Welcome Parents to Grade 6!!! Curriculum Overview!

Teacher: Grade 6 English  Ms. Walters  Ms. Burke  Mr. Sharpe

Atlantic Curriculum Outcomes 

Language Arts Moving Up With Literacy Place 4-6

Language Arts  Reading & Viewing  Writing & Other ways of representing  Listening  Speaking

Language Arts Gradual Release of Responsibility  MODEL: “I do...you watch.”  MENTOR: Shared: “I do....you help.”  Guided: “You do...I help.”  INDEPENDENT: “You do....I watch.”

Writing  Students must decode, understand, evaluate and create a variety of forms and reflect on the creation process.

Writing & Representing  Journal  Demand  Process  Poetry  Expository  Descriptive  Constructed Responses  Illustrations

Social Studies  Culture Quest: Exploring World Cultures  Exploring Culture  Environment & Culture  Elements of Culture  Expressions of Culture  World Issues  Canada: Multicultural Mosaic

Science Pan-Canadian Science Topics: Variety of Life The sky’s the Limit Turn it On Out of this World

Health  Young Health Canada  Mental Health  Relationships  Physical Growth & Development  Nutrition  Self Care  Dental Health  Active Living  Injury Prevention & Safety  Drug Education – done mainly through DARE Program

Religion  Horizons: Faiths of Friends Series  Changing Perspectives  Understandings  Guidance on the Journey  Belief and Practice

Other Subjects  Core French  Math  Art  Music  Physical Education

Evaluation Criterion Reference Test May/June: Math  Informal Evaluation: Projects, Work Samples, Quizzes, etc.  Formal Evaluation: Reading Records, Unit Tests, Writing Samples, etc.

Evaluation  Work Samples  Written constructed responses  Running Records  Oral Presentations  Observations  Unit tests  Students’ ability to perform tasks independently (large focus)

Independent Learners  Allow your child to do things for him/her self  Nightly homework should be completed independently and then checked by parent  Work not completed in school – at times  Agendas – signed nightly

Attendance  Class begins at 8:30  Class Ends at 2:30  Notes for change in pickup – Agenda  Notes needed for absences – Agenda  Notes/ are preferred to calls

Healthy Eating for Active Students  Healthy snacks and lunches  Allergies to peanuts/tree nuts, fish, and eggs  Water bottle

Other  Code of Conduct (Agenda)  Home issues – make plans prior to  Bathroom  Scholastic Orders  Class lists  Lunch Envelopes  Toys, valuables and electronics policy

Contact Us  address: teacher’s  Reply from teacher (Professional Development, Sick, etc.)  Call the office

Let’s Have a Great Year!