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Simple Steps for Sixth Grade
Simple Steps for Sixth Grade helps your child master math and language arts skills such as fractions, decimals, ratios, percents, integers, expressions, equations, geometry, statistics, grammar, punctuation, capitalization, usage, and sentence structure. A standards-based resource that simplifies key concepts for easy understanding, Simple Steps for Sixth Grade provides learners with easy-to-follow units, clear explanations, skill-reinforcing activities, and an answer key to check accuracy. By preparing students for today’s rigorous academic standards, this comprehensive resource is ideal for supporting classroom learning and enhancing home school curriculum. A unique workbook series that offers step-by-step guidance, Simple Steps breaks down essential concepts so that learners can develop a deep understanding of both math and ELA skills for improved academic performance. With Simple Steps for Sixth Grade, your child is one step closer to complete school success!
320 pages, Paperback
First published December 14, 2015
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March 14, 2016
Solid 6th Grade Supplement …
This book was reviewed as part of Amazon's Vine program which included a free copy of the book.
SIMPLE STEPS FOR SIXTH GRADE is the final volume of an excellent series of books aimed at providing step-by-step guides for math and language arts skills from grades 3 – 6.
This SIMPLE STEPS lesson book consists of 270 instructional pages divided equally, with 135 pages devoted each to math and language arts. The lesson book is well-organized with a comprehensive table of contest that makes finding specific topics quite easy.
MATH:
The math portion of the lesson book is divided into six specific math categories (chapters) that are broken down into sub-categories with simplified, but comprehensive lessons and practice questions for each and every sub-category:
1. Multiplication/Division
2. Ratios/Rates/Percentages
3. Number System/Integers
4. Expressions/Equations
5. Geometry
6. Statistics
The format for the series is the same as other SIMPLE STEPS grade-specific books: step-by-step instructions and examples illustrating each lesson using colors to identify key concepts and math terms. Following the introduction of each math concept, there are a series of practice questions to utilize/reinforce what is being taught. There is an answer key at the very back of the book that replicates each practice question page with the answers provided in red. The concepts are grade specific and the difficulty increases as the material covered in later chapters tend to build on knowledge learned from previous chapters. A review “test” that concludes each of the six chapters incorporates all the material covered in that particular chapter. The end of the math section offers a comprehensive/cumulative “test” that touches on every math concept covered in the book (all 6 math categories). I found the math section of the book to be challenging and an excellent supplement to my state’s 6th grade curriculum. The standard format of introducing and explaining concepts is easy for the parent/instructor to present, as well as easy for the student to understand. I like the book’s focus on traditional math methods that reinforce lessons taught in school. The practice questions do provide adequate space for the student to “show” his/her work.
LANGUAGE ARTS:
The 2nd part of the book is dedicated to language arts and, like the math portion, it is broken down into main categories (4) with sub-categories pertaining to each of the categories:
1. Parts of Speech
2. Sentences
3. Capitalization/Punctuation
4. Usage/Vocabulary/Spelling
The language arts lessons are presented in the same manner as the math lessons: key terms and concepts being assigned specific colors. The lessons are specific and easy to comprehend. I found this section of the lesson book to be quite informative as it touches on grammar rules that, if not understood early enough, can follow students through college and their professional lives (correct use of punctuation, capitalization, run-ons, fragmented sentences, etc.). Like the math section format, each of the four language arts chapters/categories offers a “test” and the language arts segment concludes with a comprehensive/cumulated “test” covering all language arts concepts covered in the book.
All pages in the book are perforated and can be pulled out (helpful considering your average 6th grader will have no problem locating the answer key in the back).
I am fortunate enough to have a wife who happens to be a middle school principal and she found SIMPLE STEPS FOR SIXTH GRADE to be an excellent supplemental resource for public school students. She specifically commented on the book’s thoroughness, its organization and how effective the lessons are presented. She considers this lesson book to be an excellent reinforcement tool.
This book was reviewed as part of Amazon's Vine program which included a free copy of the book.
SIMPLE STEPS FOR SIXTH GRADE is the final volume of an excellent series of books aimed at providing step-by-step guides for math and language arts skills from grades 3 – 6.
This SIMPLE STEPS lesson book consists of 270 instructional pages divided equally, with 135 pages devoted each to math and language arts. The lesson book is well-organized with a comprehensive table of contest that makes finding specific topics quite easy.
MATH:
The math portion of the lesson book is divided into six specific math categories (chapters) that are broken down into sub-categories with simplified, but comprehensive lessons and practice questions for each and every sub-category:
1. Multiplication/Division
2. Ratios/Rates/Percentages
3. Number System/Integers
4. Expressions/Equations
5. Geometry
6. Statistics
The format for the series is the same as other SIMPLE STEPS grade-specific books: step-by-step instructions and examples illustrating each lesson using colors to identify key concepts and math terms. Following the introduction of each math concept, there are a series of practice questions to utilize/reinforce what is being taught. There is an answer key at the very back of the book that replicates each practice question page with the answers provided in red. The concepts are grade specific and the difficulty increases as the material covered in later chapters tend to build on knowledge learned from previous chapters. A review “test” that concludes each of the six chapters incorporates all the material covered in that particular chapter. The end of the math section offers a comprehensive/cumulative “test” that touches on every math concept covered in the book (all 6 math categories). I found the math section of the book to be challenging and an excellent supplement to my state’s 6th grade curriculum. The standard format of introducing and explaining concepts is easy for the parent/instructor to present, as well as easy for the student to understand. I like the book’s focus on traditional math methods that reinforce lessons taught in school. The practice questions do provide adequate space for the student to “show” his/her work.
LANGUAGE ARTS:
The 2nd part of the book is dedicated to language arts and, like the math portion, it is broken down into main categories (4) with sub-categories pertaining to each of the categories:
1. Parts of Speech
2. Sentences
3. Capitalization/Punctuation
4. Usage/Vocabulary/Spelling
The language arts lessons are presented in the same manner as the math lessons: key terms and concepts being assigned specific colors. The lessons are specific and easy to comprehend. I found this section of the lesson book to be quite informative as it touches on grammar rules that, if not understood early enough, can follow students through college and their professional lives (correct use of punctuation, capitalization, run-ons, fragmented sentences, etc.). Like the math section format, each of the four language arts chapters/categories offers a “test” and the language arts segment concludes with a comprehensive/cumulated “test” covering all language arts concepts covered in the book.
All pages in the book are perforated and can be pulled out (helpful considering your average 6th grader will have no problem locating the answer key in the back).
I am fortunate enough to have a wife who happens to be a middle school principal and she found SIMPLE STEPS FOR SIXTH GRADE to be an excellent supplemental resource for public school students. She specifically commented on the book’s thoroughness, its organization and how effective the lessons are presented. She considers this lesson book to be an excellent reinforcement tool.
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