6th Grade

Required

Language Arts

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated, Online - Off Campus, Online - On Campus
Online Course Type	First Time Credit

Course Description

Sixth Grade English Language Arts will build a community of readers and writers through the reading and writing workshop. As students read a variety of texts, the will use metacognitive and active reading strategies to become independent and informed readers able to comprehend increasingly more complex material. Writing skills will be developed to independently employ the writing process in creating multi-page pieces in a variety of genres. Time is also spent developing media literacy, research, and evaluative skills for information gathering. Students are expected to participate in formal and informal speaking and discussion opportunities.

Course Prerequisite

Successful completion of 5th Grade Reading and 5th Grade Writing.

Expected Course Outcomes

Draw conclusions, make inferences, and analyze by citing relevant and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and inferences drawn from the text.
Using appropriate text, determine the theme(s) of a text, cite evidence of its development; summarize the text. Explain the central/main idea(s) of a text and cite evidence of its development; summarize the text.
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, stanza, or image contributes to meaning.
Describe how a particular text’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes and how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Identify an author’s argument in a text and distinguish claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, independently and proficiently. Read and comprehend informational text independently and proficiently.
Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience; develop writing with narrative, expository and argumentative techniques.
Organization and content: Introduce the topic, maintain a clear focus throughout the text, and provide a conclusion that follows from the text.
Use transitions to clarify relationships, connect ideas and claims, and signal time shifts.
Follow the rules for collegial discussions and decision-making, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
Speak clearly, audibly, and to the point, using conventions of language as appropriate to task, purpose, and audience when presenting, including appropriate volume.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Sixth Grade Challenge English Language Arts will build a community of readers and writers through the reading and writing workshop. As students read a variety of texts, the will use metacognitive and active reading strategies to become independent and informed readers able to comprehend increasingly more complex material. Writing skills will be developed to independently employ the writing process in creating multi-page pieces in a variety of genres. Time is also spent developing media literacy, research, and evaluative skills for information gathering. Students are expected to participate in formal and informal speaking and discussion opportunities. This course requires students to work toward reading and writing expectations beyond the 6th grade level.

Course Prerequisite

Successful completion of 5th Grade Reading and 5th Grade Writing.

Enrollment Notes

Students who have been successful in this course typically read independently at a 7th grade level or higher.

Expected Course Outcomes

Draw conclusions, make inferences, and analyze by citing relevant and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and inferences drawn from the text.
Using appropriate text, determine the theme(s) of a text, cite evidence of its development; summarize the text. Explain the central/main idea(s) of a text and cite evidence of its development; summarize the text.
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, stanza, or image contributes to meaning.
Describe how a particular text’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes and how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Identify an author’s argument in a text and distinguish claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, independently and proficiently. Read and comprehend informational text independently and proficiently.
Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience; develop writing with narrative, expository and argumentative techniques.
Organization and content: Introduce the topic, maintain a clear focus throughout the text, and provide a conclusion that follows from the text.
Use transitions to clarify relationships, connect ideas and claims, and signal time shifts.
Follow the rules for collegial discussions and decision-making, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
Speak clearly, audibly, and to the point, using conventions of language as appropriate to task, purpose, and audience when presenting, including appropriate volume.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Semester
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated
Credits	1.0

Course Description

Sixth Grade Compacted Challenge English Language Arts is scheduled in conjunction with Academic Stretch. This course meets on alternating school days and is ONLY offered to students identified for Rockwood's Gifted Program. It will build a community of readers and writers through the reading and writing workshop. As they read a variety of texts, students will use metacognitive and active reading strategies to become independent and informed readers able to comprehend increasingly more complex material. Writing skills will be developed to independently employ the writing process in creating multi-page pieces in a variety of genres. Time will be spent developing media literacy, research, and evaluative skills for information gathering. Students are expected to participate in formal and informal speaking and discussion opportunities. This course requires students to work toward reading and writing expectations beyond the 6th grade level and instruction moves at an accelerated pace.

Course Prerequisite

Successful completion of 5th Grade Reading and the 5th Grade Writing.

Enrollment is limited to students who have been identified for the Rockwood Gifted program.

Enrollment Notes

Students who have been successful in this course are typically able to read independently at 7th grade reading level or higher.

