6th grade New York curriculum
What 6th grade students practice in Gradelings, unit by unit, matched to the New York State Learning Standards. Tap any unit to see what it covers and try sample questions.
Math
- Facts & FactorsFacts, primes, GCF and LCM
- Mixed Numbers & RatiosImproper fractions and ratios
- Decimal × and ÷Multiply and divide decimals
- Percents & BudgetsDiscounts, deals and saving
- Patterns & GraphsRules, tables and line graphs
- EquationsOrder of operations, solve for n
- Perimeter & AreaTriangles, parallelograms, trapezoids
- Volume & CapacityCubes, liters and milliliters
- ProbabilityTheoretical and experimental chance
- Integers & DecimalsNegatives, thousandths and rounding
- Algebra MovesMonomials and inequalities
- Data & GraphsHistograms, range and line graphs
- Powers and Common FactorsExponents and prime factorization
- Dividing FractionsHow many fit?
- Four QuadrantsPoints with negative coordinates
- Unit RatesPrice per item, miles per hour
- Nets & Surface AreaUnfold a box
- Samples & PopulationsRandom samples and estimates
- Long DivisionDivide big numbers step by step
- Perfect Squares & CubesBuild squares and cubes
- Center, Spread & ShapeDescribe a set of data
English Language Arts(“Language Arts” in the app)
- Point of ViewWho is telling the story?
- Connotation & ToneWord choice changes meaning
- Make Your CaseClaims, evidence and counterarguments
- AgreementSubjects, verbs and pronouns match
- Sentence RepairFragments, run-ons and comma splices
- Commas & ClausesClauses, sentence types and commas
- Roots & AnalogiesGreek and Latin word parts
- Punctuation PowerColons, scripts and transitions
- Text Forms & FeaturesPatterns, scripts and visuals
- Check the SourceCredible sources, AI tools and citing
- Media TechniquesHow messages persuade and why we react
- Spelling: Endings and Sound-Alikes-ance or -ence, doubling and homophones
- Plan & Organize WritingChoose a topic, plan, and organize ideas in paragraphs.
- Media, Bias & DiversityNotice how texts show people, and how words, pictures and sound work together.
- Judge and Compare TextsCriteria for quality, and how culture, place and era shape a text.
- Read Closely: Evidence, Theme and ChangeCite evidence, trace a theme, summarize and follow how characters and ideas develop.
- Stories, Responses and EvidenceNarrative technique, creative responses and using evidence to analyze and reflect.
Science
- Body SystemsNerves, hormones, kidneys and more
- Mixtures & SolutionsMix it, dissolve it, separate it
- Our SensesEyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin.
- Cells: Life's Building BlocksAll living things are made of cells.
- Thermal Energy & InsulationHeat flow, temperature and keeping things warm or cold.
- Work, Energy & EfficiencyForce, distance and wasted energy
- Weather SystemsAir masses, fronts and the water cycle.
- Climate & Climate ChangeWhat shapes climate, and why Earth is warming.
- Growing & ReproducingFlowers, nests, genes, sunlight and copies of parents.
- Engineering DesignDefine the problem, test ideas, improve the design.
Social Studies
- Time & EvidenceBCE and CE, artifacts and sources
- First FarmersFrom hunting to farming villages
- Mesopotamia & EgyptThe first river valley civilizations
- Ancient India & ChinaDynasties, beliefs and inventions
- World BeliefsOrigins of major belief systems
- Greece & RomeDemocracy, republic and law
- Rome's Fall & ByzantiumFrom Rome to Constantinople
- Medieval EuropeFeudalism, towns and the Black Death
- The Islamic WorldScholars, cities and empires
- Trade Routes & BeliefsSilk Road, religions and ideas
- Trade NetworksSilk Road, barter and coins
- The Eastern Hemisphere TodayContinents, regions, rivers and climates
- Classical China & IndiaQin, Han, Maurya and Gupta
- The Mediterranean WorldByzantium, the caliphates and the Crusades
- Mongols & TravelersThe Mongol Empire, great journeys and the Black Death
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