• Curriculum

     

    Reading Units of Study: Students will be taught using Lucy Calkins Units of Study for Reading. 

     

    5th Grade

    6th Grade

    • Interpretation Book Clubs: Analyzing Themes

    • A Deep Study of Character

    • Tackling Complexity: Moving Up Levels of Nonfiction

    • Tapping the Power of Nonfiction

    • Fantasy Book Clubs

    • Social Issues Book Clubs

    • Close Reading Plans to Support Poetry Reading

    • Close Reading Plans to Support Poetry Reading

    • Argument and Advocacy: Researching Debatable Issues 

    • Historical Fiction Book Clubs

    • Reading in the Context Area: The Civil Rights Movement and the Continuing Fight for Equality. 

    		  





    Writing Units of Study: Students will be taught using Lucy Calkins Units of Study for Writing. 

    5th Grade

    6th Grade

    • Writing: Narrative Craft

    • Personal Narrative: Narrative Craft

    • Journalism

    • Research-Based Information Writing: Books, Websites, and Presentations

    • Literary Essay: Opening Texts and Seeing More

    • The Literary Essay: From Character to Compare/Contrast

    • The Research-Based Argument Essay

    • Writing Graphic Novels

    • Lens of History: Civil Rights

    		  

     

    Mathematics: Students will receive instruction using iReady curriculum aligned to the State Math Standards. Students will also be provided with supplemental work using Greg Tang Math. 

    5th Grade

    6th Grade

    • Unit 1: Whole Number Operation and Applications: Volume, Multiplication, and Division

    • Unit 1: Expressions and Equations: Area, Algebraic Expressions, and Exponents 

    • Unit 2: Decimals and Fractions: Place Value, Addition and Subtraction

    • Unit 2: Decimals and Fractions: Base-Ten Operations, Division with Fractions, and Volume

    • Unit 3: More Decimals and Fractions: Multiplication and Division

    • Unit 3: Ratio Reasoning: Ratio Concepts and Equivalent Ratios

    • Unit 4: Measurement, Data, and Geometry: Converting Units, Using Data, and Classifying Figures

    • Unit 4: Ratio Reasoning: Unit Rates and Percent

    • Unit 5: Algebraic Thinking and Coordinate Plane: Expressions, Graphing Points, Patterns, and Relationships

    • Unit 5: Algebraic Thinking: Equivalent Expressions and Equations with Variables
     

    • Unit 6: Positive and Negative Numbers: Absolute Value, Inequalities, and the Coordinate Plane
     

    • Unit 7: Statistical Thinking: Data Distribution and Measures of Center and Variability



    Science: Students will be taught Science 21, a program developed by PNW Boces and aligned to New York State Standards.

    5th Grade

    6th Grade

    • Unit 1: Space Systems: Stars and the Solar System

    • Unit 1: Energy, Force, and Motion

    • Unit 2: Structure and Properties of Matter

    • Unit 2: Space Systems Exploration

    • Unit 3: Earth’s Systems

    • Unit 3: Ecosystems and Their Interactions 

    • Unit 4: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems.
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    Social Studies: Students will be taught using a program developed by PNW Boces and aligned to New York State Standards.

    5th Grade

    6th Grade

    • Unit 1: A New World Rising

    • Unit 1: The Neolithic Revolution

    • Unit 2: European Exploration and the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

    • Unit 2: River Valley Civilizations 

    • Unit 3: Geography in the Western Hemisphere

    • Unit 3: Classical Civilizations

    • Unit 4: Government in the Western Hemisphere

    • Unit 4: Comparative World Religions

    • Unit 5: Economics in the Western Hemisphere

    • Unit 5: The Mediterranean World

    • Unit 6: Cultural Diversity

    • Unit 6: Interactions Across the Eastern Hemisphere