Sixth Grade
All Subject Areas
Khan Academy
Khan Academy offers practice exercises, instructional videos, and a personalized learning dashboard that empower learners to study at their own pace in and outside of the classroom. We tackle math, science, computer programming, history, art history, economics, and more. Our math missions guide learners from kindergarten to calculus using state-of-the-art, adaptive technology that identifies strengths and learning gaps.
https://www.khanacademy.org/login
Mr. Nussbaum
Featuring over 3,500 content pages, MrNussbaum.com is one of the most popular destinations on the internet for parents, homeschoolers, teachers, and students. It was created by Greg Nussbaum, a Virginia public school teacher with experience teaching 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade classrooms.
http://mrnussbaum.com/
Reading and Language Arts
Lexia Reading
Lexia Reading is aligned to the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy for grades K–5.
http://www.lexiacore5.com/
Open Court Resources
A collection of links to complement unit themes for 5th grade.
http://www.opencourtresources.com/ocr/grade6/index.html
New York Times Word of the Day
Part of New York Times Learning Network, a free service for students, parents and teachers.
http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/category/word-of-the-day/
GameGoo
Educational Games – Earobics provides a research based, comprehensive reading intervention program that helps improve reading proficiency, reading skills, and reading comprehension.
http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Typing Test
Test your skills here
http://www.typingtest.com/index-v4b.html?utm_expid=9515360-20.50uztAVqRu6k-1qlW7wunQ.4
Typing Web
TypingWeb is a free online typing tutor for typists of all skill levels. TypingWeb’s free Teacher Portal also allows schools to utilize TypingWeb in the classroom.
http://www.typingweb.com/
Information & Technology Skills For Student Success
Big6 is a six-stage model to help anyone solve problems or make decisions by using information. Some call it information literacy, information communication, or ICT skills, or a process, but we call it the Big6. Using the Big6 information literacy process, you will identify information research goals, seek, use, and assemble relevant, credible information, then to reflect— is the final product effective and was my process efficient. The Big6 information literacy process is completely transferable to any grade level, subject area, or workplace. Big6, state and national instructional standards, and your curriculum all work together hand-in-hand.
http://big6.com/pages/free-stuff.php
Sacramento Public Library
Look up Accelerated Book Titles that Herburger has tests for and Bookflix for animated stories.
http://www.saclibrary.org
Mathematics
Khan Academy
A library of videos which cover K-12 math, science topics such as biology, chemistry, and physics, and even reaches into the humanities with playlists on finance and history. Each video is a digestible chunk, approximately 10 minutes long, and especially purposed for viewing on the computer.
http://www.khanacademy.org/about
GO Math!
The first K-6 program written to align with the Common Core. With GO Math! you will hit the ground running and have everything you need to learn the Common Core Standards.
https://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePC/start.do
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Grade-level appropriate resources and activities reviewed by NCTM members. Includes cross-curricular connections.
http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=7542
AAA Math
Features a comprehensive set of interactive arithmetic lessons. Unlimited practice is available on each topic which allows thorough mastery of the concepts
http://www.aaastudy.com/grade6.htm
Math Standards
A collection of math activities starting ranging from Number & Operations to Data Analysis.
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/skills_6th_math_new.htm
Social Studies
SCORE History/Social Science
A collection of resource links arranged by state content standards.
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/resources/grades/?g=6
CNN’s Student News
Provides news for students with cross-curricular ideas are available for all subject areas.
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/
Biography.com
Explore Bio.com, your source for true stories about notable people. Watch full episodes, read exclusive biographies and discover the unexpected ways you’re connected to your favorite celebrities.
http://www.biography.com/
Ancient Civilizations – How they Collapse
Explore the fall of civilizations through four examples: the ancient Maya, Mesopotamia, the Anasazi, and the medieval African empires of Mali and Songhai. Learn about important concepts in archeology such as interpreting evidence and dating artifacts. In a web-based activity, search for clues to what happened at the Maya center of Copan.
http://www.learner.org/interactives/collapse/index.html
Ancient Egypt – Pyramids
Explore the pyramids of ancient Egypt through diagrams, photos, and facts; plus get related links, kids content, news stories, and more.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/index.html
Hieroglyphs – Egyptian
Introduction to Egyptian hieroglyphic writing and numbering, with translators for numbers and fractions.
http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/index.html
Science
Scott Foresman
Resources for units of study on Life Science, Earth Science, Physical Science and the Human Body.
http://www.sfscience.com/english/grade_6/index.htm
Digital Citizenship/Cyber Safety/Cyber Ethics
SafeKids Quiz
Online quiz to test knowledge of how to safely surf the web.
http://www.safekids.com/quiz/index.html
NetSmartz
An interactive, educational safety resource from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children® (NCMEC) and Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) for children aged 5 to 17, parents, guardians, educators, and law enforcement that uses age-appropriate, 3-D activities to teach children how to stay safer on the Internet.
http://www.netsmartzkids.org/indexFL.htm
Cyberbullying
Provides background on cyberbullying, with tips for combating cyberbullying.
http://www.mcgruff.org/#/Advice
Cyberbullying
Common Sense Media provides tips for standing up to cyberbullying.
http://www.commonsensemedia.org/cyberbullying
Cyberbee’s Guide to Copyright Law
Provides quick answers to copyright law basics for kids.
http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.swf
Copyright Kids!
Online quiz on copyright law, complete with a printout certificate of successful completion.
http://www.copyrightkids.org/quizframes.htm
Yasmin’s Computer
Growing With Technology. Learn different terminology associated with a computer
http://www.growing.course.com/level_5/parts/index.html