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Today’s Date: 28th March 2024
Daily Assignments will begin on September 3rd for the 2013/2014 school year.
The following is a preview of: Sixth Grade
Grade Level – If you are not on the correct grade level, please contact us.
Help – Read the help section to familiarize yourself with the system
Course Pages – We recommend visiting each of the Course pages. These are located on the right hand side of this page under “My Courses.”
School Supplies – We recommend getting the following
- Lined paper appropriate for your grade level
- Pens and pencils
- Colored pencils
- Crayons and markers (grades K-6)
- Paint supplies such as watercolors, acrylics, brushes, small canvases
- Drawing Paper
- Scissors
- Ruler
- Protractor (grades 7-12)
- Construction Paper
- Printer paper
- Word processor such as Microsoft Word
- Slide Presentation software such as Power Point
- Email account, network, or online storage/file system for sharing work between student and parent/teacher
- A drawing program such as Photoshop, Corel Draw, GIMP, or FireAlpaca
This Years Curriculum
Palomar K12 curriculum for Sixth Graders is a packed day of reading, writing, thinking, and strategizing. Below is an outline of the curriculum.
Reading/Literature 6
- Determine the theme or central idea of a text and how it conveys particular details
- Cite textual evidence to support analysis of a text
- Describe how a particular text’s plot unfolds and how characters respond or change as the plot changes
- Analyze how a particular part of a text fits into the overall structure
- Compare and contrast a text verses an audio, video, or other media
- Read and comprehend various texts for grade level
Language Arts 6
- Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence
- Write informative and explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information using charts, tables, graphics, and multimedia
- Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences and events using descriptive details and well-structured sequences
- Produce clear and coherent writing in which the style is appropriate to task
- Use technology, to produce and publish writing and collaborate with others
- Conduct short research projects, and gather information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility of sources, and quote from the sources
- Draw evidence from literary sources to support analysis, reflection, and research
- Grade level spelling words
Math 6
- Ratios and proportional relationships
- Understand ratio concepts and use ration reasoning to solve problems
- Extend previous understanding of multiplication and division to divide fractions
- Compute multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples
- Algebraic expression: solve one variable equations and inequalities
- Solve real-world mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume
History/Social Studies 6
- World history and geography of ancient civilizations
- The Paleolithic era to the agricultural revolution
- Geographic, political, economic, and social structures of early civilizations
- Geographic, political, economic, and social structures of ancient Greece, India, China, and Rome
Science 6
- Plate tectonics and Earth’s structure
- Topography of the Earth’s surface
- Heat (Thermal Energy and Physical Science)
- Energy in the Earth System (Sun, solar, ocean currents, etc.)
- Ecology, how organisms in the ecosystem exchange energy and nutrients
- How sources of energy and matters differ in amounts, distribution and usefulness
- Investigations and experimentation
Visual and Performing Arts 6
- Dance
- Music
- Art
- Theater
Physical Education 6
- Calisthenics