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Mathematics ~ Instructor
        Evelyn Bandlow, BS, M.Ed.

Everyday Mathematics ~ SRA/McGraw-Hill
Curriculum Mapping
(Learning Goals are classified as being beginning, developing or secure.)

Unit 1   Collection, Display and Interpretation of Data

(B)      Interpret and construct step graphs.
(D)      Match mystery line plots with descriptions.
(D-S)  Use a Percent Circle to interpret circle graphs.
(S)      Find equivalent names for numbers.
(S)      Identify landmarks of data sets.
(S)      Compute and understand the mean.
(S)      Interpret and construct broken-line graphs.
(S)      Interpret and construct bar graphs.

Unit 2   Operations with Whole Numbers and Decimals

(B)      Translate between scientific notation and standard notation, with/without       calculator.
(D)      Estimate products and multiply decimals.
D)      Divide two whole numbers; give the answer to a specified number of decimal places.
(D)      Estimate the quotient and divide a decimal by a whole number.
(D)      Multiply by positive and negative powers of 10.
(D)      Interpret number-and-word notation for large numbers.
(D)      Use exponential notation for small numbers.
(S)      Use exponential notation for large numbers.
(S)      Read, write, and compare numbers from thousandths to trillions.
(S)      Add and subtract decimals.
(S)      Estimate quotients and divide whole numbers.

Unit 3   Variables, Formulas and Graphs

(B)      Use variables to describe general patterns.
(D)      Use a spreadsheet.
(D)      Interpret mystery graphs.
(D)      Write algebraic expressions to represent situations.
(D)      Evaluate algebraic expressions.
(S)      Mentally add 1-digit positive and negative numbers.
(S)      Represent rates with formulas, tables, and graphs.
(S)      Convert between fractions and mixed numbers.
(S)      Find the least common multiple of two numbers.
(S)      Find the greatest common factor of two numbers.

Unit 4   Rational Number Uses and Operations

(D)      Represent data with circle graphs.
(D)      Multiply fractions and mixed numbers.
(D)      Add and subtract mixed numbers having fractions with unlike denominators.
(D)      Subtract mixed numbers having fractions with like denominators.
(D)      Find a percent of a number.
(S)      Add mixed numbers having fractions with like denominators.
(S)      Add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators.
(S)      Compare and order fractions.
(S)      Rename numbers expressed by fractions, mixed numbers, decimals, and percents.
(S)     Write fractions and mixed numbers in simplest form.

Unit 5 Geometry:  Congruence, Constructions, and Parallel Lines

(D)      Apply properties of supplementary angles and vertical angles.
(D)      Apply properties of angles formed by two parallel lines and a transversal.
(D)      Apply properties of angles of parallelograms.
(D)      Calculate the degree measure of each sector in a circle graph and use a protractor to construct the graph.
(D)      Use a compass and straightedge to construct geometric figures.
(S)      Apply properties of sums of angle measures of triangles and quadrangles.
(S)      Translate figures on a coordinate grid.
(S)      Plot ordered number pairs in four quadrants; use ordered number pairs to name points in four quadrants.
(S)      Draw or form a figure congruent to a given figure.
(S)      Classify angles.
(S)      Measure and draw angles using a protractor.

Unit 6 Number Systems and Algebra Concepts

(B)      Solve and graph solutions for inequalities.
(D)      Solve equations.
(D)      Use an algorithm to add, subtract, multiply, and divide fractions and mixed numbers.
(D-S)   Find opposites and reciprocals of numbers.
(D-S)   Add, subtract, multiply, and divide positive and negative numbers.
(D-S)   Perform operations in the correct order.
(D-S)   Indicate whether number sentences are true or false.
(S)       Compare and order positive and negative numbers.
(S)       Understand and apply the identity property for multiplication.
(S)       Understand and apply the commutative property for addition and multiplication.
(S)       Understand and apply the associative property for addition and multiplication.

Unit 7 Probability and Discrete Mathematics

(B)      Understand and use probability tree diagrams to solve problems.
(D)      Construct and interpret Venn diagrams.
(D-S)  Calculate probability in simple situations.
(D-S)  Understand what constitutes a fair game.
(D-S)  Understand and apply the concept of random numbers to probability situations.
(S)      Solve “fraction-of-a-fraction” problems.
(S)      Understand how increasing the numbers of trials affects experimental results.

Unit 8 Rates and Ratios

(D)      Write open proportions to model problems.
(D)      Solve percent problems.
(D)      Solve problems involving a size-change factor.
(D-S)   Use cross-multiplication to solve open proportions.
(D-S)   Solve rate number stories.
(D-S)   Solve ration number stories.
(D-S)   Estimate equivalent percents for fractions.
(D-S)   Solve division problems involving decimals.
(S)       Use rate tables to solve problems.

