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Fourth 9 Weeks
Sixth Grade
14 -15
GMS Exploratory Team
Art
Areas for CORE Integration
Band
Essential Questions
Please identify the subjects above each
area for integration listed.
What is Intonation? Why is it important?
How do we fix it?
Art - Language Arts - Theme and Subject
in Art
How do the duration of different notes
(quarter, half, whole, eighth, etc) relate to
basic math? Identify the patterns. What is
dissonance/consonance? Why is it important
to know and recognize these terms (key
signature, m2 apart)?
Can students use accurate art vocabulary to
write about and talk about famous works of
art and their own art?
Can students identify different types of media
used in art?
Art - Math/Science - Measurement with
rulers and measurement of liquids.
Art - Social Studies - Time and Place
when art was made and what was going
on in the world at that time.
How wide is our musical vocabulary? Can we
clearly articulate what we are trying to say,
both verbally and musically?
Band to Science:
Discuss Intonation. What is tuning? What How does music impact you.. the world?
What can we do to use music to better the
is A=440? What does a sound wave look
world?
like? How does it interact with other
sound waves? How does all of this affect
your intonation (tuning). Discuss how
having your instrument in tune is all
science/physics and know what to look for
and how to fix it.
Band to Math:
In addition to tying together the language
of music and the precision/duration of
rhythm with basic math functions, discuss
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your instrument’s role within our music
and how often this role occurs in band
literature. Discuss the probability of these
roles if reading a new piece of music (or
writing a piece of music). Also, discuss
Music Theory scale degrees of the diatonic
scale and discuss the level of consonance
and/or dissonance (relative to tonic) each
scale degree holds and be able to predict
the probability of which scale degree
would follow given these levels of
consonance and dissonance.
Band to ELA:
Listen to a piece of band literature and
describe what you hear. Use as many
musical terms as possible. Who do you
think wrote this piece of music? It may be
from your favorite composer? Do you
have a favorite composer? If so, why what does this composer’s material sound
like? Could you recognize this composer’s
work by ear? So, who do you think
composed this music?
Band to SS:
What was the first ever instrument? How
has music evolved from classical music to
today’s music? What would life be like
without music? How does music impact
you… your family…. our nation…. our
society? How can we use music to better
GMS Exploratory Team
Chorus/General Music
Essential Questions
What figurative language elements are in the
text?
What is the history of the text?
What is the anatomy of your body that makes
singing possible?
Fourth 9 Weeks
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GMS Exploratory Team
our community… America… the world?
Chorus/Language - Figurative language
elements such as theme, tone, mood,
symbolism
Chorus/Social Studies - history of pieces
studied as it relates to subjects studied i n
class
Chorus/Math - fractions as related to note
values
Information and Technology
Essential Questions
●
How do I use the computer
to say what I’m thinking?
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How can I use the Internet
to get what I need while maintaining
copyright and fair use?
● How will knowing how to use the
Internet using safe practices make you and
others safer and more efficient when using
the internet in personal, school and career
settings?
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How will using proper typing skills help
Tech to ELA: Students will demonstrate
PE/Health Education
sufficient command of keyboarding skills by
producing and publishing short paragraphs Essential Questions
using correct grammar, punctuation, and
formatting skills.
Explain which disc you would use for the
Tech to ELA: Students will read and discuss
to understand copyright and fair-use for
educational purposes.
Tech to ALL subjects:
-Students will practice safe, legal, and
responsible use of information and
technology
-Students will utilize digital media such as
different shots one uses while playing
disc golf?
Fourth 9 Weeks
Sixth Grade
14 -15
GMS Exploratory Team
you to enhance efficiency/productivity in
your personal and professional lives?
Google Drive tools and apps and Microsoft
Office (Word/PowerPoint) for
communication, collaboration and
● In what ways will knowing how to use
Microsoft WORD help you in school, your life, organization.
and in a future career?
