ICSE Class 6 (Grade 6): Lessons and Notes

ICSE Class 6: Syllabus, notes and lessons.

Class 6 is the standard where subjects like Science and Social Studies get divided and you now have additional subjects such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History & Civics.

It can be a bit overwhelming for the students as they have more subjects to study from this year onwards.

So, it is important for the children to be regular with their studies, because otherwise, it will be too much for the child to cover just before the exams.

Many schools give worksheets to the students regularly and solving these worksheets regularly will ensure steady progress throughout the academic year.

However, not all schools give worksheets to the students, and even if they do, they may do it only for a few chapters, as many schools tend to rush towards the end of the term.

In that case, you may have to prepare your own concise notes for the chapters, which will help you revise effectively before the exams.

English

• Parts of Speech . Nouns . Verbs . Adjectives . Pronouns
• Articles . Tenses . Sentence . Adverbs . Vocabulary
• Clauses . Modal Verbs . Prepositions, Conjunction and Interjection
• Reported Speech . Contractions and question tags
• Writing Composition . Capital Letters . Prefixes . Suffix
• Comprehension . Punctuations

Mathematics

• Number System: Natural numbers, Hindu-Arabic system, International System, Comparison, Approximation
• Operation on Whole Numbers
• Integers: Negative numbers, Integers on number line, Operations on integers
• Fractions: Types of Fractions, Addition of Fraction, Subtraction of Fraction, Multiplication of Fractions, Division of Fractions, Simplification, Fractions on Number Line.
• Decimal Fractions: Like and unlike, Comparison, Decimals into Fractions and vice versa, operations on decimals.
• Playing with Numbers: Simplification, Factors and Multiples, Tests of Divisibility, Prime and Composite numbers, HCF/GCD, LCM, Powers and Roots
• Sets: Set and its objects, how to describe a set, important terms.
• Ratio and Proportion
• Unitary Method, Direct proportion or direct variation.
• Percentage, applications of percentage
• Speed, Time, Distance
• Algebra: Introduction, Operations on literals and numbers, algebraic equations, like and unlike, polynomials, substitution in polynomials, addition of algebraic expressions, subtraction of algebraic expressions.
• Simple Equations: Equations in one variable, linear equation, rule of transposition.
• Geometry: Introduction, point, line segment, line, ray, surface, plane, curves, polygons, plane figures, circle, interior and exterior of a closed figure.
• Angles: Angle, classification of angles.
• Triangles: Triangle, types of triangles, construction of triangles
• Quadrilaterals: Quadrilateral, types of quadrilaterals (trapezium, parallelogram), kite
• Circle: Terms associated with circle
• Polygons
• 3D Shapes: Solids, Cuboid, Cube, Right Prism, Pyramid, Various Types of Pyramids, Nets for three-dimensional shapes
• Linear Symmetry: Symmetric figures. Non-symmetric figures, symmetric point.
• Geometrical Constructions: draw a line segment, draw perpendicular bisector, construct an angle using protractor, construct an angle using compasses, bisect a given angle, draw a perpendicular, draw a circle.
• Competitive Exam

Physics

• Science in everyday Life . Measurement of Basic Elements . Force
• Motion . Simple Machines . Work and Energy
• Light . Magnetism

Chemistry

• Introduction to chemistry . Nature of Matter . Pure and Mixed Substances
• Water . Air . Changes in the World around us . Rocks and Minerals

Biology

• Life on Earth . Classification of Plants . Structure and Functions of a Plant
• Classification of Animals . Health and Hygiene . Our Environment

History & Civics

The Mesopotamian Civilization . The Egyptian Civilization . The Indus Valley Civilization . The Chinese Civilization . The Early Vedic period – Brahmavarta . The later Vedic Period – Aryavarta . Jainism and Buddhism . The rise of Magadha . The Mauryan Empire . The Mauryan Administration . The Gupta Empire.

Related: ICSE Class-6 History & Civics: Revision notes, questions and answers, worksheets

Geography

Representation of Geographical Features . Landforms of the Earth . Water Bodies . Agriculture . Minerals . How was coal formed? . How was petroleum formed? . North America – Location and Physical Features . Natural wonders of North America . Case Study – lumbering in Canada . South America – location and Physical Features . Famous footballers of South America . Case Study – life in the Amazon river Basin

Computers

Categories of Computers and Computer Languages
Categories of Computers . Some other Special Computers . Computer Languages . Language Translator . Working of Language Translators

File Management – Organisation of data
Copying and Moving files/folder from one drive to another drive, from a Pen Drive to a Computer. Sorting of files. Searching of files of folders. Using multiple applications. Different file formats.

Word Processor – Tabular Representation
Inserting a table. Entering data in a table. Selecting cells, rows, columns, and table. Adding and deleting rows. Adding and deleting columns. Changing column width and row height. Merging cells, splitting cells. Moving and resizing tables. Border and shading. Table styles. Aligning text in a table.

Word processor – Mail Merge
Mail Merge. Creating mail merge.

Presentation – Visual Effects
Slide views . Slide transition . Animation . Uses of Media Clips and Action Buttons . Adding sound . Adding action button . Importing data from other applications.

Scratch Programming – Game Creation
Starting Scratch . Choosing a Sprite . Developing a Sprite . Choosing a backdrop . Sprite’s direction . Understanding blocks . The pen block . Drawing a square . Drawing a polygon . Drawing patterns . Use of conditional control blocks . Use of Forever and Forever-if blocks . Creating some more programs.

HTML – An Introduction
Introducing HTML. HTML tags and attributes . Rules for writing HTML codes . HTML document structure . Creating and saving an HTML document . Basic HTML tags . Designing a web page . Editing an existing HTML document.

Online Surfing and Cyber Security
Internet services . Netiquettes . Cyber threats . Cyber security

Email – An Introduction
Emails . Emoticons and Acronyms

More on Internet
Google Drive . E-commerce . Blogging . Podcasting

Suggested Reading List for ICSE Class 6 English Literature Subject

• I am Malala – Malala Yousafzai
• Malgudi Days – R.K. Narayan
• Novels by Gerard Durrell
• Detective stories – Agatha Christie
• The Lost World – Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Happy Prince and Other Tales – Oscar Wilde
• Animal Farm – George Orwell
• Tuck Everlasting – Natalie Babbit
• Something Out of nothing
• Marie Curie and Radium – Carl Killough
• Ignited minds – APJ Kalam
• Graphic Novels: Tintin Series/ Asterix series
• Short Stories (O’ Henry/Leo Tolstoy/Rudyard Kipling/Mark Twain/Oscar Wilde/Earnest Hemingway/Roald Dhal/ and Indian writers like Tagore and Premchand)