Grade 6
2024 - 2025
Incoming 11.5 - 12.5 year old
The curriculum of the this pod offers support and nourishment for the adolescent child experiencing their twelve-year-change by offering students examples of order created from chaos, and harmony from disharmony. Observation is emphasized as a balance to the natural pull of asserting one’s own judgment and opinion. They are embarking on the self-consciousness of puberty, which comes with an onset of new thinking and a connection between their inner experiences and dialogue with the outer world.
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Here is some of the content that make up the daily rhythm of our Grey Wolves Pod:​
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Advanced Grammar
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Spelling
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Reading
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Expository, Descriptive, and Narrative writing
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Poems
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Recitation
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Composition: Business Letters
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Independent projects and reports
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Keyboarding
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Business Math
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Percentages, decimals, fractions and graphing
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Pre-Alegebra
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Geometrical Drawings
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Physics (Optics, Acoustics, Heat, Magnetism)
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Geology
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Astronomy
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Ancient Rome
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Medieval Europe and the Crusades
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Islam
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Medieval games
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Agriculture and Gardening
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World Geography (flags of the world)
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Cyber Civics
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Health
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Drama
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Singing: Two- and three-part choral singing
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Orchestra
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Handwork: Woodworking & Knitting
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Charcoal drawing
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Perspective drawing​
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Foreign Language
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Class Play