Expected Course Outcomes

Draw conclusions, make inferences, and analyze by citing relevant and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and inferences drawn from the text.
Using appropriate text, determine the theme(s) of a text, cite evidence of its development; summarize the text. Explain the central/main idea(s) of a text and cite evidence of its development; summarize the text.
Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, stanza, or image contributes to meaning.
Describe how a particular text’s plot unfolds in a series of episodes and how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
Identify an author’s argument in a text and distinguish claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not.
Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, independently and proficiently. Read and comprehend informational text independently and proficiently.
Follow a writing process to produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, style, and voice are appropriate to the task, purpose, and audience; develop writing with narrative, expository and argumentative techniques.
Organization and content: Introduce the topic, maintain a clear focus throughout the text, and provide a conclusion that follows from the text.
Use transitions to clarify relationships, connect ideas and claims, and signal time shifts.
Follow the rules for collegial discussions and decision-making, track progress toward specific goals and deadlines, and define individual roles as needed.
Speak clearly, audibly, and to the point, using conventions of language as appropriate to task, purpose, and audience when presenting, including appropriate volume.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Academic Stretch is the middle school component of the Rockwood Gifted Program. This component is offered in grades six through eight for students who meet district criteria for the gifted program. Academic Stretch is offered in conjunction with Compacted Challenge Language Arts and enables students to engage in interdisciplinary, thematic studies that focus on real-world issues and challenges. These challenges involve advanced-level content and open-ended investigations within the broad areas of change, survival and the nature of systems. Forensics, inventions, natural disasters and the stock market are examples of specific units that are studied. All units in this program are designed to promote active student engagement in learning and developing skills in critical and creative thinking, information processing, problem-solving, communication and leadership. Time management strategies, current events, literature, high-end technology, community resources and service projects are also incorporated into the Academic Stretch curriculum, as are skills and concepts taught in Compacted Challenge Language Arts classes.

Course Prerequisite

Identified Gifted students who meet Board of Education approved criteria.

Social Studies

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated, Online - Off Campus, Online - On Campus
Online Course Type	First Time Credit

Course Description

World History students will explore the ancient world from Pre-History through the Middle Ages. Students will develop social science inquiry skills including questioning, gathering and using evidence, developing claims, and constructing arguments and explanations. Using these skills, students will learn to analyze significant historical developments and their connection to our world today. Students will build a strong understanding of the relationship between humans and their environment, the development of government systems, and the effect of trade and economic decisions on societies.

Course Prerequisite

Completion of 5th Grade Social Studies.

Expected Course Outcomes

Determine the kinds of sources that will be helpful in answering compelling and supporting questions, taking into consideration multiple points of views represented in the sources.
Examine the origins, purposes, and impact of constitutions, laws, treaties, and international agreements.
Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals, businesses, and society.
Explain why standards of living increase as productivity improves.
Explain the benefits and the costs of trade policies to individuals, businesses, and society.
Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions, and changes in their environmental characteristics.
Analyze the combinations of cultural and environmental characteristics that make places both similar to and different from other places.
Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.
Explain multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past.
Identify evidence that draws information from multiple sources to support claims, noting evidentiary limitations.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Challenge World History students will explore the ancient world from Pre-History through the Middle Ages. Students will develop and independently apply social science inquiry skills including questioning, gathering and using evidence, developing claims, and constructing arguments and explanations. Using these skills, students will analyze significant historical developments and issues, and critique their connection to our world today. Students will analyze issues, problems and solutions related to humans and their environment, government systems, and the effect of trade on economic decision-making.

Course Prerequisite

Completion of 5th Grade Social Studies.

Expected Course Outcomes

Determine the kinds of sources that will be helpful in answering compelling and supporting questions, taking into consideration multiple points of views represented in the sources.
Examine the origins, purposes, and impact of constitutions, laws, treaties, and international agreements.
Explain how economic decisions affect the wellbeing of individuals, businesses, and society.
Explain why standards of living increase as productivity improves.
Explain the benefits and the costs of trade policies to individuals, businesses, and society.
Use maps, satellite images, photographs, and other representations to explain relationships between the locations of places and regions, and changes in their environmental characteristics.
Analyze the combinations of cultural and environmental characteristics that make places both similar to and different from other places.
Analyze connections among events and developments in broader historical contexts.
Classify series of historical events and developments as examples of change and/or continuity.
Use questions generated about individuals and groups to analyze why they, and the developments they shaped, are seen as historically significant.
Explain multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past.
Identify evidence that draws information from multiple sources to support claims, noting evidentiary limitations.

