6th Grade

6th Grade Learning Resources

Reading/Writing

As our 6th graders embark on their second reading unit they will focus on Critical Problems and Design Solutions. Students will read The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryan Mealer. The guiding questions for this unit are: 1. How can design thinking help solve a critical problem? 2. What habits of character can help solve a critical problem to contribute to a better community?

Math

Students should work on:

  • Memorizing multiplication and division facts up to 12x12

  • Finding the greatest common factor (GCF) and the least common multiple (LCM) of two whole numbers

  • Write and evaluate (solve) equations involving exponents