Math ExpectationsWe follow the NYS Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS) and the NYS Standards for Math.
Sixth grade mathematics is about : (1) connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts of ratio and rate to solve problems; (2) completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the notion of number to the system of rational numbers, which includes negative numbers; (3) writing, interpreting, and using expressions and equations; and (4) developing understanding of statistical thinking. CCLS Major Emphasis: Ratios and Proportional Relationships Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems. The Number System Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions. · Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers. Expressions and Equations · Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions. · Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities. · Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables. |
Units of Study!UNIT 1: Rational Numbers
UNIT 2: Arithmetic Operations including Dividing by a Fraction UNIT 3: Ratios and Unit Rates UNIT 4: Expressions and Equations UNIT 5: Area, Surface Area, and Volume UNIT 6: Statistics Grading PolicyHomework 10%
Examinations 40% Projects 10% Classwork 20% Portfolio/Notebook 20% |
Science Standards & ExpectationsWe follow the NYS Common Core Learning Standards (CCLS) and the NYS Standards for Science.
Expectations: Successful science students will understand and apply scientific concepts, principles, and theories pertaining to the physical setting and living environment. Students will apply science process skills including communicating, classifying, inferring, measuring, predicting, defining, experimenting, interpreting, forming hypotheses, and modeling in the study of cells, human body systems, ecology, life cycles, and plants. To be successful in 6th grade science, students will:
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units of Study!UNIT 1: SIMPLE AND COMPLEX MACHINES How does energy play a role in our lives? How do Machines impact our lives? UNIT 2: WEATHER How do matter and energy interact to produce weather patterns? UNIT 3: DIVERSITY OF LIFE How does the transfer of mater and energy through biological communities support diversity of living things? UNIT 4: INTERDEPENDENCE How is interdependence essential in maintaining life on earth? grading PolicyHomeWork 10%
Examinations 30% Projects 20% Classwork 20% Portfolio/Notebook 20% |