Sixth Grade Curriculum Resources

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 - 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