Freedom Hill Elementary School

1945 Lord Fairfax Rd, Vienna, VA 22182
Main Office 703-506-7800 | Fax 703-506-7897
Attendance Line 703-506-7878 | Clinic 703-506-7810

Principal: Tim Stanley
Assistant Principal: Jessica Lewis

Calendar
Directives
Emergency Announcements
FCPS 24/7 Learning (Blackboard)
FCPS Home
FCPS Search
Forms
Kindergarten Information
Lunch Menus
New Student Registration
Parent Resource Center
Purchasing School Meals

Sixth Grade Team
Holly Day
Jake Miller
Mary Anne Qureshi

Language Arts Program Overview
The language arts curriculum includes objectives that support students’ development in the skills of reading, writing, and oral language. These skills are developed through direct instruction, modeling by teachers, and guided practice. Teachers plan a balance of learning experiences which build upon oral language and include fiction, informational text, and use of language arts skills in other content areas.

Mathematics Program Overview
Sixth grade students refine their understanding of patterns, relationships, and operations within the whole number system; continue working with fractions and decimals; and apply concepts of percents and ratios in problem solving situations. They estimate and apply formulas to find length, volume, and capacity; measure and construct angles and bisectors; investigate relationship between surface area and volume; identify nets for solids; and compare and sketch three-dimensional figures. Sixth graders also collect, display, and analyze data, using sampling techniques and a variety of appropriate display models; make predictions and decisions based on data; explore relationships between positive and negative integers; graph ordered pairs in four quadrants; express functions using variable expressions; and conduct probability experiments and compare results to theoretical probability.

In sixth grade Mathematics, students learn concepts based on the following strands:

• Number Concepts, Theory, Sense
• Operations
• Measurement
• Geometry
• Data Analysis/Statistics/Probability
• Patterns/Functions/Algebra
• Problem Solving/Application

Science Program Overview
The Fairfax County Public Schools Elementary Science Program consists of grade level units that are composed of inquiry-based, hands-on science lessons.  Science Process Skills, embedded in the lessons, develop student’s ability to think and perform like a scientist.  In addition to science trade books, sixth grade science textbook, and these hands-on kits, FCPS offers the Windows on Science visual textbook videodisk program, the Fresh Science DVD supplemental visuals, and United Streaming video library.  Interactive technologies used by students in the elementary science program include Weatherbug Achieve, and Easy Sense Q5 Probeware.  The Elementary Science Program follows the Virginia State Science Standards of Learning which include the following science strands:

• Scientific Investigation, Reasoning, and Logic
• Force, Motion,  and Energy
• Matter
• Interrelationships in Earth/Space Systems
• Resources

Social Studies Program Overview
Social studies instruction incorporates the four strands of history, geography, civics, and economics. Students study American history from exploration to 1877. They learn about the beliefs, contributions, and achievements of significant individuals; they discover how diverse people, different cultures, government, conflict, and a desire for freedom and equality helped build a foundation for American ideals. Students also review for the United States History to 1877 Standards of Learning test.