-Students will use MS Word to practice
● Which skills in WORD do you think will be formatting skills: bold, italics, underline,
helpful to you, and why?
font style and size, line spacing, insert
● What types of documents/desktop
graphics and/or tables, auto-number and
publishing will you use WORD to
bullets, work with toolbars and ribbons
complete?
-Students will use Cloud/Online storage so
as to access educational resources and
materials while at home or on another
digital device at school (Chromebook).
Project Lead The Way
Essential Questions
Topics: Career Choices, Self-education, Life
Skills
What are the different types of career
choices and how do I find out more about
possible careers I am interested in?
How can I share my skills and interests with
others through http://openbadges.org/,
iTunes University, Khan Academy, and Ted
TV?
What really makes a life have quality? What
resources can help and encourage me to get
there?
PE/Math: The Students will be able keep
their own score while playing disc golf, at
the end of the week the student should be
able to determine which holes they play
better using stats and probability using
scores from their rounds of golf.
PE/ELA: Explain which disc you would use
for the different shots one uses while
playing disc golf?
World Language
Essential Questions
How applicable are math skills in the real
world?
Where do we see numerals in the real world?
How much cultural understanding is required
to become competent in using a language?
What do good readers do, especially when
WL Math: Use arithmetic and geometry
terms to master their numbers knowledge they don't comprehend a text?
from 0 to 1,000 and more by applying them
on real life situations.
WL Social Studies: Students will
demonstrate an understanding of the
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concept of culture through comparisons of
the culture studied and their own.
WL ELA: Read and summarize information
with regard to the Hispanic Culture.
Get main ideas, identify main characters
and settings. Write poetry and prepared
reports in the target language.
PLTW/Math: Review of skills using
Khanacademy.org and mobymax.
PLTW/Soc.Std./ELA: Topic reviews using
various resources including:
http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/i
nteractives/history/
http://www.rivervalleycivilizations.com/index.php
http://mesopotamia.lib.uchicago.edu
http://discoveringegypt.com/egyptian-hieroglyphicwriting/hieroglyphic-typewriter/
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroomresources/student-interactives/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/lau
nch_gms_mummy_maker.shtml
http://www.genirevolution.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfH_cyX
a1o#t=58
GMS Exploratory Team
Fourth 9 Weeks
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http://www.mnh.si.edu/panoramas/
http://havecamerawilltravel.com/smithsoniannational-air-space-museum
Core Essential Questions 4th 9 weeks:
SCIENCE
● What are the roles of each of the following in food webs and food chains: producers, consumers and decomposers?
● How does energy derived from the sun travel through food webs food chains?
● How do plants adapt to environmental conditions?
● How do abiotic and biotic factors interact with each other in various biomes?
● How do the objects in our solar system interact to create seasons? Tides? Moon phases? Eclipses?
● What conditions on Earth make it a suitable planet for sustaining life as compared to other planets?
● What is the purpose of space exploration and what are its benefits?
MATH
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How are statistics used to collect, analyze, and draw conclusions in today’s society?
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Why are statistics important in the world?
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What are the ways that data be represented visually?
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How can data vary?
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What real-world situations give us data?
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Why is it better to use different graphs and diagrams to understand data?
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What are the different ways in which we can summarize data sets?
ELA
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How does a reader know an author presents a credible and accurate claim?
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How does an author's perspective affect his or her written interpretation of an event? How can two people witness or report on
the same event and make different observations or come to different conclusions? Why is it important for a reader to take an author's
perspective into account?
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How does the genre of a text effect the development of the main topic; and how does that development impact the presentation
of the theme?
Fourth 9 Weeks
Sixth Grade
14 -15
GMS Exploratory Team
SS
Focus Areas: Early Central and South American Civilizations, EOY Review
● How did the culture of the Early American civilizations reflect their values and beliefs?
● How do the availability of resources and the success of trade impact a civilization’s economy?
● How were the governments of the Early American civilizations influenced by their culture?
● ***Compare and contrast key figures, governments, religions, and innovations