Carden School of Sacramento
Curriculum
6th Grade
| Subject | Text/Materials/Topics | Skills |
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| Reading: | Learning to Think Workbook (see Social Studies) Comprehension VI |
Thinking skills, language skills, developing organizational abilities, paragraphs, opening sentences and summaries, Social Studies, and widen viewpoints |
| Literature: | Tom Sawyer and Workbook Dog of Flanders Workbook Alice in Wonderland The Story of the Odyssey |
Outline episodes, vocabulary, character analysis, geography, art history, and art appreciation |
| Spelling: | Words and Carden Controls Dictation (see Social Studies) Vocabulary Notebook |
Phonics, recall, language skills, parts of speech, Social Studies, dictionary skills, diacritical marks, vocabulary development, and controlling words |
| Language: | Language Workbook V Spelling Workbook V Comprehension Techniques |
Grammar analysis, verb tenses, parts of speech, vocabulary, language, punctuation |
| Math: | Language of Numbers, Part I & II Modern Math Metric System Weekly tests |
Number analysis and understanding, story problems and patterns, concepts, and |
| Social Studies | Comprehension Techniques U.S. History Spelling Dictation Egypt, Greece, Romans, Medieval Period, Magna Carta Dog of Flanders Belgium Our Country, Part II |
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| Science: | Elementary Science, Part I and II Earth Science Oxford Series FOSS Series Models and Designs Levers and Pulleys |
Experiments, electricity and magnetism, everyday chemicals, and structures |
| Poetry and Drama: | The students learn twenty poems; Selected p lays |
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| Music: | Seasonal Songs, Composer Appreciation, Performing Arts, Music Theory, and Learning Instruments | |
| Physical Education: | 30 minutes daily: Motor Coordination, Exercises, Seasonal Games, Physical Development and Sportsmanship |
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| Field Trips: | To Correspond With Studies: | Crocker Art Museum, Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum (every other year), Library, and California Caverns |
| Art: | In Science Drawing, free-hand map work, geometric shapes Various art media introduced to encourage personal exploration and self expression |
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| Art Appreciation: | Learning to Appreciate and Admire Art of the Masters: Degas, Van Dyke, Larrson, Durer, Whistler, Bruegel, Van Gogh, Monet, and Holbein | |
| Composition: | Composition Forms Workbook VI Paragraph Techniques VI |
Creative writing and writing skills |
| Computer: | Further development of touch-keyboarding skills; Ongoing practice with computer and network vocabulary and concepts; Introduction to spreadsheets; Use of a variety of graphics and multimedia programs; Use of software to reinforce and extend lessons from other areas of the Carden Curriculum | Touch-keyboarding mastery; introduction to database reaserch skills; development of digital graphics skills |
| Enrichment: | Workbooks IV and V Kipling Works Teacher Reads to the Class: Gullivers Travels, The White Stag, Great Expectations, The Water Babies |