Sixth grade curriculum--What subject is this?

Sixth grade curriculum--What subject is this?

In school, you might find that the sixth grade year is the first year that your child changes classes and the first year that the teachers are specifically trained in certain subjects. If you are homeschooling, you as the parent are going to still be the primary instructor. Even though the courses might be taught by different teachers, the subjects are not necessarily being kept separate. In elementary school, when your child learned language arts, they were not including social studies, and when they were learning science they were not including math. In middle school, the subjects become more intertwined. Science will be more dependent on your child’s math abilities. Don’t be surprised to find that your child’s language arts reading contains a lot about history, biographies, and other social studies. Most curricula use elementary school to teach the basics. By Sixth grade your child is going to be expected to take all of the things that she has been learning, those basics, and apply them. This may be somewhat different than the way your child has learned in the past and it may be a bit overwhelming, but it is also a very exciting time in their academic life. Things are beginning to come together.

So you have a sixth grader!

So, you have a sixth grader. It is hard to believe that your sixth grader is the same child they were last year. Sixth grade is a huge year when it comes to your child’s mental, emotional, physical, social, and academic development. Your child is going to grow away from you on the road to becoming an adult, and that is what you want. You want them to grow toward independence. But this is also a tough time for your young adolescent. She is undergoing physical and hormonal changes during this year. She has probably moved from being the oldest, and most socially dominant child in elementary school, to being the youngest and newest at a middle school, or junior high. That is a hard transition to make. Your child is going to turn to his friends for support during this time, and away form you, as the parent. And that is a hard place for you to be in also. Academically your sixth grader is growing as well. She will need to be able to write essays, well and often. She is going to need to be proficient at the four major operations of math. There are going to be new social pressures, and she is going to need to know how to say no, to drugs, to alcohol. She is going to need you, and at the same time she is going to be embarrassed by you, for no apparent reason. It is going to be a glorious year, hold on tight and enjoy the ride!