CURRICULUM REVIEW
6th Grade
Thursday
September 11, 2014
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Justin Hajj
Phone:
Email:
(310) 428-1436
jhajj@learningproject.org
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Theory of Education
Optimal
balance of
enjoyment, motivation, and
focused instruction.
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum
up the men to gather wood, divide the
work, and give orders. Instead, teach
them to yearn for the vast and endless
sea.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
th Grade JOURNEY…
6
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Academic and Emotional
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 Adolescence
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Increased independence and accountability
School visits and interviews
High expectations
Increased workload
ISEE Exam - November 8th
 Test
Prep: 20 thirty-minute sessions
 Includes strategies as well as practice tests and essay
instruction
+ 6th Grade Traditions
 Assembly
 School
 6th
Leadership
Ambassadors
Grade Hike– October 3rd
 Book
Fair: Rent a Rainbow begins! – October 18th
 Bake
Sale – Valentine’s Day
 Lunch Week
 Dance
– March 9th
– April 3rd
 DC Trip
– April 13th
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The Enduring 6 C’s!
Communication
Collaboration
Creativity
Critical Thinking
Competence
Commitment
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Language Arts “WORKSHOP”
Vocabulary
– Wordly Wise, Membean
Use of context clues and word parts
Reading
– Mix of stories, novels and poetry
Reading Workshop
 Strategies, Citing
Guided
evidence
Reading - Witness, Lit Circles,
Shakespeare
Language
Arts
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Spelling
Individualized
The Writing
program
Process
The Write Source program
 6 Traits: Ideas, Organization, Voice,
Word Choice, Fluency, Conventions.
 Build toward creative, solid essays.
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+ Mathematics
 Saxon
Math Program
 John Van De Walle
 Marilynn Burns
 My own creative genius
 Emphasis
on mental computation and real
life connections
 Assessments
 Flip
teaching to come…
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Spiraling Mathematics – 7th Level
 Concepts
to be addressed
 Place value: Thousandths through Billions
 Computation with decimals
 Data and statistics: Graphing, Averages
 Multiplying greater numbers
 Dividing by multi-digit divisors
 Fraction concepts and computation
 Integers
 Solving and graphing equations
 Geometry: Shapes, angles, spatial reasoning
 Measurement: Length, capacity, weight, area,
circumference
 Percent and probability
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Social Studies
 Pearson
History & Geography
World
Deserts
Maya, Inca, and Aztec Civilizations
The Enlightenment
French Revolution
Industrial Revolution
CURRENT
EVENTS ON FRIDAYS
Technology
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Goals: To teach skills and
responsibility, and to enhance the
learning process.
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Edmodo
Google
Drive, Notability
IXL, Membean
Lp6th.weebly.com