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English Language Arts (41)
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| Standard | Short Description | Open |
|---|---|---|
| ELA.6.RL.1 | Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RL.2 | Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RL.3 | Describe how a particular story's or drama's plot unfolds in a series of episodes as well as how the characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RL.4 | Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RL.5 | Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RL.6 | Explain how an author develops the point of view of the narrator or speaker in a text. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RL.7 | Compare and contrast the experience of reading a story, drama, or poem to listening to or viewing an audio, video, or live version of the text. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RL.9 | Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RL.10 | Read and comprehend literature, including stories, dramas, and poems, independently and proficiently at grade level. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RI.1 | Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RI.2 | Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RI.3 | Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RI.4 | Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RI.5 | Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RI.6 | Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and explain how it is conveyed in the text. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RI.7 | Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RI.8 | Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RI.9 | Compare and contrast one author's presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person). | Open Page |
| ELA.6.RI.10 | Read and comprehend informational texts, including history/social studies, science, and technical texts, independently and proficiently at grade level. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.W.1 | Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence, including an introduction, acknowledgment of alternate claims, organized reasons, and a concluding statement. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.W.2 | Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.W.3 | Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.W.4 | Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.W.5 | With some guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.W.6 | Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.W.7 | Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing inquiry when appropriate. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.W.8 | Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.W.9 | Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.W.10 | Write routinely over extended time frames and shorter time frames for a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.SL.1 | Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.SL.2 | Interpret information presented in diverse media and formats and explain how it contributes to a topic, text, or issue under study. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.SL.3 | Delineate a speaker's argument and specific claims, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.SL.4 | Present claims and findings, sequencing ideas logically and using pertinent descriptions, facts, and details to accentuate main ideas or themes; adapt speech to a variety of contexts. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.SL.5 | Include multimedia components (e.g., graphics, images, music, sound) and visual displays in presentations to clarify information. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.SL.6 | Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of formal English when indicated or appropriate. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.L.1 | Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.L.2 | Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.L.3 | Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.L.4 | Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content, choosing flexibly from an array of strategies. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.L.5 | Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings. | Open Page |
| ELA.6.L.6 | Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. | Open Page |
Mathematics (29)
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| Standard | Short Description | Open |
|---|---|---|
| MATH.6.RP.A.1 | Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.RP.A.2 | Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠ 0; use rate language in the context of a ratio relationship. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.RP.A.3 | Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, including tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number lines, and equations. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.NS.A.1 | Interpret and compute quotients of fractions and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions using visual fraction models and equations. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.NS.B.2 | Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.NS.B.3 | Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.NS.B.4 | Find the greatest common factor of two whole numbers less than or equal to 100 and the least common multiple of two whole numbers less than or equal to 12; use the distributive property to express a sum with a common factor. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.NS.C.5 | Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values; use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.NS.C.6 | Understand a rational number as a point on the number line; extend number line diagrams and coordinate axes to represent points on the line and in the plane with negative number coordinates. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.NS.C.7 | Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers; interpret absolute value as magnitude for positive or negative quantities in real-world situations. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.NS.C.8 | Solve real-world and mathematical problems by graphing points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane; include use of coordinates and absolute value to find distances. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.EE.A.1 | Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.EE.A.2 | Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers, including expressions with exponents and evaluating expressions at specific values of their variables. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.EE.A.3 | Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions (e.g., apply the distributive property to the expression 3(2 + x)). | Open Page |
| MATH.6.EE.A.4 | Identify when two expressions are equivalent (i.e., when the two expressions name the same number regardless of which value is substituted into them). | Open Page |
