St. Paul Lutheran School

Putting Faith in Education

· Christ centered environment

 

· High academic expectations

 

· In-depth class discussions

 

· Structured environment

 

· Christianity intertwined throughout the curriculum

 

· Christian acceptance and respect for each other

What your child can expect in 6th Grade at St. Paul

Sixth Grade Topics

 

Religion

· Old Testament History

· Confirmation

· Christian character education

· Real-world situational experiences and how to deal with them

            

Social Studies

· Study of world geography

· Climates, capitals, industries, economic activities, and major landforms of various countries within North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and Oceania

· In-depth study of geographical themes of location, place, movement, human/environment interaction, and region

· Illinois state constitution

 

Math

· Pre-Algebra course

· Graphing, statistics & probability,

· Fractions, decimals & percents,

· Geometric skills

· Variables & variable equations

· Mental math & estimation

· Measurement

· Problem solving strategies

· Technology in math

· Applications to real-world

· Highly successful completion of this course along with teacher’s approval allows a student to move immediately into algebra.

 

Language

· Grammar

· Parts of speech

· Usage

· Mechanics

· Punctuation

 

Literature

· Literary skills

· Reading comprehension

· Vocabulary

 

Science

· The properties of matter

· The states of matter

· Motion and forces

· Work, machines and energy

· Atoms and the periodic table

· Interactions of matter

· Electricity

· Human body; circulatory, respiratory, digestive and excretory systems

To Contact Us:

Phone: 815-562-6323

Fax: 815-561-8074

E-mail: stpaul@rochelle.net

6th Grade Teacher Mr. Andrew DeWitt

   

This is Mr. DeWitt’s 4th year teaching at St. Paul.  He graduated from Concordia University-Chicago in December 2007 with a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education.