I am new to homeschooling and not sure how to create a curriculum for my child going into the sixth grade this fall. Where can I find info on what exactly NY requires of each subject to be taught?
You ask a really good question. Creating and designing a curriculum for a child is very important, and there is no easy answer. Personally, I find the NYS curriculum lacking. I see most kids in public schools not doing too well academically, and they are typically two years behind their peers in public schools in European countries. The NYS Dept of Education has what you seek. You need to click on a few buttons, but it is all there. For example, here is the Language Arts Curriculum. Download the file and print out info on grades K-12. After you have looked at a NYS sixth grade curriculum, please consider that relying on grade level can be a slippery slope towards a weak education. In public schools they must teach to the middle, or even to the lowest level of a given class or group of kids. But none of us are in the middle in every subject. Most of us are ahead in some areas and behind in others. Human beings are actually born like this, all with different strengths and weaknesses. You