Unit 9 More About Variables, Formulas and Graphs

(D)      Simplify expressions and equations with parentheses.
(D-S)  Apply the distributive property.
(D-S)  Combine like terms to simplify expressions and equations.
(D-S)  Solve equations.
(D-S)  Write and solve equations that represent problem situations.
(D-S)  Use formulas to solve problems.
(S)      Evaluate expressions and formulas.

Unit 10 Geometry Topics

(B)      Identify and use notation for semiregular tessellations.
(B)      Identify regular tessellations.
(B)      Create nonpolygonal, translation tessellations.
(B)      Explore rotation and point symmetry.
(B)      Discover properties of solids.
(B)      Perform topological transformations.

Science ~ Instructor
        Ms Melissa Persson, M.Ed.

Grade 6 Science Standards

Earth Science 

            The Earth in the Solar System

• Recognize that gravity is a force that pulls all things on and near the earth toward the center of the earth. Gravity plays a major role in the formation of the planets, stars, and solar system and in determining their motions.
• Describe lunar and solar eclipses, the observed moon phases, and tides. Relate them to the relative positions of the earth, moon, and sun.
• Compare and contrast properties and conditions of objects in the solar system (i.e., sun, planets, and moons) to those on Earth (e.g., gravitational force, distance from the sun, speed, movement, temperature, and atmospheric conditions)
• Explain how the tilt of the earth and its revolution around the sun result in an uneven hearting of the earth, which in turn causes the seasons.
• Recognize that the universe contains many billions of galaxies, and that each galaxy contains many billions of stars.

Life Science

            Classification of Organisms

• 1. Classify organisms into the currently recognized kingdoms according to characteristics that they share. Be familiar with organisms from each kingdom.

            Structure and Function of Cells

• 2. Recognize that all organisms are composed of cells, and that many organisms are single-celled (unicellular), e.g., bacteria, yeast. In these single-celled organisms, one cell must carry out all of the basic functions of life.
• 3. Compare and contrast plant and animal cells, including major organelles (cell membrane, cell wall, nucleus, cytoplasm, chloroplasts, mitochondria, vacuoles).
• 4. Recognize that within cells, many of the basic functions or organisms (e.g., extracting energy from food and getting rid of waste) are carried out. The way in which cells functions is similar in all living organisms.

Systems in Living Things

• 5. Describe the hierarchical organization of multicellular organisms from cells to tissues to organs systems to organisms.
• 6. Identify the general functions of the major systems of the human body (digestion, respiration, reproduction, circulation, excretion, protection from disease, and movement, control, and coordination) and describe ways that these systems interact with each other.
• 13. Give examples of ways in which organisms interact and have different functions within an ecosystem that enable the ecosystem to survive.
• 14. Explain the roles and relationships among producers, consumers, and decomposers in the process of energy transfer in a food web.
• 15. Explain how dead plants and animals are broken down by other living organisms and how this process contributes to the system as a whole.
• 16. Recognize that producers (plants that contain chlorophyll) use the energy from sunlight to make sugars from carbon dioxide and water through a process calls photosynthesis. This food can be used immediately, stored for later use, or used by other organisms.

Physical Science

            Properties of Matter

• 1. Differentiate between weight and mass, recognizing that weight is the amount of gravitational pull on an object.
• 2. Differentiate between volume and mass. Define density.
• 3. Recognize that the measurement of volume and mass requires understanding of the sensitivity of measurement tools (e.g., rulers, graduated cylinders, balances) and knowledge and appropriate use of significant digits.
• 4. Explain and give examples of how mass is conserved in a closed system.

Technology/Engineering

            Engineering Design

• 2.1 Identify and explain the steps of the engineering design process, i.e., identify the need of problem, research the problem, develop possible solutions, select the best possible solution(s), construct a prototype, test and evaluate, communicate the solution(s) and redesign.
• 2.2 Demonstrate methods of representing solutions to a design problem, e.g., sketches, orthographic projections, multiview drawings.
• 2.3 Describe and explain the purpose of a given prototype.
• 2.4 Identify appropriate materials, tools, and machines needed to construct a prototype of a given engineering design.
• 2.5 Explain how such a design features as size, shape, weight, function, and cost limitations would affect the construction of a given prototype.

Language Arts ~ Instructor
        Trish Mayer, BA, M.Ed.

Houghton Mifflin - Spelling – 2003  ~  Level 6

Great Source - Language Arts – 2003  ~  Level 6

Social Studies ~ Instructor
        Mr. Frank DeMello, BA - Mrs. Deborah Holland, BA

Scott Foresman – 2004  ~  Level 6