Welcome to 6th grade!
This year will not only be a year of academic growth, but the year that students will prepare for the independence and responsibilities expected of junior high students.
Language Arts
I will be implementing Wit and Wisdom for the development of reading, grammar and writing. This will consist of 4 Modules each having an essential question that will be explored using focus questions. Each module will consist of two class novels as well as a volume of reading selection to further explore the essential question.
Social Studies
Social Studies will focus on the Beginning of Humans, Early Civilizations, Classical Traditions, Major Religions, and Giant Empires, Expanding Zones of Exchange and Encounter 300 C.E.- 1000 C.E. and Global Interactions 1000 C.E.- 1500 C.E.