TEACHERS: MRS. D'SOUZA, MR. MOHAN
GRADE 6 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW
LITERACY IN THE MIDDLE GRADES
Provides a consistent framework or literacy instruction in Grades 4-8 across the TCDSB
Provides a balance of direct instruction of reading skills and comprehension strategies with authentic and purposeful reading and writing experiences
Based on exemplary practice
READING WORKSHOP
Teacher read-alouds
READING STRATEGIES
Making Connections
RESOURCES/MATERIALS
Literacy In the Middle Grades 4-8 Binder
Mini-Lessons—Getting Started-First Weeks
Response Journals
Nelson Language Anthology: “Going the Distance and Choosing Peace”
WRITING WORKSHOP
- Participate in class discussions
- Participate in group activities
- Dramatic presentations
- Group presentations of projects
- Book talks
- Completion of Mini-lessons
- Reading Response Activities
- Teacher Conferences
- Writing Reflections
- Creative Writing
WRITING STRATEGIES
The Writing Process
Word Choice
Ideas
Organization
Sentence Fluency
Conventions
Voice
RESOURCE MATERIALS
Writing Sense; A Writing Skills Workbook
Grammar: Communicating Skills/Language Power
WriteTraits Program
Spelling: Words Their Way or thematic
Mini-Lessons: Getting Started
Teacher Resource books i.e. Beyond Leveled Books
Reaching Readers (Assessment Program)
APE(O) Reading Strategy: Answer, Prove, Extend and Opinion
Literature Circles: (term III)
Bringing Up Beauty
The Wanderer
The Gramma War
Backwater, Crash
RELIGION/FAMILY LIFE Text: You Shall Be My Witness
- Friendship
- God as Light
- Image of God
- Covenant and gifts of the commandments
- Acceptance of God’s covenant and love
- Celebrate Jesus as fulfillment of covenant
Respond: Latin Rite Text
We Are Called to Grow
I Will Be Your God
You Will Be My People
Text: Fully Alive
SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES (SES)
Text: Many Gifts: Social Studies
Canada and It’s Trading Partners
Canada and U.S. Trade Relationship (Canada and World Communities)
Canadian Federal Election Project
Loblaws Field Trip—Import Scavenger Hunt (mid-Oct.)
Trade Region Project: Identify the trade relationship between Canada and another country (due mid-October)
Aboriginal Peoples and European Explorers (Heritage and Citizenship)
SCIENCE
- Matter and Materials: Properties of Air and Characteristics of Flight
- Energy and Control: Electricity
- Life Systems: Diversity of Living Things
- Earth and Space Sytems: Space
VISUAL ARTS
MATHEMATICS Text: Nelson Mathematics 6
Patterning and Algebra
Number Sense and Numeration
Exploring, Comparing, Writing and Ordering Numbers
Rounding Decimals
Renaming Numbers
Communicate about Solving Problems
Adding and Subtracting Whole Numbers
Estimating Sums and Differences
Communicate about Solving a Multi-Step Problem
Data Management and Probability
Plotting Coordinate Pairs
Line Graphs—Telling Stories
Mean and Median
Changing Intervals and Scale on a Graph
Communicate about Conclusions from Data Displays
Measurement
Measuring lengths
Metric relationships
Perimeters of polygons
- Problem solving
Geometry and Spatial Sense
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION
- Active Participation
- Fundamental Movement Skills
- Healthy Eating and Active Living (Canada’s Food Guide)
- Ccooperative indoor and outdoor games
- Drugs and Addictions