Math

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Semester
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated, Online - Off Campus, Online - On Campus
Online Course Type	First Time Credit

Course Description

Math 6 provides the foundation for middle school mathematics. Instruction will focus on six critical areas: (1) completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the system of rational numbers to include negative numbers; (2) connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts of ratio and rate to solve problems; (3) writing and evaluating algebraic expressions; (4) writing and solving one-step equation and inequalities; (5) developing understanding of relationships among shapes to determine area, surface area, and volume and (6) developing understanding of statistical thinking by analyzing and displaying data distributions.

Course Prerequisite

Completion of 5th Grade Math.

Expected Course Outcomes

Find common factors and multiples.
Compute and interpret quotients of positive fractions.
Solve problems involving ratios and rates.
Extend prior knowledge to generate equivalent representations of rational numbers between fractions, decimals and percentages.
Describe the difference between an expression and an equation.
Create and evaluate expressions involving variables and whole number exponents.
Identify and generate equivalent algebraic expressions using mathematical properties. i.e. commutative, associative, distributive.
Use substitution to determine where a given number in a specified set makes a one‐variable equation or inequality true.
Write and solve equations using variables to represent quantities and understand the meaning of the variable in the context of the situation.
Solve one‐step linear equations in one variable involving non-negative rational numbers.
Find the area of polygons by composing or decomposing the shapes into rectangles or triangles.
Solve problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the Cartesian coordinate plane.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Integrated Math 6/7 is an accelerated course that merges Math 6 and part of Math 7 skills and concepts. Instruction will focus on eight critical areas: (1) completing understanding of division of fractions and extending the system of rational numbers to include negative numbers; (2) develop an understanding of absolute value to solve problems involving integers; (3) connecting ratio and rate to whole number multiplication and division and using concepts of ratio and rate to solve problems; (4) developing understanding of and applying proportional relationships; (5) writing and evaluating algebraic expressions; (6) writing and solving one-step inequalities and multi-step equations; (7) developing understanding of relationships among shapes to determine area, surface area, and volume and (8) developing understanding of statistical thinking by analyzing and displaying data distributions.

Course Prerequisite

Successful completion of 5th Grade Math.

Successful completion of the summer online Ramp Up to Math 6/7 is recommended for some students before enrolling.

Enrollment Notes

Completion of the summer online Ramp Up to Math 6/7 is also recommended for some students.

Expected Course Outcomes

Compute and interpret quotients of positive fractions. a. Solve problems involving division of fractions by fractions.
Locate a rational number as a point on the number line.
Understand that the absolute value of a rational number is its distance from 0 on the number line; interpret absolute value as magnitude for a positive or negative quantity in a real‐world situation.
Solve problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the Cartesian coordinate plane.
Understand a ratio as a comparison of two quantities and represent these comparisons.
Understand the concept of unit rate associated with a ratio, and describe the meaning of unit rate.
Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities.
Create and evaluate expressions involving variables and whole number exponents.
Identify and generate equivalent algebraic expressions using mathematical properties. i.e. commutative, associative, distributive.
Apply properties of operations to simplify and to factor linear algebraic expressions with rational coefficients.
Understand how to use equivalent expressions to clarify quantities in a problem.
Write and solve equations using variables to represent quantities and understand the meaning of the variable in the context of the situation.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6, 7
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Integrated Math 7/8 is an accelerated course that merges Math 8 and part of Math 7 skills and concepts. Instructional time will focus on nine critical areas: (1) formulating and reasoning about expressions and equations, including modeling an association in bivariate data with a linear equation, and solving linear equations and systems of linear equations; (2) grasping the concept of a function and using functions to describe quantitative relationships; (3) working with two- and three-dimensional shapes to solve problems involving scale drawings, area, surface area, and volume; (4) analyzing two- and three-dimensional space and figures using distance, angle, similarity, and congruence, and understanding and applying the Pythagorean Theorem; (5) solving problems involving scale drawings and working with two- and three-dimensional shapes to solve problems involving area, surface area, and volume; (6) drawing inferences about populations based on samples; (7) developing an understanding of simple probability models and using them to make predictions; (8) extending the number system to include irrational numbers and (9) develop an understanding of exponential properties to simplify expressions.

Course Prerequisite

Successful completion of Math 6/7.

