These homeschool curriculum lessons include all the core subjects for 6th grade instruction.
Take a look at this great value! You get basic skills for 6 subjects plus test practices all in one book. This homeschool sixth grade curriculum prepares children by giving them a solid foundation in the basic skills necessary for success in school. A special test preparation section offers essential assessment tools. Included are activities and exercises focused on the essential skills children need:
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
- SPELLING AND VOCABULARY
- Long Vowels
- Words With ie/ei and ur/or
- Words With sh, th, ch
- Words With qu
- Words With kw, ks and gz
- Words With Silent Letters
- Words With ph, kn, gh, gn
- Root Words
- Prefixes and Suffixes
- Syllables
- Synonyms/Antonyms
- Homophones/Homographs
- Multiple Meanings
<- Classifying
- Analogies
READING COMPREHENSION
- Fact or Opinion
- Cause and Effect
- Personification/Symbolism, Idioms, Denotation/Connotation
- Similes/Metaphors
- Generalizations
- Skimming/Scanning
- Author's Purpose
- Test-Taking Tips
- Photography
- Kites
- Colonists Come to America
- Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War
- Anthems and Songs
- The Island Continent
- World Cities
- Dinosaurs
- The Solar System
- Earth's Atmosphere and Weather
- Sports
- Famous Athletes
- Poetry
LANGUAGE ARTS
- Nouns
- Verbs
- Plurals
- Subjects/Predicates and Agreement
- Pronouns: Personal, Possessive, Interrogative and Antecedents
- Appositives
- Dangling Modifiers
- Adjectives and Adverbs
- Identifying Sentence Parts
- Prepositions
- Direct/Indirect Objects
- Conjunctions
- Grammar
WRITING
- Capitalization and Punctuation
- Complete/Run-on Sentences
- Proofreading
- Types of Sentences
- Paragraphs
- Descriptive Writing
- Writing Directions
- Writing Stronger Sentences
- Fact/Opinion, Persuasive Writing
- Writing a Story
- Writing Dialogue
- Paraphrasing and Summarizing
- Outlining
- Using the Right Resources
- Table of Contents and Indexes
- Biographical Research
- Writing Poetry: Haiku, Diamante, Free Verse, Limericks, Acrostics
- Friendly Letters
Math
- Place Value
- Expanded Notation
- Addition
- Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Equations
- Rounding and Estimating
- Decimals
- Fractions
- Problem-Solving Strategies
- Logic
- Perimeter, Area and Volume
- Geometry
- Measurement: Customary and Metric
- Ratios
- Percents
- Probability
- Comparing Data
- Integers
- Plotting Graphs
TEACHING SUGGESTIONS
ANSWER KEY
TEST PRACTICE
- Just for Parents
- For all Students
- Kinds of Questions
- Practice Tests
- Final Tests
- Answer Key
INDEX
Features:
- Perforated pages for easy removal
- Colorful artwork
- A complete answer key
- Teaching suggestions for parents
This book has 615 pages.
Frank Schaffer Publications designed the activities in this book to cover essential skills found in standardized tests. Every activity is aligned to state and national standards and designed to improve performance. Through cooperative efforts with Align to Achieve, an independent, non-profit organization, the instructional contents of this book have been correlated to meet or exceed standards for each state as well as national standards. Click here to see a complete list of items available from Frank Schaffer Publications. |
