Bellingham
Public Schools
Curriculum
Department
September
2005
SIXTH
GRADE
Curriculum
Resources
Reading
and Writing – teach as per
literacy guide and curriculum guide
- spelling
– Sourcebooks 1 and 4
- handwriting
– focus on legibility, uniformity, personality (manuscript or cursive)
- writing
process and six trait writing
Math
– teach as per curriculum
guide using
Connected Mathematics ,
Prentice Hall 2004
- Data
About Us
- Prime
Time
- Bits
and Pieces I
- How
Likely Is It?
- Bits
and Pieces II
- Shapes
and Designs
- Covering
and Surrounding
- Optional
Unit: Ruins of Montarek
Science
– teach as per curriculum
guide using required topics/sequence
Earth History
Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecology
- FOSS
Kit – Populations and Ecosystems
Social
Studies – teach as per curriculum
guide using
- The
Ancient World , Prentice Hall
2001 – purchased one student text per student and received one teacher edition/teacher
resources per teacher
- Geography
Tools and Concepts , Prentice
Hall 2001 – purchased one student text per student and received one teacher
edition/teacher resources per teacher
- World
Wall Map and Globe
Health
– teach as per curriculum
guide using
- Teen
Health Course 1 , Glencoe McGraw-Hill
1999
Other
- Second
Step, A Violence Prevention Curriculum
- KNOW
HIV/STD Prevention Curriculum
- Gordon
Carter Environmental Education Site – Sixth Grade Field Trip