Monroe County Schools
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6 Grade Objectives 2017-2018
Third Nine Weeks
Subject Teacher Objectives
Science Mrs. Trentham SPI: 0607.6.1 through 6.7, and 8.1-8.4
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During the 3 9-week period we will
be studying about space and all the
celestial objects that make up our vast
universe. We will briefly begin with
planets and the solar system but will
then concentrate more on the Sun-
Earth-Moon systems that affects us on
a daily basis. We will also look at the
atmosphere and how its changes
creates the crazy weather we have
here and around the world.
English/Lang Mrs. Collins Cite textual evidence to support
uage Arts analysis of what the text says explicitly
as well as inferences drawn from the
text.
Students will continue working on the
following grammar skills this nine
weeks: intensive pronouns (myself,
ourselves), pronoun case (subjective,
objective, possessive), and
punctuation (commas, dashes,
parentheses, semicolons, colons).
Explain how an author develops the
point of view of the narrator or
speaker in a text.
Determine the meaning of words and
phrases as they are used in a text,
including figurative, connotative, and
technical meanings.
Students will demonstrate
understanding of figurative language,
word relationships, and nuances in
word meanings. Students will
interpret figures of speech
Students will write narrative essays.
Students will read two passages and
use the passages to write their essay.
Math Mrs. Grayson Learn to use double line diagrams and
box plots using statistical data, and
use the information to find the mean,
mode and range of certain numerical
data.
Begin Algebra concepts such as; order
Tips/Resources
Parents if you get a chance to star gaze or take a
night hike with your child, you can discuss things
like the sun rising and setting and the rotation of
Earth that causes day and night. Ask your child
how the Earth’s gravitational pull effects the
ocean tides, or talk about the moon phases. Or of
course you can always discuss the positions of
the sun-moon-earth during the solar eclipse we
actually got to experience recently. Talk about
the time of the day in which it happened and
what would happen if they lined up at night.
Look over all papers coming home. Go over each
paper with your child--especially anything they do
not have correct.
Have students write narrative papers at home.
Please encourage reading at home!!! Choose a
book to read as a family. Discuss the plot, theme,
and point of view together.
After students read a paragraph, selection,
magazine article, etc. ask them questions, and
require them to use text evidence to support
their answers.
Have students discuss types of figurative
language. Have them find examples in the
newspaper or magazines.
It would be helpful to students to discuss the
meaning of a percentage perhaps while shopping.
For example, explain what it means when an item
is on sale for 50% off the original price. If a
student receives an allowance, it could be
suggested that the student save 10% of his or her
allowance and explain the meaning and the
 of operations, expressions in which amount of the money saved.
letters stand for numbers, solving real
world math problems using It would be very helpful for students to study the
variables, equivalent expressions, math vocabulary such as; sum, term, product,
and using exponents within factor, quotient, coefficient, and exponent.
equations.
Also, to help with students learn geometry
Learn to find a percent of a quantity as concepts parents could discuss terms such as
a rate per 100. Example: 30% of a area and perimeter using examples from their
quantity means 30/100 times the home for example a fenced in backyard (the
quantity. fence representing the perimeter and the yard
within the fence is the area).
Begin Geometry concepts such as
transformations of polygons in a
coordinate plane and using formulas
to find the volume, area, and
perimeter of polygons including a
rectangular prism.

Social Mrs. Richardello Students analyze the geographic, Encourage your child to discuss the different
Studies political, economic, social, and social, political, and economic systems. Then
religious structures of the civilizations have them compare them to our belief in the
of Ancient Egypt and Ancient India. United States.

Music Ms. Mondone Use listening maps to respond to Explore the resources on music classroom
musical works website

Read about and discuss musical Discuss how music enhances a movie, TV show,
traditions from other cultures or video game

Connect history to music from a

particular time period
Library Mrs. Millsaps Students will find and use reliable When doing research online, encourage students
resources when conducting research to properly cite their sources.
online.

Students will credit all sources

properly with title, author, and page
number.

Students will present information

clearly so that main points are
evident.

Students will identify facts and details

that support main ideas.