Students receive instruction in reading, writing, speaking, and listening in Literacy at Pea Ridge.  Each year students experience this instruction through the context of building background knowledge in social science and science. The more students know about more topics, the better they comprehend what they read and the more likely they are able to make connections beyond the text they are reading.

In Sixth Grade, we learn about the topics below.

Each grade level addresses learning in number sense, operations and algebraic thinking, numbers and operations, measurement and data, and geometry. Our students work to build a conceptual understanding in order to think mathematically.  Here you will find helpful resources for supporting your learner unit-by-unit. 

Students participate in learning in Art and Music each week. The Arkansas Fine Arts Academic Standards allow students to participate in the four artistic processes, both cognitive and physical, with which artists in every discipline learn and make art: creating, performing or presenting, responding, and connecting. These are the basis of the four domains that stretch across all disciplines, grade levels, and courses in the standards. For more information on grade level Arkansas standards for Visual Art and Music, click here.

Students participate in learning in Health and Physical Education each week. The Arkansas Health & Safety and Physical Education Standards provide opportunities for students to demonstrate competency in the following domains: Human Growth and Development • Healthy Skills and Relationships • Nutrition • Personal Health and Safety • Disease Prevention and Control • Mental and Emotional Health • Physical Competence • Knowledge and Understanding • Motivation and Confidence For more information on grade level Arkansas standards for Health and Physical Education, click here.