Students who completed Math 6 may enroll in this course after successful completion of the summer online Ramp Up to Math 7/8 course.

Expected Course Outcomes

Write and/or solve linear equations and inequalities in one variable.
Understand that two-dimensional figures are congruent if a series of rigid transformations can be performed to map the pre-image to the image.
Describe the effect of dilations, translations, rotations and reflections on two-dimensional figures using coordinates.
Understand that two-dimensional figures can be similar if a series of transformation (rotations, reflections, translations and dilations) can be performed to map the pre-image to the image.
Use angle properties to write and solve equations for an unknown angle.
Explore angle relationships and establish informal arguments.
Investigate concepts of square and cube roots.
Use models to demonstrate a proof of the Pythagorean Theorem and its converse.
Understand the relationship between area, surface area and volume.
Recognize and represent proportional relationships between quantities.
Apply concepts of slope and y-intercept to graphs, equations, and proportional relationships.
Know and apply the properties of integer exponents to generate equivalent expressions.

Science

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated, Online - Off Campus, Online - On Campus
Online Course Type	First Time Credit

Course Description

Life Science is a study of how organisms live, grow, and respond to their environment. Unit 1: Interdependent Relationships in Ecosystems; Students will be able to explain how organisms interact with other organisms in the physical environment to obtain matter and energy. Unit 2: Matter and Energy in Organisms and Ecosystems; Students will construct scientific explanations about the role of photosynthesis in the transfer of energy and cycling of matter and how these processes relate to growth and survival of organisms as well as their interactions with other living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem. Unit 3: Structure, Function, and Information Processes; Students will construct scientific explanations about the role of photosynthesis in the transfer of energy and cycling of matter and how these processes relate to growth and survival of organisms as well as their interactions with other living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem. Unit 4: Growth, Development and Reproduction of Organisms; Students will use engineering practices and models to begin to develop an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits. Unit 5: Natural Selection and Adaptations; Students will formulate answers how genetic variation among organisms in a species affects survival and reproduction and how the environment influences genetic traits in populations over multiple generations.

Course Prerequisite

Successful completion of 5th Grade Science.

Expected Course Outcomes

Investigate scientific questions and solve engineering problems using the science and engineering practices, appropriate safety guidelines, tools, and lab techniques.
Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Life Science is a study of how organisms live, grow, and respond to their environment. Students will be able to explain how organisms interact with other organisms in their physical environment to obtain matter and energy. Students will learn to construct scientific explanations about the role of photosynthesis in the transfer of energy and cycling of matter, and how these processes relate to growth and survival of organisms as well as their interactions with other living and nonliving parts of the ecosystem. Students will also use engineering practices and models to begin to develop an understanding of inheritance and variation of traits. They will also formulate answers as to how genetic variation among organisms in a species affects survival/reproduction and how environmental factors can influence genetic traits over time.

Course Prerequisite

Successful completion of 5th Grade Science.

Enrollment Notes

Students will be expected to work more independently, with increased rigor, and be able to analyze more complex multidimensional information as well as apply advanced math, literacy and technological skills.

Expected Course Outcomes

Investigate scientific questions and solve engineering problems using the science and engineering practices, appropriate safety guidelines, tools, and lab techniques.
Construct an explanation that predicts patterns of interactions among organisms across multiple ecosystems.
Evaluate competing design solutions for maintaining biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for the role of photosynthesis in the cycling of matter and flow of energy into and out of organisms.
Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how environmental and genetic factors influence the growth of organisms.
Develop and use a model to describe why asexual reproduction results in offspring with identical genetic information and sexual reproduction results in offspring with genetic variation.
Construct an explanation based on evidence that describes how genetic variations of traits in a population increase some individuals’ probability of surviving and reproducing in a specific environment.
Gather and synthesize information that sensory receptors respond to stimuli by sending messages to the brain for immediate behavior or storage as memories.
Develop and use a model to describe why structural changes to genes (mutations) located on chromosomes may affect proteins and may result in harmful, beneficial, or neutral effects to the structure and function of the organism.

Physical Education and Health

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated, Online - Off Campus, Online - On Campus
Online Course Type	First Time Credit

Course Description

Physical Education/Health in the 6th grade will provide students the opportunity to learn and practice a variety of fundamental movement skills while participating in various games, team and individual/lifetime sports, as well as team building activities.Primary focus will be on skill development and application in games. Character education traits will be incorporated throughout the class.Physical fitness will be emphasized through the teaching of the principles of health and skill-related fitness.Health topics will be integrated throughout the course and will include nutrition, an overview of body systems, the endocrine system, diseases, personal hygiene, and tobacco use and abuse.

