2021-22 Middle School Course Description Guide


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West Chester Area School District 2021-22 Middle School Course Description Guide by Grade


6th Grade Academic Courses Language Arts - English (6th Grade)


All sixth grade English classes include the study of a variety of texts: novels, poetry, short stories, drama, and nonfiction, which includes speeches, biographies,


Integrating reading, speaking, listening, writing, and viewing


autobiographies skills


and effective communication. Students also study grammar, spelling and vocabulary according to a grade level scope and sequence.


The specific data points that middle school principals will consider for placement into sixth grade reading and English courses are as follows: teacher recommendation, historical and current PSSA performance in reading and writing, and fifth grade reading and writing report card grades. Principals may also consider additional data points that may be available for individual students.


English 6 Accelerated Honors


This course is recommended for avid readers, advanced writers, critical thinkers and those who have a passion for Language Arts. This class teaches students to analyze, explain, and evaluate elements of literature and write at an accelerated pace.


English 6 Honors


This class teaches students to analyze, explain, and evaluate elements of literature and writing at a challenging pace.


English 6 Grade Level


This class teaches students to explain, evaluate, and analyze elements of literature and writing at a continuous pace.


and editorials. encourages critical thinking Language Arts - Reading (6th Grade)


Reading Through Time 6 Honors This course is for self-directed students who apply advanced reading strategies independently across all content areas.


Reading Through Time 6 Grade Level


This course is for students who need additional instruction and practice in developing reading skills and strategies in all content areas.


Reading Plus 6 Reading


Plus is designed to provide intense,


formal reading intervention by a reading specialist. Students who are required to take this course will be selected based on need as determined by multiple criteria. This course


replaces World Cultures and


Geography. Mathematics (6th Grade)


All


sixth grade Math classes study content as outlined by the Pennsylvania Core Assessment Anchors and Eligible Content.


includes: Positive & Negative Numbers and the Number Line,


Fractions & Decimals, Tendencies.


Polygons, Surface Area & Volume, Statistics, and Measures of Central


Plane, Area of Instruction


focuses on the progression of mathematics from concrete to pictorial to abstract.


The specific data points that middle school principals will consider for placement into sixth grade math courses are as follows: teacher recommendation, historical and current PSSA performance in math, and fifth grade math grades. Furthermore, all students will take the Orleans Hanna Algebra Prognosis Test in the spring of their fifth grade


Standards, This


Ratios,


Rates, Percent, Algebraic Expressions, Equations & Inequalities, The Coordinate


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