COMMUNICATIONS LEARNING STANDARDS
Sixth-grade students will be reflective participants
in classroom discussions, presenting personal opinions,
distinguishing between fact and opinion, respecting
differing points of view and analyzing the effectiveness
of group communications. The student will read a variety
of fiction and nonfiction independently for appreciation
and comprehension including a significant number of
African American and other classics. Analysis of scientific
explanations and comparison of math data sets will require
application of critical reading and reasoning skills.
Students will read and review primary and secondary
source informational texts in the study of African American
and American history from 1877 to the present. The student
also will plan, draft, revise, and edit narratives,
descriptions, and explanations with attention to composition
and style, as well as sentence formation, usage, and
mechanics. In addition, writing will be used as a tool
for learning academic concepts and available technology
will be used as appropriate.
MATH LEARNING
STANDARDS
The sixth-grade standards place continued emphasis
on the study of whole numbers, decimals, and fractions.
Students will use ratios to compare data sets, make
conversions within a given measurement system, make
geometric constructions and classify three-dimensional
figures, and solve linear equations in one variable.
Students also will identify real-life applications of
the mathematical principles they are learning that can
be applied to science and other disciplines they are
studying.
HISTORY & SOCIAL
STUDIES LEARNING STANDARDS
UNITED STATES HISTORY 1877 TO
THE PRESENT
The standards for grade six relate to the history of
the United States from the end of the Reconstruction
period to the present day, thus completing a two-year
study of American history in the elementary grades.
Emphasis will be placed on the Reconstruction Period,
the Garvey Years, Civil Rights Movement and Black Power
Movement. Sixth graders should continue to learn fundamental
concepts in civics, economics, and geography in the
context of United States history. Teachers are encouraged
to use simulations, class debates, projects, or other
innovative techniques to make the students' learning
experiences lively and memorable. Students should have
ample instruction devoted to reviewing and strengthening
globe and map skills, skills in interpreting and using
information, and historical thinking skills.
SCIENCE LEARNING STANDARDS
Sixth-grade science standards continue to emphasize
data analysis and experimentation. Methods are studied
for testing the validity of predictions and conclusions.
Scientific methodology, focusing on precision in stating
hypotheses and defining dependent and independent variables,
is strongly reinforced. The concept of change is explored
through the study of transformation s of energy and
mater, both in living things and in the physical sciences.
A more detailed understanding of the solar system becomes
a focus of instruction. Natural resource management
and its relation to public policy and cost/benefit tradeoffs
are introduced.
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