Gifted and Talented classes emphasize language study, problem solving, advanced reading and research. Students produce critical and creative products. Reading Sixth grade students read widely in classical and contemporary selections and informational texts. Students are able to understand idioms, multiple meanings of words and analogies in text. Student distinguish denotative and connotative meanings of words and use word origins as an aid to understand historical influences on word meanings.
Students use study strategies and complete research reports and projects.
The goal of the reading program is to produce students who read with fluency and at high level of comprehension. The areas of emphasis include using ratios and adding and subtracting decimals and fractions. Students will be given opportunities to use models and manipulatives, collect and interpret data, and develop and describe proportional relationships using appropriate technology. Problem-solving, communication, connections of concepts both within and outside mathematics, and informal and formal reasoning will also be emphasized. Social Studies Students will investigate major physical and cultural forces that have shaped the world.