[1]Grade Level Concept Map

Campus:

Norton Elementary

Grade:

6^th

School Year:

2007-2008

	1st Six Weeks	2nd Six Weeks	3rd Six Weeks	4th Six Weeks	5th Six Weeks	6th Six Weeks
Stories and Novels	Various Short Stories from Interactive Reader	Maniac Magee	The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe	The Cay	Various Short Stories	The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle
Reading Skills	Setting, plot line, problem resolution, reading assessment listening purpose	Poetry introduction, narrative lyric, understand difference between creative and technical reading, main idea, summary	Varied purpose, root words ,non-std texts, predict future, cause and effect, interpret graphics	Discuss theme, literary devices, conclusion and inferencing, and figurative language.	Identify mood, propaganda, distinguish denotative and connotative reading, use his/her own knowledge and experience to comprehend	Read aloud fluently to reflect understanding, identify literary terms (theater, stage, analogy), recognize flashback foreshadowing and symbolism
Language Arts	Grammar skill builders, Character sketch, write to inform or explain, edit drafts for specific purpose STUDY SKILLS	Verbs, compliments, homonyms, similes, metaphors, hyperbole, synonyms, write narratives	Adjectives, Adverbs, Prepositional phrases, Essay writing	Research, make note cards, distinguish fact and opinion, inferences and conclusions, author’s perspective/point of view, write-express, discover, record	Research presentations, technology presentations, write to influence and persuade	Use elaboration to create interesting writing
Spelling	Short/long vowel spellings	Commonly misspelled words, prefixes	Compound words, homophones	Suffixes Word endings	Synonyms, Antonyms	Spell accurately in final drafts
Math– Advanced	Order of Op, evaluating expressions, powers, exponents, fractals/patterns, area, decimals, scientific notation, and metrics	Data anal./graphing, factors, divisibility, GCF, LCM Fractions, rations, % conversion to decimal, patterns	Integers, Equations, Inequalities, Functions, Graphs, Fractions, Mixed #’s, , perimeter,	Applying fractions, ratios, rates, proportions, diagramming, scale, percent, customary units, circles, circumference, properties	Geometry-measuring angles, perpendicular, parallel, polygons, tessellation, translations, reflections, square roots, Pyth. Theorem, area	% est., circle graphs, statistics/prediction, % change, discount, tax, simple interest 3-dim. figures, Volume, nets, surface area, probability
Math	Number sense and operations, Exponents, Estimation, Decimals, Fractions – Number theory	Mixes #’s, fractions, geometry, congruence, polygons, symmetry, transformation, tessellation, and solids	Expressions, equations, ratio, proportion, rates, similar and congruent, scale drawings, maps	Statistics, graphing, data analysis, mean, median, mode, probability, equations, money, temp, time, distance	Measurement, networks, perimeter, area, volume, surface area	Inequalities, integers, geometric patterns, tessellation, number patterns
Social Studies	Geography and Continent overview, Archaeology, Latin America: History, Geography Culture	Europe: History, Geography, Culture	Asia: History, Geography, Culture	Middle East: History, Geography, Culture	Africa: History, Geography, Culture	Australia: History, Geography, Culture
Science	Scientific method, metric, safety lab procedures, draw inferences, models, tables and graph	Lab investigation hypothesis and theories, structure vs. function, cells genes, science fair	Plant and animal cells, organs, ecosystems, food chain, organisms	History of science and contribution of scientists, force and motion, matter, energy, types of energy	Forces that shape the Earth, water cycle, rock cycle, atmosphere	Nature of solar system, radiation from space, space technology

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