Sixth Grade

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Subject Area/Grade and Related Education
BA in History Education and Archaeology: SUNY Brockport
MA in American History: SUNY Brockport
MS in Special Education: Western Governors University

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Sixth Grade News

Welcome to Sixth grade at St. Joe's!

My name is Mr. Fisher. In addition to being the 6th grade homeroom teacher I will be teaching 4th, 5th and 6th grade Social Studies as well as 6th grade English Language Arts.

    Welcome to 4th, 5th and 6th grade Social Studies! I am Mr. Fisher, and together we will explore multiple topics in Social Studies. All of my students, regardless of grade level, will become accomplished navigators based on the lessons in map skills that I will offer. 4th grade students will be studying Geography and various topics relating to the development of the United States with an emphasis on New York State History.  5th graders will look at the geography and economic, political and social development of the Western Hemisphere over time. 6th graders will study the geography and economic, political and social development of the Eastern Hemisphere over time focusing on major civilizations.  
     We will continue working on reading, writing, listening and speaking skills throughout the year. As a new resource, we have adopted a Ready 6 workbook that is aligned with the next generation learning standards for New York State. The time periods and settings of our novels in 6th grade Language Arts will be connected to our Social Studies lessons. We will begin the year reading Rick Riordan’s entertaining novel, Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief.  This novel fits in with our first topic on mythology as well as introduces Greek and Roman gods and goddesses which we will see in later Social Studies units. I know you will enjoy this book and we will travel this road of Greek gods and monsters together. 
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​A note from Mrs. Laska, our religion teacher: I am so excited to be teaching Religion this year to our second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth graders. My main goal as a Catechist is to encourage students to live their faith and become active members of the Catholic Church.

Our fourth, fifth, and sixth graders will be preparing to partake in our school liturgies for the first part of the school year. Our fourth grade will be studying ways in which God reveals himself to us through his son Jesus, the Scriptures, and His Holy Church. Fifth grade will be focusing on how we are called to worship God. In our first unit of study we will be learning about the Sacraments of Initiation, which include Baptism, Confirmation, and Eucharist. Finally, sixth grade will be learning about how God reveals his plan of love. This unit will focus on the importance of Scripture, Creation, and Sacred Tradition.

​All classes will spend time learning about the Saints and Holy Days throughout the year. I am looking forward to a great school year full of faith with the students.