Expected Course Outcomes

Define, develop, and demonstrate sport and activity skills in a variety of team, individual, and lifetime sports.
Acquire and apply the personal fitness and wellness skills associated with a healthy active lifestyle.
Develop and demonstrate responsible safety and social skills while participating in a variety of physical activity settings.
Demonstrate various dance forms and activities and understand the benefits as a lifetime activity.
Acquire and apply wellness skills associated with a healthy active lifestyle.
Understand the six essential nutrients, identify the parts of a food label, and interpret how the media affects body image.
Examine and analyze the effects of risk behaviors on a healthy lifestyle.

Elective

World Language

Course Details

Offered at
Grade Levels	6, 7, 8
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

The ESOL program focuses on understanding of social and academic language to promote competency in school and community settings through individualized instruction and support. Students acquire the needed social language skills to engage in our school community. An important objective is to guide students to improve academic language so they learn and grow toward competency in Rockwood curricular areas. Note the following description of the ESOL program: •Instruction is provided in students' home schools. •Instructional models include one-on-one, small group, or assistance within the regular classroom instruction. •Social language instruction is emphasized with the concurrent development of listening, speaking, reading, and writing through authentic student-centered materials •Academic language instruction is a strong focus of the program. •Computer technology is an educational component. •Instruction in U.S. cultural literacy is provided. •Support of students' home cultures through comparison of cultures within the instructional framework, including district-wide celebrations, school-based multicultural festivals, and educational outreach to individual classrooms is emphasized.

Fine Arts

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Beginning Band is a student’s entry into the Rockwood Band Program. A student interested in playing in a school band should start in the 6th grade. Students who do not take beginning band must demonstrate their competency in an audition for the instructor to participate in band following the 6th grade year. This course is designed for students interested in beginning level instruction on flute, clarinet, saxophone, trumpet, trombone, baritone/euphonium, tuba, and percussion instruments (orchestra bells, xylophone, snare drum, bass drum, and other percussion accessory instruments); optionally oboe, bassoon, and French horn. Students will receive instruction on tone production, music reading skills, basic music theory, and instrument care. Attendance at all performances is required and part of the class grade as covered in the Rockwood School District Concert Performance Expectations document.

Expected Course Outcomes

Produce characteristic sound exhibiting tone, timbre, breathing, and posture.
Perform grade level .5-1 band literature within various styles in public settings with others.
Sight-read grade level appropriate band literature in various styles alone and with others.
Demonstrate technical proficiency on their instrument as it relates to rhythm, note accuracy, articulations, key signatures, time signatures, tempo, precision, and scales/scale patterns.
Interpret and perform music using expression such as dynamics, phrasing, and style.
Apply concepts in independent practice skills.
Distinguish between quality and non-quality performances, identifying the elements of music to justify a response through listening and self-assessment.
Infer connections between the arts or non-arts related disciplines (science, language arts, physical education/health, etc.) to the performance of band literature.
Compose and notate melodies applying ensemble terminology and standard notation practices using Concert B-flat, C, D, E-flat, and F, and rhythms learned in class.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Semester
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

The training provided in Fifth Grade Orchestra continues in this course. Students receive instruction in music reading skills, tone production, and right/left hand techniques. Students will be exposed to both large and small ensemble performances. Students are encouraged to participate in enrichment opportunities including private instruction and honors orchestras. Attendance at all concert performances is required and part of the class grade as covered in the Rockwood School District Attendance Procedure for Secondary Music Programs. Students must provide their own instrument and supplies. A limited number of instruments are available for students based on financial need.

Course Prerequisite

Fifth Grade Orchestra or evidence of equivalent training satisfactory to the instructor

Expected Course Outcomes

Demonstrates correct placement of the left hand.
Performs bowing techniques.
Applies concepts in independent practice.
Displays ensemble skills.
Identifies and performs music notation.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Semester
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Mixed Choir is a full year performance course designed to introduce fundamentals of music and the skills required for effective ensemble singing. Students will rehearse and perform level-appropriate two-part choral literature. Attendance at all performances is required and a part of the class grade as stated in the Rockwood School District Concert Performance Expectations document. The voicings for this choir are two-part and include Soprano and Alto. Baritone voicing may be utilized in Mixed Choir, as appropriate.

