Special Programs

Baylor's core curriculum provides an excellent foundation for students in arts, sciences, mathematics, and humanities. But one of the strengths of our curriculum is that these major academic disciplines are further enriched with a number of special programs that provide students with even more challenges and opportunities. In the sixth grade, some of these programs include:

Literacy Strategies
Literacy Strategies is a course designed to provide each child with the skills necessary to become an effective student, particularly in respect to reading. The majority of class time focuses on improving reading comprehension through teaching children how to identify main ideas, find supporting evidence, and make inferences and generalizations. Some class time is also spent covering basic study skills and basic library and research skills.

Wesley Woods
An important component to the sixth grade program is our annual class trip to Wesley Woods outdoor education center. The three day/two night October outing is late enough in the year to ensure the class has become acclimated to the Baylor community but early enough in the year to serve as a valuable venue for children to build relationships with their peers and teachers in a non-academic setting. While at the center, students and their teachers take part in a wide variety of activities focusing on building positive group dynamics and environmental education.

Field Trips
The sixth grade takes part in a variety of field trips over the course of the school year. The class as a whole takes part in two trips: in the fall to Wesley Woods and in the spring to either Atlanta or Nashville. Each advisory group also takes numerous trips off campus which usually focus on educational activities, community service or just having fun.

Reading & Book Clubs
Reading is an important component of the sixth grade program at Baylor. Students are expected to keep an accurate log as they read books towards the required 1,000 page per quarter reading goal, and our schedule has several independent reading times built in to allow students opportunities to read. In addition, the sixth grade community ( students, parents and teachers) take part in two Book Clubs over the course of the year. Book Clubs are wonderful opportunities for everyone to come together for a few hours and discuss a common book and celebrate literature together.