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Our 4th and 5th grade students use the ESS Grammar program early in the year before the Basic Skills test. The Grammar program is the first software the teachers use in the fall. It offers comprehensive tutorials, practice and review of 60 main grammar rules. The students are very motivated to...

Sharon Stiles, Library Media Specialist
Kittrell Elementary, Waterloo, Iowa

Programs for Sixth Grade

Reading/Language Arts

Vocabulary Builder Grade 6

This program teaches over 500 grade appropriate vocabulary words using hundreds of activities, including 60 activities to teach 35 sets of homophones.

Spell Master Grade 6

Teaches more than 500 grade 6 spelling words as well as grade-appropriate spelling rules. There is also a section to teach 21 sets of homonyms for grade 6.

Spelling Stumpers Grades 5 to 9

Teaches the 450 most frequently misspelled words from grades 5 to 9. The program teaches grade-appropriate spelling rules with follow-up activities.

Reading Comprehension Level 6

Provides students at a grade 6-7 reading level with the comprehension, vocabulary and language skills essential to their success.

African-American Superstars

This program includes interesting biographies of important historical and contemporary cultural figures to build skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary and language. It is appropriate for students reading at the grades 4-6 levels and for remedial readers in grades 7-10. Some of the individuals covered in this program include: Will Smith, Muhammad Ali, Alicia Keys, Martin Luther King Jr., and Condoleezza Rice.

Hispanic-American Superstars

This program includes interesting biographies of important historical and contemporary cultural figures to build skills in reading comprehension, vocabulary and language. It is appropriate for students reading at the grades 4-6 levels and for remedial readers in grades 7-10. Among the people included in this program are: Carlos Santana, Cesar Chavez, Jennifer Lopez, Alex Rodriguez, and Ellen Eochoa.

High-Low Reader 2+

Interesting yet easy to read, fully illustrated stories for older students reading at a grade 2 - 3 level. This program is designed to encourage reading and help struggling readers.

High-Low Reader 3

Interesting yet easy to read, fully illustrated stories for older students reading at a grade 2.5 - 3.5 level. The program is designed to encourage reading and help struggling readers.

High-Low Reader 3+

Interesting yet easy to read, fully illustrated stories for older students reading at a grade 3 - 4 level. This program is designed to encourage reading and help struggling readers.

High-Low Reader 4

Interesting yet easy to read, fully illustrated stories for older students reading at a grade 3.5 - 4.5 level. This program is designed to encourage reading and help struggling readers.

High-Low Reader 4+

Interesting yet easy to read, fully illustrated stories for older students reading at a grade 4 - 5 level. This program is designed to encourage reading and help struggling readers.

Mathematics

Number Concepts Grade 6

Understanding place value, rounding, skip counting, recognizing large numbers, working with decimals, fractions and problem solving are among the skills covered in this grade 6 math program. Rules and examples are provided to introduce new concepts.

Math Operations Grade 6

In this program students will utilize auditory and visual prompts to develop skills in the basic operations at the grade 6 level. They will also develop comprehension and problem solving skills with interesting real world problems.

Mad Minute Math Addition & Subtraction

This fast paced remedial math program is designed to make students proficient in basic addition and subtraction facts in as little as 10 minutes per day.

Mad Minute Math Multiplication & Division

This fast paced remedial math program is designed to make students proficient in basic multiplication and division facts in as little as 10 minutes per day:

Geography

Map & Globe Skills

Designed for students in grades 3 to 6, Map & Globe Skills introduces the basic concepts of maps and map reading.

American Geography

This program provides students in grades 3 to 6 with a comprehensive introduction to the political and natural geography of the United States. Students are introduced to these concepts through a series of compelling activities.

Canadian Geography

This program introduces students in grades 3 to 6 to the major features of the political and natural geography of Canada.

World Geography

This program offers a comprehensive introduction to the major features of global political and physical geography to students in grades 3 to 6.

Language Learning

School Stories

Designed to teach vocabulary and language concepts around the themes of school, the classroom and the playground.

Assessment

Diagnostic Spelling Test

This test can be administered to groups or individuals and is designed to provide teachers with a practical means of assessing students' spelling abilities.

Graded Word Recognition Test

This test provides an accurate and reliable measurement of reading and word recognition ability up to the end of grade 8.

Graded Spelling Test

This is a test of written spelling ability, providing an accurate spelling grade level up to the end of grade 8.