Course Prerequisite

Students may be asked to audition for placement in correct ensemble

Expected Course Outcomes

Demonstrate vocal performance techniques as it relates to posture,breathing, vocal production,tone, diction,articulation.
Sight-read grade level appropriate choral literature in various styles alone and with others.
Interpret and perform music using expression, such as dynamics, phrasing and style.
Demonstrate technical proficiency as it relates to rhythm, note accuracy, key signatures, time signatures and tempo.
Distinguish between quality and non-quality performances, identifying the elements of music to justify a response through listening and self-assessment.
Compose and notate melodies applying ensemble terminology and standard notation practice using pitches and rhythms learned in class.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Year
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Treble Choir is a full-year performance course designed to introduce fundamentals of music and the skills required for effective ensemble singing. Students will rehearse and perform level-appropriate two-part choral literature. Attendance at all performances is required and a part of the class grade as stated in the Rockwood School District Concert Performance Expectations document. The voicings for this choir are Soprano and Alto.

Course Prerequisite

Students may be asked to audition for placement in correct ensemble

Expected Course Outcomes

Demonstrate vocal performance techniques as it relates to posture,breathing, vocal production,tone, diction,articulation.
Sight-read grade level appropriate choral literature in various styles alone and with others.
Interpret and perform music using expression such as dynamics, phrasing and style.
Demonstrate technical proficiency as it relates to rhythm, note accuracy, key signatures, time signatures and tempo.
Distinguish between quality and non-quality performances, identifying the elements of music to justify a response through listening and self-assessment.
Compose and notate melodies applying ensemble terminology and standard notation practice using pitches and rhythms learned in class.

Exploratory

World Language

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Quarter
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

6th Grade Spanish is a quarter-long exploratory course designed to expose students to basic vocabulary on a variety of topics including, but not limited to: greetings/introductions, numbers, colors, body parts, animals, and food. Cultural topics students may explore are: holidays, traditions, history, art, and where German is spoken in the world.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Quarter
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

6th Grade French is a quarter-long exploratory course designed to expose students to basic vocabulary on a variety of topics including, but not limited to: greetings/introductions, numbers, colors, body parts, animals, and food. Cultural topics students may explore are: holidays, traditions, history, art, and where French is spoken in the world.

Course Details

Offered at	Rockwood South Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Quarter
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

6th Grade German is a quarter-long exploratory course designed to expose students to basic vocabulary on a variety of topics including, but not limited to: greetings/introductions, numbers, colors, body parts, animals, and food. Cultural topics students may explore are: holidays, traditions, history, art, and where German is spoken in the world.

Fine Arts

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Quarter
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Engage in a hands on experience where you’ll experiment with a variety of art materials that may include drawing, painting, mixed media, printmaking, sculpture, photography, digital media, and more. Be free to take risks in art making, explore new art processes, and discover creative ways to express your interest in art.

Expected Course Outcomes

Combine concepts collaboratively to generate innovative ideas for creating art.
Formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant content for creating art.
Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.
Design or redesign objects, places, or systems that meet the identified needs of diverse users.
Reflect on whether personal artwork conveys the intended meaning and revise accordingly.
Interpret art by distinguishing between relevant and non-relevant contextual information and analyzing subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.
Develop and apply relevant criteria to evaluate a work of art.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Quarter
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Be a unique and innovative thinker! Explore and find solutions to create original designs that connect your big ideas to real world experiences. Design processes may include use of technology, drafting, mixed media, choice-based methods, and more. Leave class as an empathetic, divergent thinker who takes risks and is ready for the creative economy.

Expected Course Outcomes

Combine concepts collaboratively to generate innovative ideas for creating art
Formulate an artistic investigation of personally relevant content for creating art.
Demonstrate openness in trying new ideas, materials, methods, and approaches in making works of art and design.
Design or redesign objects, places, or systems that meet the identified needs of diverse users..
Reflect on whether personal artwork conveys the intended meaning and revise accordingly.
Interpret art by distinguishing between relevant and non-relevant contextual information and analyzing subject matter, characteristics of form and structure, and use of media to identify ideas and mood conveyed.
Develop and apply relevant criteria to evaluate a work of art.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Quarter
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Through activities involving movement, improv, storytelling, voice, and performance, students will learn the basics of theatre and acting. Using their imaginations to make artistic choices, students will develop strategies to collaborate, memorize and problem solve. Evaluations are based primarily on performances/projects.

