Year Long Plan for 6th Grade

August

2 weeks

September

4 weeks

October

4 weeks

November

3 weeks

December

2 weeks

January

3 weeks

February

3 weeks

March

3 weeks

April

4 weeks

May

3 weeks

Math

  Saxon (All Groups)

Lessons

1-5

6-18

19-35

36-45

46-55

56-68

69-80

81-93

94-110

111-120

  Ex Focus

Problem solving, writing about math, exploring topics

Literacy

Open Court

Unit 1 Perseverance

Unit 1 Perseverance

Unit 2 Ancient Civilizations

Unit 3 Taking a Stand

Unit 4 Beyond the Notes

Unit 4 cont.

Unit 5 Ecology

Unit 5 cont. Ecology

Unit 6 a Question of Value

  Novels (Possible)

Illiad

Odyssey

Bud Not Buddy

Martin Luther King

Harlem Ren Project

Earthday Project

Earthday Project

  Biography (Possible)

Paulson

Jesse Owens

Wilma Randolph

Martin Luther King

Gandhi

Music:

Beethoven

Ray Charles

Writing

  6+1 Traits

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

All

  Process

Pre-writing

Drafting Process

Revising Process

Editing/ Publishing

All

All

All

All

All

All

  Genre

Expository: Summary

Expository: Persuasive

Narrative

Poetry

Expository:

Responding to Questions

Expository:

3-5 Paragraph Essays

Narrative

Expository

Prompt Writing

Open

Open

  Also

Book reviews and letters

Geography and History

Deserts

Deserts

Ancient Civilizations

Ancient Civilizations

Greece, Rome

Review

Reformation

Renaissance

Enlightenment

French Revolution

Romanticism

Industrialism

Capitalism

Socialism

Industrialism

Capitalism

Socialism

Latin America Independence Movements

Immigration

Industrailization

Urbanization

Reform in America

Science

Plate Tectonics

Lab write ups

Scientific Method

Inquiry

Oceans

Composition

Tides

Oceans cont.

Rivers

Human Body

Cells

Energy

Open

Astronomy

Three E’s

Taking Care of the Earth

  Process

Lab write-ups, scientific method, outlines, research notes, research reports