Sixth Grade
Welcome to Sixth Grade!
Field trip to the Bell Museum Planetarium 2024
Wyoming Elementary has three sections of sixth-grade students.
Sixth grade is conducted differently from any other grade in the elementary setting. In sixth grade, the students are given the opportunity to switch (or rotate) classrooms, to ensure a successful transition to seventh grade. Not only does this give the students an opportunity to become more self-reliant, but it also gives each sixth-grade teacher a chance to get to know every sixth-grade student in the school.
Literacy: Many skills are acquired through the literacy curriculum, Benchmark Advance, such as compare/contrast, comprehension, main idea, sequencing, inferences, fact/opinion, and more. Literacy skills are integrated into all other subject areas and 21st-century literacy skills are encouraged.
Mathematics: We currently use a free, online-accessible math curriculum called Open Up Resources, or OUR Math. The OUR website has helpful information and resources for families and students to access at any time. Our math curriculum consists of geometry, fractions, decimals, percents, graphing, probability, mean, median, mode, algebraic thinking, measurement, and ratios.
Science/Health: Science/Health topics consist of Earth and Space Science and Slick Tracy (which is an alcohol awareness program created by Hazelden.) Several assignments are assigned through Google Classroom and are completed using our 1:1 Chromebooks.
Social Studies: Social studies focuses on Minnesota history, as well as geography skills taught through the use of maps and current events. Topic and subject matter are, however, secondary to the skills work intended to develop learning and thinking patterns necessary for the secondary level the students are about to enter.
Specialists: All 6th-grade students go to a specialist every day. In our six-day rotation of letter days, students will have two days of Media/Arts instruction, two days of Phy Ed, and two days of Music. Students choose to participate in Band, Orchestra, or Choir.
