This course is designed to develop greater understanding of all reading genres and an increased interest in reading and sharing content. Through authentic writing, students will practice skills of literacy incorporating spelling, develop vocabulary in the Wordly Wise curriculum, and sharpen the mechanics in their writing. Students will practice reading strategies, write an autobiographical story, create a newspaper, present a persuasive speech, compare and contrast topics, respond to a novel, and research topics for informative writing. Additionally, there will be extensive poetry writing, journal writing, and word work with analogies. Books read will include: Where the Red Fern Grows; Christian Biographies; and Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry. One of the highlights of 6th grade ILA is our mock trial from the book Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry.

Math 6 emphasizes conceptual understanding, skill development, strategies for solving problems, attitudes toward math, and metacognition. It provides learning concepts and skills through visual lessons and teacher instruction. It provides reinforcement of the concepts and skills through practice, discussion, and activities. It allows opportunity for application of the concepts and skills with extensive problem solving practice and challenges. Application opportunities are also experienced in using each learned concept and skill to solving real-life situations.

The 6th grade curriculum, A World of Worldviews, introduces students to the essential components of all worldviews by laying the groundwork that will help them to interpret knowledge and build foundational beliefs and values from a Christian perspective. As students today face competing worldviews, this curriculum will help them to formulate a biblical perspective of the world and apply the biblical truths discovered and learned to their daily lives. This knowledge will help they learn how to defend God’s Word in a world where a person’s faith is often challenged. In Colossians 2:8, Paul warns believers “See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ.”  The depth of this curriculum helps students to develop a “cohesive Christian worldview through which they can interpret the world around them and respond biblically to it in their thinking and actions.”

This course explores the history and geography of the Old World. Students will study the ancient history and geography of the continents of Asia, Africa, Europe, and Australia. They will discover how the world today has been shaped by the history of the past. This will be accomplished through the art of note taking, class discussion, and the writing of one research paper.

The study of science will be approached from a Christian perspective with the utilization of scripture and biblical concepts infused throughout the curriculum. Students will learn to develop process skills, critical thinking skills, and scientific reasoning skills as they study units on earthquakes and volcanoes, weathering and erosion, natural resources, atoms and molecules, electricity and magnetism, motion and machines, and the immune system.

Legacy sixth graders attend different specials throughout the week. All of the children have art, band or choir along with computer technology, PE, music, and Legacy Period. Legacy Period is a time where they talk about the great foundational concepts of who they are in Christ. Using Neil Anderson’s curriculum, Stomping Out the Darkness, sixth graders are learning their value according to the truth in the Word.

Every spring, sixth graders experience two big events. They host a Celebration of Nations in the gymnasium that the entire school attends. They choose a nation and prepare a booth where they can teach classmates about the country they’ve studied. With music, native recipes, and Keynote presentations, each booth is an excellent tribute to a nation. Sixth graders also have an excellent opportunity to work at Pizza Ranch after learning about filling out job applications online, writing resumes, and learning interview skills. Sixth grade is a challenging but fun year at LCA.