6th Grade

Table of Contents

Family Guides by Subject

These resources come from the NC Department of Public Instruction's Rethink Education program.  

Resources by Subject

Click on the links below to find these teacher recommended resources! 

Team Specific Resources 

Please find your student's specific team to learn more about their specific teacher's homework schedule and general tips for student success on their team.  

UNC-Greensboro Spartans

Mrs. Goldberger & Mrs. Vaughan

Homework Schedule

Students are typically not assigned homework. However, if work is not completed in class they will may be asked to complete it at home. Students are encouraged to work on I-ready lesson at home. 

Tips for Success

All assignments are listed in Google Classroom. Grades are updated weekly. Students should check gradebook regularly. Students are encouraged to work on IXL assigned lessons at home along with IReady pathways. 

Miami Dade Sharks

Mrs. Rubinosky & Mrs. W Wicker 

Homework Schedule

Students are encouraged to work on missing work or incomplete assignments or their iReady lessons.   

Tips for Success

Teacher-recorded lessons/notes/help can be found on Google Classroom. 

Students should check PowerSchool for their missing assignments.  A red folder will be brought home to help students complete missing work. 

Jacksonville Dolphins

Mrs. Hoffman & Mrs. C Wicker

Homework Schedule

Teachers do not assign homework but encourage students to check PowerSchool and complete any missing work and working on their iReady pathway 

Tips for Success

Teacher-recorded lessons can be found on the teachers' Google Classroom, along with daily assignments and instructions.  

Families should make sure that students' assignments are completed in PowerSchool. 

Students are encouraged to read each night from a book of their choice.

UNC Tarheels

Mrs. Swinnie & Mrs. Young

Homework Schedule

Math homework is assigned weekly and homework information is posted in Remind when assigned. 

ELA homework is assigned every Monday and it is due on Friday.  Read and Think/Vocab Quiz is given every Friday in class. Vocabulary words are given every Monday.

Tips for Success

Students write in their agenda on Monday to complete their weekly activities. If students have extra time at home: IReady Reading Pathway or assigned lessons. 

ReadWorks- students may choose passages based on interest and complete the reading comprehension questions.

In order to increase math skills, students should study their multiplication facts and complete homework assignments for extra practice.

If students have extra time at home, it is recommended that students complete math IXL lessons to increase math skills.

Clemson Tigers

Mrs. Harrington, Mrs. Hegwer, Ms. Lupski, & Mrs. Pienaar

Homework Schedule

ELA homework is assigned on Monday and is due on Thursday. Homework is always a reading passage that correlates to the EOG test. 

Math homework on Tuesday and Thursday nights due the following day.  

Science & Social Studies classes do not have homework - unless the student did not complete classwork due on that day. Some assignments and/or links will be in Google Classroom. Students need to check PowerSchool for missing work or if they need to redo an assignment or do corrections for a better grade.

Tips for Success

If students have extra time at home: IReady Reading Pathway or assigned lessons, ReadWorks - Students can choose non-fiction/fiction passages to read and can focus on comprehension skills.

Students write in their agendas daily and teachers post on Google Classroom what we are doing in class each day. This is a diary of our daily activities which often includes support videos and practice problems of what we are doing in class. This is very helpful when students are absent. 

Math: Every student also has a yellow math notes folder that has precopied pages that we work in almost daily. This includes instruction, guided problems, and practice problems. We work on this together in class and the pages for the day are listed in Google Classroom.