Sixth Grade

Preparing for the Next Step

Welcome to the "senior" class of Rossman School! This year will be the best!

From the week-long camp experience at the beginning of the year to the trip to Huntsville for Space Camp at the end of the year, lessons learned throughout students' years at Rossman in kindness, honesty, respect and responsibility are constantly reflected in their attitudes.

Independent, self-confident and well-prepared in all areas for their next educational challenge, sixth graders celebrate their accomplishments with a graduation ceremony and party at the end of the year that shows a wonderful mix of emotions — smiles, a few tears and great affection for Rossman School.

Teachers
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Jim Holmes
Annie Menees

Reading and Language Arts

• Independent reading recorded daily
• Reading skills for fiction and non-fiction reinforced through
supplemental reading activities
• Spelling
• Grammar
• Vocabulary – Wordly Wise

Literature units on
• Where the Red Fern Grows
• The Miracle Worker
• A Wrinkle in Time
• To Kill a Mockingbird

Book Club units on
• Mysteries
• Personal growth novels

Types of writing studied
• Narrative
• Descriptive
• Expository
• Persuasive

Forms of writing produced
• Research projects
• PowerPoint presentations
• Essays
• Plays
• Poetry

Math

• Collection, display and interpretation of data
• Finding equivalent fractions, decimals and percents
• Multiplication and division of decimals, fractions, mixed
numbers
• Multiplying by powers of 10
• Scientific notation
• Using variables to describe number patterns, algebraic
expressions, formulas
• Variables and formulas in spreadsheets
• Multidigit procedures for whole numbers and decimals
• Congruence, constructions and parallel lines
• Rates and ratios, comparing ratios, the Golden Ratio
• Probability and discrete mathematics
• Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of positive
and negative numbers
• Solving equations and inequalities

Special Projects

• Original plays – writing, producing and performing
• Service projects for a chosen charity

Specialty subjects taught
by other educators
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Art – 1 hour and 30 minutes per week
Library – 45 minutes per week
Music – 1 hour and 30 minutes per week
Spanish, French and Latin – 1 hour and 30 minutes per week
Physical Education – 45 minutes daily
Science – 3 hours per week
Social Studies – 3 hours per week