6th Grade

GATE Curriculum Night

St.Peter Lutheran Church and School
GATE Program is devoted to helping ALL
students learn, specifically advanced
students with unique learning styles,
talents, and abilities. We work to service
the whole child. We do this simultaneously
with our mission to glorify God by making
disciples of Jesus Christ.
GATE Weekly Schedule

● Combination of co-teaching with classroom teacher and Pull-Out in

GATE Room
○ ELA: Mrs. Nill will support Mrs. Wyrembelski every Monday &
Tuesday
○ Math: Mrs. Fitzgerald will support Mrs. McCullough every
Tuesday & Wednesday
Curriculum Specifics

Learn more throughout the year about the

units we are covering by visiting
http://stpetergate.weebly.com/gate-curriculu
m-specifics.html

See what students are doing each week by

checking out photos and information from us
on our Parent Announcement Page .
What you will see in Advanced Math this year...
● All 10 chapters of 6th Grade content standards (will move at
a quick pace)
● Additional 5 chapters of 7th Grade content standards (end of
year)
● More time to dig deeper with application & problem solving
within lesson

GOAL: complete remaining 7th grade chapters at the start of 7th

grade and then complete 8th grade pre-algebra standards to
prepare for Algebra in 8th grade
 What students will see in Advanced ELA
with Mrs. Nill Mondays & Tuesdays
● Mrs. Nill will be pushing in the ELA
classroom at the beginning of
units to support Mrs.
Wyrembelski. Then students will
be pulled twice a week to extend
their thinking, comprehension,
and application in ELA.
● The slides that follow show the progression
(and units) students have moved through
since beginning GATE.
● This year we will be focusing on the final two
units that help students to further their
abilities to reflect by using their critical
thinking skills they have learned.
● By the end of 6th grade it is our goal that they
will be able to use these skills in everything
they do today and every day to come.
 William & Mary Unit Progression
Reflecting on Literature, Ourselves, and
the World around them
➔ (Grades 1-2) A World of Wild Wacky Wonderful Words- Study of Language and why its
important in Literature, Our Own Understanding, and in the World around them.
➔ (Grades 1-2) Beyond Words - Dives deeper into the English Language and the importance of
word choice (figurative language, etc) in what students read, how they communicate with
others, and how it is part of the world around them.
➔ (Grade 2-3) Journeys and Destinations - This unit helps students begin to understand change
as a concept that is found when reading literature from beginning to end, change in our own
thinking as we get older and learn new things and new people, and the change we all gain from
the world around us including those in our classroom. It isn’t about the destination of finishing
a book it's about the journey it takes you on.
 William & Mary Unit Progression
Reflecting on Literature, Ourselves, and
the World around them
➔ (Grades 3-4) Explore, Discover, Reveal - Now that students understand that reading literature is about
the journey not the destination we begin to move into exploring our reading through our own lens and
the lens of our classmates to discover and reveal that each of us learns and explores the world in
different ways.
➔ (Grades 4-6) Perspectives (Writing Unit) - Using the knowledge as a reader from past units to apply
new perspective and understanding to writing a narrative.
➔ *(Grades 4-6) Literary Reflections - This unit begins to integrate all the strands of language arts by
focusing on the interaction with literature while enhancing reading comprehension and textual
analysis skills.
➔ *(Grades 4-6) Patterns of Change - The concept of cyclic patterns of change is the unifying theme of
this unit. Students are introduced to important approaches and ideas of literary review by using their
background knowledge of literature, their own personal experiences, and the world around them
through cycles in history, nature, and human life.
 Homework and Grades
Homework Grades
● Students are responsible for work their teacher ● Students will receive a Math/ELA grade from
provides while in the classroom. their classroom teacher based on grade level
● Homework will not be given from the GATE curriculum standards
classroom.