Welcome to 6th grade!
As young adolescents, 6th grade students are beginning the exploration of both how to be true to themselves as well as how to belong to a healthy community.  To this end, we put great intention into creating a safe, vibrant classroom culture, honoring each individual and recognizing how our collective efforts enhance the world around us.

Beginning of the year

We began the school year with a day trip to Watson Lake where we participated in community building activities and rock climbing. This experience fostered a strong, trusting classroom community and contributed to the personal growth of our students. ​

Wicked!

To further support our students' personal development and classroom community, we will take a field trip at the end of March to Phoenix to see Wicked at Gammage. This powerful musical tackles the themes of individuality and one's authentic path, acceptance, friendship, and community. We will weave the story and music into our intrapersonal and interpersonal reflections throughout the school year. 

6th Grade Curriclum

Language Arts
Students utilize new and practiced language arts skills as we weave reading and writing into the rich science and social studies curriculum with mythology, novel, memoir, dramatic vignettes, and informational non-fiction.  They learn spelling and vocabulary related to academic and domain specific words, especially focusing on Greek and Latin affixes.  Conventions of English will be a focus in all academic areas.

Math
6th grade math is a pivotal transition into middle school with the studies of area, parts of a whole, ratios and rates, and beginning algebra. We will begin the year solidifying fact fluency with XtraMath and continue to utilize IXL to augment our math curriculum. 

Science
Students utilize the Amplify Science Curriculum which includes the following units: Ocean, Atmosphere, Climate; Weather; Earth, Moon, Sun; Earth's Changing Climate.
We also have a wonderful opportunity for field study this year: along with our school gardening teacher, and the city of Prescott, students will consider the benefits and detriments of the neighborhood flood retention basin, collect and analyze data, and create and execute a plan to help heal the environment. 
We will take a field trip to Meteor Crater and Flagstaff to tour the Lowell Observatory in the first semester.

Social Studies
Students explore ancient civilizations from around the world and examine common patterns throughout time and place. This will include Geography, Mesopotamia, Egypt; -Greece, Rome; and Ancient China, Ancient India; 

Specials
All 6th grade students will be immersed into the arts by participating twice a week in Visual Arts  and twice a week in Performing Arts with our fabulous arts staff.