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
- FOSS
Kit - Populations and Ecosystems
- FOSS Kit-Energy, Machines & Motion
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