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SIXTH GRADE
RELIGION
THE BIBLE ~ Your child…
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will understand the revelation and guidance of the Holy Scripture.
will know the books of the Bible.
will understand the different literary forms and symbols.
will study God’s promise to man.
knows about Reconciliation and the Eucharist.
will understand that our covenant with God is Jesus.
will understand the creation stories..
THE COVENANT ~ Your child…
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will understand our ancestors’ covenant with God.
will have knowledge about Rebecca and Joseph.
will understand about the Exodus.
will know the Ten Commandments.
will study Passover, Advent, and Christmas.
will study Samson and Ruth.
LIVING BY FAITH ~ Your child…
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will study Israel’s gold age.
will study Saul, David, and Solomon.
will study the prophets, Elijah, Hosea, Micah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel.
will study the Exile.
will study Lent and Easter.
THE NEW TESTAMENT ~ Your child…
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will explore Jesus and His times.
will study the ministry of Jesus and His disciples.
will study the Beatitudes.
will study Paul and the early church.
will understand the bread of life.
will explore the works of mercy and prayer.
. will study Mary and the saints.
will celebrate the vocations.
LITERATURE
Your child will…
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read and discuss a variety of literary genres including contemporary fiction, historical
fiction, historical nonfiction, and folk tales.
use a variety of strategies to analyze words and text.
use literal, inferential, and evaluative comprehension to make complex predictions of
content, purpose, and organization of the reading selection.
synthesize information from a work and create an accurate extension of the work
showing an understanding of the ideas.
locate and explain specific details in a textbook passage to promote understanding:
cause/effect, classifying/categorizing, compare/contrast, sequence,
foreshadowing/flashback.
determine factual information from opinion or fiction.
draw conclusions to describe character traits, thoughts, feelings, or motives.
draw conclusions to make generalizations, judgments, inferences, and to summarize
and analyze information based on reading selection.
use figurative language (simile, metaphor, alliteration, personification, and
onomatopoeia) to determine meaning of information in a text.
correctly spell and use new vocabulary words.
understand types and elements of poetry.
recognize and use key words introduced in a text.
recognize and select synonym/antonym for a word.
determine the synonym for words in text to clarify meaning.
determine the meaning of multiple meaning words according to context.
write sentences that are complete, varied, and economical.
use a writing prompt to develop a composition that addresses a single topic.
spell words correctly containing short and long vowel sounds.
identify, use and spell common homophones, words that have different meanings
and spellings but are pronounced the same way.
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LANGUAGE ARTS
Your child will…
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understand the concept of the sentence.
correctly punctuate four types of sentences.
identify the parts of a sentence, including complete and simple subjects and
predicates, compound subjects and predicates, complements, and the types of
sentences (simple, compound, and complex).
recognize and correct sentence fragments and run-ons.
identify common and proper nouns, and capitalize correctly.
identify nouns in nominative, objective, and possessive case.
correctly write the plural forms of nouns, including possessive nouns.
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identify and use transitive verbs and intransitive verbs in sentences.
identify, conjugate, and use verbs in the present, past and future tenses (both
regular and irregular verbs).
form the principal parts of common irregular verbs.
use subject/verb agreement, including with sentences beginning with “here” or
“there,” and with sentences containing singular and plural indefinite pronouns.
identify adjectives and the nouns or pronouns they modify.
use the comparative and superlative forms of adjectives.
form, capitalize and use proper adjectives correctly.
identify adverbs and the verbs, adjectives, or adverbs they modify.
use the comparative and superlative forms of adverbs correctly.
distinguish between and use adjectives and adverbs correctly in sentences.
use negatives correctly in sentences, identifying and correcting double negatives.
identify pronouns and their antecedents.
distinguish between subjective and objective pronouns.
use possessive pronouns correctly, distinguishing between possessive pronouns
and contractions.
use the correct form of pronouns following linking verbs and in compound subjects
and compound objects.
use “who,” “whom,” and “whose” correctly, as well as “we” and “us” when written
before nouns in sentences.
identify prepositional phrases as adjectives or adverbs, and identify the modified
words.
understand the function of prefixes, suffixes, and roots of words.
demonstrate ability to break words into accented and unaccented syllables.
correctly spell and use new vocabulary words.
understand the concept of the writing process.
identify pronouns in nominative, objective, and possessive case.
demonstrate the ability to select and narrow topics.
construct solid paragraphs containing a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
use grammar lessons effectively in writing.
MATH
Your child will…
• associate verbal names, written word names and standard numerals with whole
numbers, fractions, and decimals.
• use place value to trillions.
• perform basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) with whole
numbers.
• perform basic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division) with
fractions.
• use a variety of strategies for problem solving.
• use compatible numbers, front-end estimation and clustering as estimation strategies.
• analyze different graphs.
• express numbers in various forms (expanded, notation, scientific notation, exponents).
• know and use the rules for order of operations.
• convert answers to a larger or smaller unit within the metric system.
• use cross products to check ratio equally and to find missing terms in proportion.
• identify and write ratio as a way to compare two different units.
• equate fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions.
• use percent to solve problems.
• solve simple algebraic equations.
• understand basic geometry.
• understand simple interest.
• understand customary measurement.
• understand probability.
SCIENCE
Your child will…
• understand the components that make up the vast universe.
• describe, compare, and contrast the theories of how the universe was created.
• compare and contrast the different types of galaxies.
• describe the characteristics and the life cycle of stars.
• name, locate and describe stars, planets, moons and constellations in the Milky Way
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Galaxy.
describe how eclipses occur.
discuss astronomers’ contributions and space exploration advances.
understand the various components of planet Earth.
distinguish between the layers of the Earth and its atmosphere.
identify, compare and contrast the rocks and minerals on Earth.
explain the rock cycle.
illustrate the Earth’s water cycle.
understand the factors that change the Earth’s appearance.
describe plate tectonics.
explain how mountains are formed.
model plate tectonics and volcano eruptions.
describe the types of volcanoes
locate areas of volcanic and earthquake activity.
understand the Earth’s weather and climate.
identify different climate zones.
relate air pressure, humidity and wind to weather.
• explain the differences between climate and weather.
• list the steps in the scientific method.
• create a hypothesis when given a problem.
• make inferences when given some information.
• create a lab showing a hypothesis, materials list and detailed procedures.
• observe using all senses.
• make conclusions based on data and observations.
SOCIAL STUDIES
Your child will…
• evaluate the importance of water and fertile soil to the first civilizations such as
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Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, China and India.
understand the contributions each of the abovementioned civilizations made to our
modern society.
review important figures and events in the abovementioned civilizations.
comprehend the system of feudalism in Medieval Europe.
understand that the Middle Ages in Europe were dark times where even the kings
lived in undesirable conditions.
evaluate the importance of growth and spread of civilizations such as the Middle East,
Asia, Africa, and America.
realize that the Renaissance was a rebirth in art, literature, music, and architecture in
Europe.
review the famous artists, sculptors, architects, and inventors and their contributions to
society.
compare and contrast Europe during the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance.
understand the causes and effects of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations.
describe how humans lived before agriculture civilizations, and compare with past
civilization cultures.