| MATH.6.EE.B.5 | Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question; use substitution to determine whether a given number makes an equation or inequality true. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.EE.B.6 | Use variables to represent numbers and write an expression when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can represent an unknown number. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.EE.B.7 | Solve real-world and mathematical problems by writing and solving equations of the form x + p = q and px = q for cases in which p, q, and x are all nonnegative rational numbers. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.EE.B.8 | Write an inequality of the form x > c or x < c to represent a constraint or condition in a real-world or mathematical problem; recognize that inequalities have infinitely many solutions. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.EE.C.9 | Use variables to represent two quantities in a real-world problem that change in relationship to one another; write an equation to express one quantity in terms of the other quantity. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.G.A.1 | Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles; apply these techniques in real-world problems. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.G.A.2 | Find the volume of a right rectangular prism with fractional edge lengths by packing it with unit cubes of the appropriate unit fraction edge lengths; apply the formula V = lwh. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.G.A.3 | Draw polygons in the coordinate plane given coordinates for the vertices; use coordinates to find the length of a side joining points with the same first or second coordinate. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.G.A.4 | Represent three-dimensional figures using nets made up of rectangles and triangles, and use the nets to find the surface area of these figures; apply to real-world problems. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.SP.A.1 | Recognize a statistical question as one that anticipates variability in the data related to the question and accounts for it in the answers. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.SP.A.2 | Understand that a set of data collected to answer a statistical question has a distribution which can be described by its center, spread, and overall shape. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.SP.A.3 | Recognize that a measure of center for a numerical data set summarizes all of its values with a single number, while a measure of variation describes how its values vary with a single number. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.SP.B.4 | Display numerical data in plots on a number line, including dot plots, histograms, and box plots. | Open Page |
| MATH.6.SP.B.5 | Summarize numerical data sets in relation to their context: report number of observations, describe the attribute measured, give quantitative measures of center and variability, and describe any overall pattern. | Open Page |
Science (12)
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| Standard | Short Description | Open |
|---|---|---|
| SCI.6.PS1.A | Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules and extended structures, and explain how the properties of matter relate to atomic and molecular structure. | Open Page |
| SCI.6.PS1.B | Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances before and after the substances interact to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred. | Open Page |
| SCI.6.PS2.A | Apply Newton's Third Law to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects. | Open Page |
| SCI.6.PS2.B | Plan an investigation to provide evidence that the change in an object's motion depends on the sum of the forces on the object and the mass of the object. | Open Page |
| SCI.6.PS3.A | Construct and interpret graphical displays of data to describe the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass of an object and to the speed of an object. | Open Page |
| SCI.6.LS1.A | Conduct an investigation to provide evidence that living things are made of cells; either one cell or many different numbers and types of cells. | Open Page |
| SCI.6.LS1.B | Develop and use a model to describe the function of a cell as a whole and ways the parts of cells contribute to the function. | Open Page |
| SCI.6.LS2.A | Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem. | Open Page |
| SCI.6.ESS1.A | Develop and use a model of the Earth-sun-moon system to describe the cyclic patterns of lunar phases, eclipses of the sun and moon, and seasons. | Open Page |
| SCI.6.ESS1.C | Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system. | Open Page |
| SCI.6.ESS2.C | Develop a model to describe the cycling of water through Earth's systems driven by energy from the sun and the force of gravity. | Open Page |
| SCI.6.ESS3.A | Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth's mineral, energy, and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes. | Open Page |
Social Studies (19)
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| Standard | Short Description | Open |
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| SS.6.E.6.A | Describe how scarcity, supply, and demand influenced economic decisions and trade in ancient world civilizations. | Open Page |
| SS.6.E.6.B | Explain how trade networks connected ancient world civilizations and affected their economic and cultural development. | Open Page |
| SS.6.E.6.C | Compare the economic systems and trade practices of various ancient world civilizations and evaluate their impact on growth and decline. | Open Page |
| SS.6.GS.A | Use geographic tools and data to analyze the physical and human characteristics of ancient world regions and civilizations. | Open Page |
| SS.6.GS.B | Explain how geographic features, including rivers, mountains, and climate, influenced the development and location of ancient world civilizations. | Open Page |
| SS.6.GS.C | Describe how people of ancient world civilizations adapted to and modified their environment to meet their needs and build societies. | Open Page |
| SS.6.GS.D | Explain patterns of human migration and cultural diffusion in the ancient world and their effects on the spread of ideas, beliefs, and technologies. | Open Page |
| SS.6.H.6.A | Analyze the development of early human societies from hunter-gatherer communities to settled agricultural civilizations. | Open Page |
| SS.6.H.6.B | Compare the political, social, economic, and cultural structures of major ancient world civilizations, including Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, Rome, India, and China. | Open Page |
| SS.6.H.6.C | Examine the lasting contributions of ancient world civilizations to art, science, philosophy, religion, governance, and architecture. | Open Page |
| SS.6.H.6.D | Trace the development of major world religions and belief systems and their influence on the culture, politics, and daily life of ancient civilizations. | Open Page |
| SS.6.PC.A | Compare the governmental structures and political systems of various ancient world civilizations, including monarchies, city-states, republics, and empires. | Open Page |
| SS.6.PC.B | Explain how the concepts of citizenship, rights, and responsibilities developed in ancient world societies, particularly in Greece and Rome. | Open Page |
| SS.6.PC.C | Analyze how laws and governance structures in ancient civilizations, including the Code of Hammurabi and Roman law, influenced later democratic and republican traditions. | Open Page |
| SS.6.TS.A | Develop and apply historical inquiry skills to investigate compelling questions about ancient world civilizations using primary and secondary sources. | Open Page |
| SS.6.TS.B | Analyze and evaluate the credibility, perspective, and relevance of primary and secondary sources related to ancient world history. | Open Page |
| SS.6.TS.C | Use maps, timelines, graphs, charts, and other social studies tools to interpret and communicate information about ancient world civilizations. | Open Page |
| SS.6.TS.D | Construct arguments and explanations about ancient world history using evidence from multiple sources and considering multiple perspectives. | Open Page |
| SS.6.TS.E | Communicate historical findings and conclusions about ancient world civilizations through writing, speaking, and multimedia presentations. | Open Page |