How to read this page
Prince Edward Island publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Prince Edward Island, that's Mathematics, Grade 6 — 4 units, 30 skills.
Shape and Space
- Angles in the environment
- Angle sums of triangles and quadrilaterals
See the full Mathematics, Grade 6 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In Prince Edward Island, that's English Language Arts, Grade 6 — 3 units, 49 skills.
Speaking and Listening
- Using active listening strategies
- Using specialized vocabulary for purpose and audience
- Planning and delivering a presentation
Reading and Viewing
- Activating prior knowledge before reading
- Identifying elements of fantasy and short fiction
- Justifying opinions across texts
Writing and Representing
- Determining purpose and audience
- Writing fiction and personal narratives
- Revising for content, sentence variety, and word choice
See the full English Language Arts, Grade 6 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Prince Edward Island, that's Science, Grade 6 — 5 units, 24 skills.
Diversity of Living Things
- Classifying living things
- Human impact on biodiversity
Solar System
- Astronomy across cultures
- Components of the solar system
Electricity and Circuits
- The dangers of electricity
- Static electricity
See the full Science, Grade 6 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
French this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Prince Edward Island, that's Core French, Grade 6 — 3 units, 14 skills.
La production orale et l'ecoute
- Active listening strategies
- Strategies for speaking clearly
La lecture et le visionnement
- Reading strategies to build meaning
- Reading aloud with expression and fluency
See the full Core French, Grade 6 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 6 in Prince Edward Island?
Prince Edward Island's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 6 — 126 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers number and patterns and relations; English Language Arts covers speaking and listening and reading and viewing; Science covers diversity of living things and solar system. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Prince Edward Island curriculum?
It's built from Prince Edward Island's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.
My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?
That's normal — every skill on this page is one most kids wobble on at first. MapleMind teaches any of them one-on-one: a short lesson in plain words, a worked example, then solving together. It's free to start, on any device, in 14 languages.
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MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.
Social Studies this year
Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In Prince Edward Island, that's Social Studies, Grade 6 — 4 units, 9 skills.
Maps and Cultural Regions
- Continents, oceans, and the parts of a map
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Culture in PEI
- The Island's peoples and their cultural traditions
+ 1 more skill in this unit →Changes in PEI Over Time
- Travel, political decisions, and economic activities
+ 2 more skills in this unit →Human Rights
- Rights, responsibilities, and the documents that protect them
+ 1 more skill in this unit →See the full Social Studies, Grade 6 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →