6th Grade Academic Prep - Math/Lang. & Lit.

Language and Literature: Students entering grade six will read one novel (The Cay, by Theodore Taylor) together this summer. We will annotate the book and maintain a journal, in which we analyze plot, setting, characters and their development, and theme. Using strategies from the Lucy Calkins’ Units of Reading and Writing, students will identify quotes to support a claim in a literary response paper. Principles of grammar (parts of speech, parts of a sentence, punctuation) will be reviewed or presented, as needed. The MLA format, used throughout Middle School and in most high schools, will be reinforced. This course provides excellent preparation for the rigorous reading and writing program at St. Mary’s. Students in the Academic Prep course will complete the summer reading requirement as part of the course.

Instructor: Adam Goehle

Mathematics: PRE-ALGEBRA, GRADE 6: This year, Grade 6 Math summer school, will be a four- week course for incoming Grade 6 students. During this four-week span, students will review concepts from the previous year, and will be introduced to some of the topics covered in Pre-Algebra. Students will work on solving problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of whole numbers, fractions, and decimals. Students will work on solving problems with all operations involving integers, fractions, and decimals. They will solve problems using the order of operations, and evaluate one-step equations. We will also incorporate rich tasks from the Youcubed Summer Program that promote positive math mindsets. There will also be time to focus on problems and concepts in the Pre-Algebra summer math packet in order to prepare for the upcoming school year.

Instructor: Cayden Adkison