Expected Course Outcomes

Perform a drama/theatre work for an audience.
Use physical and vocal choices to create meaning in a drama/theatre work.
Evaluate drama/theatre work based on performance criteria.
Propose design ideas and create innovative solutions to design and technical problems that arise in a drama/theatre work.

Career and Technical Education

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Quarter
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

Dive into the digital world. Students will experience a variety of computer programs in this 9 week course. After a brief keyboarding review students will learn how to navigate in both a Microsoft Office and Google environment. Students will create digital presentations while learning basic formatting and design skills. Students will also produce a variety of multimedia products using video, audio and graphic design. The course concludes with project presentations.

Expected Course Outcomes

Use technology to enhance the effectiveness of communication.
Use various input technologies to enter and manipulate information appropriately.
Plan and employ effective research strategies to locate information and other resources for their intellectual or creative pursuits.
Understand the fundamental concepts of technology operations, demonstrate the ability to choose, use and troubleshoot current technologies and are able to transfer their knowledge to explore emerging technologies
Choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication.
Create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.
Publish or present content that customizes the message and medium for their intended audiences.
Communicate in a clear, complete, concise, correct, and courteous manner on personal and professional levels.
Use multimedia software to create media rich projects.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Quarter
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

This exploratory course for Sixth Grade students is designed to introduce students to the subject of Family and Consumer Sciences. Students will develop introductory food preparation skills while preparing simple recipes. Essential skills are focused on kitchen safety and sanitation, lab procedures, and measuring techniques. Construction of a creative sewing project exposes students to small sewing equipment, sewing machine parts and functions, sewing safety, and sewing terminology. All of the course activities will emphasize teamwork in an interactive environment.

Expected Course Outcomes

Demonstrate ability to use technology for fashion, apparel, and textile design.
Demonstrate basic skills for production alteration, repair, and recycling of textiles, fashion, and apparel.
Analyze conditions and practices that promote safe food handling.
Analyze safety and sanitation practices.
Evaluate the effect of nutrition on health, wellness and performance.
Demonstrate ability to select, store, prepare, and serve nutritious, aesthetically pleasing food and food product.
Apply communication skills in school, community, and workplace settings.
Demonstrate teamwork skills in school, community, and workplace settings.
Apply time management, organizational, and process skills to prioritize task and achieve goals.
Create an environment that encourages and respects the ideas, perspectives, and contributions of all group members.

Course Details

Offered at	LaSalle Springs Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Quarter
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

This is a hands-on activity class, which provides an opportunity for students to explore design concepts and problem-solving strategies as they create, construct, and build projects. This course will include the safe, proper use of various hand tools and machines as well as the correct procedures and measurements for the fabrication and completion of products.

Expected Course Outcomes

Demonstrate safe and proper use of equipment and materials.
Correctly operate and utilize hand tools in product completion.
Fabricate a project using hand tools in an appropriate fashion to cut, shape, sand, finish, assemble, and fasten.
Correctly measure objects within specific tolerances.
Identify the different types of units.
Identify the different types of measuring tools.
Make measurements with accuracy.
Identify the different types of materials from given samples.
Compare and contrast the physical properties of various materials used in the lab.
Select and use the most appropriate materials, tools, and procedures to construct various products.

Course Details

Offered at	Crestview Middle LaSalle Springs Middle Selvidge Middle Rockwood Valley Middle Rockwood South Middle Wildwood Middle
Grade Levels	6
Course Length	Quarter
Delivery Method	Traditional Seated

Course Description

In this course, students will explore various aspects of STEM. Students will learn the basics of 3D modeling and printing, use the design process to collaboratively solve problems through fun projects, and be introduced to computer programming through game design. This course provides a preview of future STEM opportunities available in 7th and 8th grade.

Expected Course Outcomes

Describe and/or analyze moments within a problem-solving process where persistence, iteration, and the positive role of failure played an important role in gaining understanding about a problem or unexpected observation.
Apply an iterative process to solve a problem or create an opportunity that can be justified.
Create a physical model or prototype.
Construct a computer-generated solid model.
Decompose problems and subproblems into parts to facilitate the design, implementation and review of programs.