Religion

The doctrinal content of the sixth grade Religion curriculum is organized according to the four pillars of the Catechism of the Catholic Church: the baptismal profession of faith, the Creed, the Sacraments of faith, the life of faith, the Commandments and the Lord's Prayer, the prayer of the believer. The emphasis will be on the Old Testament as a journey of faith and the manner in which each person’s life is mirrored in the Old Testament, from the call of God to Abraham to the fulfillment of God’s promise in sending the Messiah.

Language Arts

• Continue to develop the knowledge and skills of the English language. This includes grammar, (sentence structure, sentence parts, sentence types, and sentence errors) parts of speech, work usage, mechanics and punctuation.
• Expand their vocabulary through reading, studying different types and different parts of words, participating in word contests and activities and through testing.
• Develop speaking fluency and composure through many oral activities, both group and individual
• Improve listening skills.
• Improve study skills through note-taking, outlining, strengthening dictionary skills, encyclopedia, thesaurus and library skills and other related activities.
• Expand thinking skills through activities such as problem solving, predicting and drawing conclusions.
• Become strong, proficient writers; we will be working on many different types of writing, including narratives, essays and short stories and will thoroughly cover the writing process.
  

Math

Students work with vocabulary; simplify expressions containing parentheses as the first step to solving multi-step problems; adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing signed numbers; exponents; square roots; geometric formulas; ratios; percentages; fractions; mixed numbers; and decimals.

Science

The students will study plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, topography, types of energy and energy transfers and the scientific method.

Social Studies

The students will study map skills, archaeology, the examination and interpretation of various sources, hunter-gatherer societies, farming societies, the first towns and cities, cultures in Mesopotamia, the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Romans.

Physical Education

Students begin to develop advanced skills that demonstrate knowledge and skills in a minimum of one sport and other physical fitness activities including individual and team sports and activities. Physical fitness is emphasized through classes on nutrition, proper diet, and care of body through participation in a variety of fitness activities. Each skill involves creative thinking, communication, responsibility, leadership. teamwork, health, competition and an appreciation of recreation and physical fitness as a part of healthy living. Students have physical education twice a week for approximately forty minutes.