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Palmdale, CA 93550
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6th Grade Curriculum
Lancaster Campus

Social Studies

- Countries and cultures of the Eastern and Western hemispheres
- The Roman Empire
- Eurasia
- Africa
- Australia
- Relationships among nations
- Customs, traditions, and beliefs
- Political and economic systems
- United Nations
- Milestones in human achievement
- Transportation and communication
- World trade
- Citizenship and social responsibility
- World geography
- Map and globe skills

Science

- Classification of living things
- Ecosystems
- Ecology and environment
- Microbes
- Algae and fungi
- Human body
- Food for growth and energy
- Climate and weather
- Recycling of resources
- Elementary geology
- Oceans
- Sound, light, and heat 		- Atomic energy
- Nuclear energy and radioactivity
- Solar and geothermal energy
- Electric and magnetic interactions
- Electricity and its uses
- Conservation
- Elements and compounds
- Universe
- Simple astronomy
- Space and space travel
- Scientific theory
- Inventions and discoveries

Language Arts

- Critical reading skills
- Introduction to mythology
- Types of literature
- Lyric, narrative, and dramatic poetry
- Listening skills
- Nonverbal communication
- Extending dictionary skills
- Vocabulary building
- Homonyms, synonyms, antonyms
- Using roots, prefixes, and suffixes
- Spelling
- Concepts of noun, pronoun, verb, adjective, and adverb
- Sentence structure
- Diagramming sentences
- Cursive handwriting
- Types of writing: narration, description, exposition, persuasion
   Study Skills
- Simple note taking
- Writing outlines, letters, factual matter (reports, newspaper articles), verse (limericks, ballads), creative prose (diary, stories)
- Bibliography building
- Organization of a book
- Using reference books and indexes

Health and Safety

- Personal appearance
- Dental health
- Health maintenance
- Our food supply
- Exercise and fitness
- Cure and prevention of common diseases 		- The heart
- Accident prevention
- Safety and first aid
- The health profession
- Understanding emotions
- Coping with stress and anxiety

Mathematics

- Exponents
- Operation of powers
- Set of the integers
- Factoring
- Fundamental operations with fractions and decimals
- Fundamental operations with compound denominate numbers
- Multiplying and dividing common fractions and mixed numbers
- Relationship between common and decimal fractions
- Problems in percent

- Properties, identification, and construction of geometric figures
- Identification and measurement of angles
 - Concepts of similarity, congruence, and symmetry
- Scale drawings
- Customary and metric measurement
- Problem analysis
- Interpreting graphs
- Concepts of average and sampling

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