Homeschool 6th Grade
Ages 11–12
Grade 6 replaces arithmetic with relationships: ratios, rates, variables and distributions. The child who keeps asking "what does this number mean?" wins the year.
Plan this yearEverything 6th Grade covers
The full scope and sequence, on the page. No signup to read it.
📖 Reading
Tracing an argument: claim, reasons, evidence
Separates what an author claims, why they say it, and what evidence supports it — and spots when a step is missing.
Citing evidence precisely
Quotes the exact words that support a point, and explains the inference between quote and claim.
Word choice, connotation and tone
Notices that words with similar meanings carry different feelings, and how that shapes a text.
✏️ Writing
The argument essay
Writes a thesis, supports it with evidence, addresses a counter-argument, and concludes.
Explaining something clearly
Writes an informative piece with clear organisation, defined terms and relevant examples.
Revising for a reader
Rereads as a reader rather than the writer, and cuts, reorders and sharpens accordingly.
🔢 Math
Ratios, rates and proportional reasoning
Uses ratio tables and unit rates to solve problems, and knows when a situation is proportional.
Percent as a ratio out of a hundred
Finds percentages, percent increase and decrease, and works backwards from a percentage to the whole.
Dividing fractions by fractions
Divides fraction by fraction and can explain what the answer means, not just apply the rule.
Negative numbers and the number line
Orders, adds and subtracts integers, and uses absolute value sensibly.
Expressions, variables and what a letter means
Writes and evaluates expressions with variables, and knows a letter stands for a number, not a label.
Solving equations by balancing
Solves one- and two-step equations by doing the same thing to both sides, and checks the answer.
Statistics: mean, median, spread and what a graph hides
Calculates mean, median and range, and chooses which measure describes a data set honestly.
Area, surface area and nets
Finds the area of triangles, parallelograms and composite shapes, and surface area from a net.
🔬 Science
Cells, organs and body systems
Explains how cells build tissues, organs and systems, and how two systems work together.
Energy, heat transfer and insulation
Distinguishes conduction, convection and radiation, and designs a fair test of insulation.
Earth, moon, sun and the seasons
Explains day and night, moon phases and seasons using a model, not a memorised list.
🌍 Social Studies
Ancient civilisations and why they rose where they did
Explains what early civilisations needed to develop, and compares two of them.
World geography, resources and trade
Explains how resources and location shape a country's economy and its relationships.
🧭 Study & Life Skills
Tracking work across five teachers
Keeps one system that captures every deadline from every subject, and checks it daily.
Asking a teacher for help
Emails or speaks to a teacher with a specific question, before the deadline.
See what 6th Grade actually looks like
Not a description of the year — the real thing. Below is a real week from the plan and two real lessons opened up, with every worksheet, game and off-screen task they point at. Everything is a live link.
Mon
Day 41
- Morning warm-up
- Reading: Find the claim
- Math: The number in the envelope
- Writing: Steelman the other side
- Brain break
- Science: Cell, tissue, organ, system
- Social Studies: Why beside a river?
- One place for everything
Tue
Day 42
- Morning warm-up
- Reading: Map the argument
- Math: Words into expressions
- Writing: Thesis plus two reasons
- Brain break
- Science: Follow the oxygen
- Life Skills: One place for everything
- Civilisation checklist
Wed
Day 43
- Morning warm-up
- Reading: Which reason is weakest?
- Math: Evaluate with substitution
- Writing: Answer the counter-argument
- Brain break
- Science: Pulse before and after
- Social Studies: Civilisation checklist
- Friday review
Thu
Day 44
- Morning warm-up
- Reading: What would change your mind?
- Math: a is not apples
- Writing: Conclusion that adds
- Brain break
- Science: Two systems working together
- Social Studies: What ended it?
- Friday review
Fri
Day 45
- Morning warm-up
- Reading: Argument in a video
- Math: Simplify by collecting
- Writing: Evidence, not assertion
- Brain break
- Science: Explain an illness
- Life Skills: Friday review
- Compare two civilisations
Generated by the same code that runs a real school day. A child at a different level in a subject gets that subject’s lessons instead — nothing else about the day changes.
Two real lessons, start to finish
📚 Reading · 38 min
Analyse one argument fully
Why this matters · 1 min
Every essay they write and every article they read from here runs on this structure. Seeing it in others' writing is what makes it possible in their own.
Learn it · 4 min
Separates what an author claims, why they say it, and what evidence supports it — and spots when a step is missing.
See it done · 3 min
Sentence CompletionAway from the screen · 12 min
Full analysis: claim, reasons, evidence, assumptions, weakest link, verdict.
Analyse one argument fullyShow what they know · 5 min
Writing Response
🔢 Math · 46 min
The thermometer
Why this matters · 1 min
Negatives are the first numbers with no physical objects behind them, and a shaky grip here breaks algebra permanently.
Learn it · 4 min
Orders, adds and subtracts integers, and uses absolute value sensibly.
See it done · 3 min
Geometry HuntOn their own · 8 min
Grade 6 Complete Math Curriculum Bundle — Place Value — DecimalsPlay it · 8 min
Order OperationsAway from the screen · 12 min
Order −8, −3, 0 and 5 on a vertical line, then work out temperature rises and falls.
The thermometerShow what they know · 5 min
Ratios Practice
Steps with nothing behind them are left out rather than stubbed. A “coming soon” tile in a paid homeschool product is worse than a shorter lesson.
How much of it there is
| Subject | Units | Lessons |
|---|---|---|
| 📚 Reading | 13 | 135 |
| ✏️ Writing | 7 | 72 |
| 🔢 Math | 10 | 96 |
| 🔬 Science | 6 | 52 |
| 🌍 Social Studies | 4 | 26 |
| 🧭 Life Skills | 2 | 21 |
| Total | 42 | 402 |
Counted from the plan itself. Subjects with fewer lessons have less material in the catalogue at this grade — we would rather show you that than pad the number.
What you will have in June
- Attendance — days and instructional hours, derived from work actually finished.
- Report cards — one a quarter, with the level each strand started and ended at.
- A portfolio — finished work, collected as it happens rather than assembled in a panic.
- A reading log — in the app and off it.
We keep records. We do not give legal advice and we never certify compliance — check with your state’s department of education.
When to ask for help
- Proportional reasoning doesn't develop — they still add when they should scale, all year.
- Cannot solve a two-step equation by June, even with the balance model.
- Reading is fluent but they cannot identify what an argument is arguing.
- Homework is regularly missing or late for organisational rather than academic reasons.
- Sudden drop in effort or mood alongside the school transition — worth taking seriously early rather than waiting.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many hours a day is 6th Grade homeschool?
We default to three hours a day across 180 school days, and you can set it anywhere from one to five. At this age Thirty minutes, and increasingly self-directed. Your most useful contribution shifts from teaching to asking them to explain it back to you.
What if my child is ahead or behind in one subject?
Each of the six strands has its own level. A child can do this grade in reading and the one below in maths without any of it being a workaround — that is the normal case here, not an exception.
What records will I have at the end of 6th Grade?
Attendance in days and instructional hours, a report card per quarter, a portfolio of finished work, and a reading log. From Grade 9 there is also a parent-issued transcript with credits and GPA.