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The sixth grade 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. In Mathematics, 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. The sixth grade 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. Sixth grade 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. In the 6th grade GT class, students learn Language Arts, Social Studies, Compacted Math, and Science using the Parallel Curriculum Model which is designed to provide enrichment and extensions to the Program of Studies. Students explore concepts, such as Change, Order vs. Chaos, Systems, Cause and Effect, and Perspectives. Our Compacted Math curriculum spans 6th and 7th grade mathematics concepts. |
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Web links for Parents and StudentsVirginia SOL sites for sixth graders Pamplin Historical Park Civil War
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