West Valley Middle School
6th Grade
Scope and Sequence
Month
Math
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Language
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Understanding how
we are connected to
our past
Using Maps
Create your own
map
September
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Skills Assessment
Estimation
Number Sense
Integers
Review mean, median,
mode, range
Order of Operations and
distributive property
History
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October
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November
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December
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Exponents & Order of
Operations
Add, subtract, multiply,
and divide fractions (all
types)
Estimating fractions
Converting fractions to
decimals and vice versa.
Customary system
conversions.
Rational numbers
Changing units in the
Customary System
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Evaluating and writing
one step algebraic
expressions
Using number sense to
solve equations
Solving algebraic
equations by adding,
subtracting, multiplying,
& dividing
Ratios
Unit rates and
proportional reasoning
Proportions
Using similar figures
Maps and scale
drawings
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Understanding the
Importance of
History
Examining Sources
and Archaeology
Archaeological Dig
Development of
Cultures
Hunters &
Gatherers
Hunter/Gatherer
Game
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Learning to Farm
Creating
Civilizations
Mesopotamia
Simulation
(Mesopotamia)
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Ancient Egypt
Fieldtrip to Egyptian
Museum
Building Pyramids
Geography of Egypt
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Science
Introduction to
Literary Terms
Introduction to
Weekly Vocabulary
Quizzes
Introduction to
Weekly Grammar for
Writing Lessons
All Summer in a Day:
figurative language
Final Project: Three
Layer Writing and
Visual Project
The Monkey’s Paw:
Irony
Foreshadowing
Final Project: Three
Layer Writing and
Visual Project
Short Story Unit
Test
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Earth's structure
Thermal energy
and heat
Grammar for Writing:
Elements of a
Sentence
Shakespeare: Twelfth
Night
Characterization and
predictions
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Plate tectonics
Plate boundaries
and California
Vocabulary
Quizzes
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Earthquakes
Earthquake report
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The SI system of
measure
Communicating
data
Mapping the
Earth's surface
Fieldtrip to Marin
Headlands
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January
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Review
Midterms
Percents, fractions and
decimals
Solving percent
problems using
equations
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February
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March
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April
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Percents Greater than
100% or less than 1%
Finding the percent
Solving percent
problems using
proportions & equations
Tips, discounts &
interest
Lines, planes & angles
Triangles
Quadrilaterals and other
polygons
Circles
Circle graphs
Perimeter and area of a
Rectangle
Perimeter and area of a
parallelogram
Perimeter and area of a
triangle
Circumference and area
of a circle
Three-dimensional
figures
Surface areas of prisms
and cylinders
Volumes of prisms and
cylinders
Patterns, tables &
graphs
Function rules
Using tables, rules &
graphs
Graphing Linear
equations
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Ancient India
Indus Valley
Civilizations
The Arrival of the
Aryans
Hindu Gods and
Goddesses
Indian words and
phrases
Geography of India
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Ancient China &
Buddhism
China's Early History
Confucius
The Han Dynasty
Yin and Yang Kites
Magic Square
Grammar for Writing
Elements of a
Paragraph
Weekly Vocabulary
Final Project:
Character Book
Final Shakespeare
Unit Test
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Feature Article Unit:
Word Processing
Research
Non-fiction writing
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Earth's
Atmosphere
Ancienct Israelites
Early Biblical History
Kings, Prophets, and
Priests
Moses and Exodus
Passover
The Origins of
Christianity
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Final Project: ClassGenerated magazine
of all student Feature
Articles
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Oceans
Weather and
climate
Science Fair Open
House
The Early Greeks
Athens
Culture
Sparta
Peloponnesian War
Alexander the Great
Greek Contributions
Greek Game Boards
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Grammar for Writing
Punctuation
Weekly Vocabulary
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Volcanoes
Weathering and
erosion
Science Fair
projects begin
Ecological roles
Making Data Displays
Sampling
Surveys & samples
Using graphs & data to
persuade
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Probability
Sample Spaces
Compound & disjoint
events
Review for finals
June
May
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Beginning of Rome
Rise of the Republic
Greece and Rome
Social Rank
Daily Life
Roman Economy
Early Christians
Rome & Christians
Fall of Rome
Finals
Study Skills
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The Outsiders:
Plot
Characterization
Compare and
Contrast
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Energy and matter
in ecosystems
Resources
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Final Project: Student
Created Chapter Book
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Review for finals