6th Grade
(6B) Mrs. Francis Dibetta has a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing, summa cum laude, from St. John’s University in New York, and a Master’s degree in Theology from the Augustine Institute in Denver, Colorado.
(6C) Miss Ana Cook holds a Bachelor’s of Arts in English from Florida Atlantic University with a minor in Spanish. She is certified in English 6-12 in the state of Florida.
FAITH FORMATION HIGHLIGHTS
• Living Stations of the Cross Production
• Study of the Old Testament
MAJOR FOCUSES OF SIXTH GRADE
• Composition – Developing writing skills using various forms of technology, research and self-reflection
• Reading – Comprehension through analysis, synthesis, & evaluation skills Accelerated Reading Program
• Math – Integers, equation solving, percents and proportions
• English – Grammar, Usage, Mechanics, Fluency
• Spanish – Conversation and culture
• Social Studies – World History, Economics, and Geography
• Physical Education – Team sports: soccer, volleyball, flag football, softball/ baseball,
cross country, basketball, tennis
• Art – Masters Study: Van Gogh, Da Vinci, Kandinsky, Bonheur Pet portraits, student portraits
• Music – Music history, learning notes, recorder
• Science – Weather and Climate, Forces and Energy, Cells, Classification of LIfe, Scientific Inquiry
• Enrichment Classes – Throughout the year, using alternating six-week schedules, the students are schooled and participate in English Clinic, Shakespeare/Poetry, Marvelous Mathematicians, Geography, Youth Toastmasters, Book Club, Heritage Spanish Speakers, Art Etching and Print Design.
MAJOR PROJECTS OF SIXTH GRADE
• Living Stations of the Cross
• Group Collaborated Children’s Book focused on human rights
• Author Research Project
• Collaborative Movie Posters
• IVAN CAPP Parts of Speech Project
• Shark Tank
SUBJECTS, TEXTBOOKS & CURRICULUM
• Religion – Sadlier
• Math – Glencoe MATH Course 2, Mathletics, IXL (students are grouped by ability)
• Science – Glencoe Level 1 (Frog)
• Social Studies – Discovering our Past: History of the World, McGraw Hill
• English – Pearson
• Reading – Pearson
• Technology – Microsoft
• Vocabulary & Spelling – Sadlier-Oxford
• Spanish- (twice a week) – Holt EMC Paradigm and Q-talk
• Physical Education (twice a week) – team sports
• Music – Music history
TECHNOLOGY
• Computer History, Online Security, Virus and Spyware Prevention, Touch Typing, Microsoft Word, Power Point
• iPads for all students and access to numerous educational iPad apps, use of iMovie
• Computer Lab
• SMART Boards in all classrooms
• SMART Tables
• Responders
• Accelerated Reading Program
• Google Classroom
• Mathletics.com
• Q-Talk Program (Spanish during the school day, French Club after school)
COMPETITIONS
• National Spelling Bee
• National Geography Bee
• Group Collaborated Children’s Book
FIELD TRIPS
• St. Vincent de Paul Seminary
• St. John Paul II Academy Tour and Play
SUMMER PREPARATION
• Mathletics.com
• Summer Reading