6th Grade Curriculum

• Gift of Faith
• God’s Own Word (Old/New Testament Bible)
• Covenant – Prophetic Books
• Mystery of God – Trinity
• Salvation History
• Stewardship
• Saint Project
• Season of Advent/Christmas
• Liturgical Year
• Gospels
• Types of Prayers
• P.A.C.E.
• Passover
• Season of Lent
• Holy Week/Easter
• Parables
• Ten Commandments
• Making Moral Choices
• Family Life
• Beatitudes
• Baptism/Confirmation
• Eucharist
• Attend Mass Weekly
• Service Hours Required

• The Writing Process/Composition with Technology Integration
• Effective sentences and word choice
• Sentence variety and structure
• Effective paragraphs and essays
  • Saint research report, descriptive story, friendly letter, persuasive essay
• Subject-Verb agreement
• Parts of Speech
• Punctuation / Capitalization

• Variety of fiction and non-fiction stories
• Novel “The Giver”
• Dramatic Play
• Poetry
• Accelerated Reader –5 novels per trimerster
• Vocabulary Workshop (by Oxford-Sadlier)
• Scope Literary Magazine

• Decimals
• Patterns/Variables
• Fractions
• Adding/Subtracting Fractions
• Multiplying/Dividing Fractions
• Ratios/Proportions/Percents
• Data/Graphs
• Geometry
• Measurements
• Integers

• World Geography
• Defining culture both past and present
• Early Man
• Agricultural Revolution
• Mesopotamia
• Ancient Egypt
• Ancient India
• Ancient China
• Ancient Greece
• Ancient Rome
• “Walk Thru Ancient World” Presentation Day

Earth/Space Science

Discovery Education - Next Generation Science

• Earth’s History
• Fossils
• Earth’s Structure
• Plate Tectonics
• Earthquakes
• Earth’s Systems
• Energy Transfer
• Weather/Climate
• Oceans
• Rock Cycle
• Weathering and Erosion
• Mechanical and Chemical Erosion
• Erosion by Water and Gravity
• Human Impact on Earth’s Systems
• Resources
• Population
• Pollution
• Earth-Sun-Moon System
• Tides
• Phases
• Eclipses
• Our Solar System
• Formation of Solar System
• Galaxies
• Engineering & Design Practices

Students also attend Outdoor Science School (as permitted)