ancient India, Hinduism and Buddhism
- Ancient China and Ancient Chinese Philosophies
- Ancient Greece and Greek Mythology
- LPIE Art: We have LPIE Art four times throughout the year that align with our History Units and volunteers are appreciated! These projects align with Early Humans, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India and Ancient Greece
6th Grade Core Department
- How to help your 6th grade reader and writer (Padlet)
- Stanley Library Website: new books, library challenges, etc. (LINK)
- Does your child need help finding a new book to read?: (LINK)
- Stanley Library Catalog: Students can browse books, checkout books virtually and put books on hold. (LINK)
- Reading Standards: (6th grade)
- Writing Standards: (6th grade)