Sixth Grade
students will work on these skills and concepts
READING
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Expand listening, reading, and speaking
vocabulary
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Understand and use analogies
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Make inferences
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Expand and use dictionary skills
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Identify book parts
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Identify connotations of words
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Make predictions based on facts
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Identify author’s purpose
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Determine author’s point of view
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Draw conclusions from information given
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Recognize cause/effect relationships
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Use comparisons and contrasts
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Recognize various types of literature
classifications
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Apply appropriate strategy according to
purpose for reading identify main idea and
theme of a selection
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Recognize character development, setting, and plot in a story
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Analyze details
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Demonstrate skills used in understanding
charts, graphs, and maps
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Use context clues, prefixes, suffixes, and root words in word
recognition and meaning
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Demonstrate ability to summarize a selection
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Participate in Accelerated Reader program
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LANGUAGE ARTS
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Produce written work correctly, using end
punctuation
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Recognize and correctly use the eight parts of speech in producing clear
written communication
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Develop compositions that include an introduction, body, and conclusion
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Practice and apply basic rules of grammar to
writing and revising
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Practice and improve spelling skills
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Recognize and utilize persuasive techniques
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Analyze prefixes, root words, and suffixes for
meaning
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SOCIAL STUDIES
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Compare and contrast the four ancient civilizations of Egypt,
Mesopotamia, China, and India
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Recognize the differences and similarities between the four ancient
civilizations and Greece, Rome, and the Arabic Empires
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| Identify the causes and effects of European
feudalism
during the medieval period
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Understand the evolution of thought during the
Renaissance and Reformation
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| Identify the causes and effects of the Age of
Discovery and the Colonization Period
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| Recognize the causes and effects of both World Wars
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Compare and contrast the economic systems,
governments,
and geographies of North and South America
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MATH
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Solve
problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication,
and division of whole numbers,
fractions, decimals, and percents |
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Apply formulas in
solving problems
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Apply factors and
multiples in solving problems
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Apply
concepts of prime and composite numbers
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| Measure
length, capacity, and measurement of angles |
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| Apply ratios and
proportions to solve problems
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Determine the
probability of an event occurring
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| Apply the
concept of arithmetic mean to solving
problems |
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| Construct, read,
and interpret tables and graphs |
SCIENCE
PHYSICAL SCIENCE:
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Apply concepts used in determining the
location of objects in space
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Recognize characteristics of light and sound and how they are perceived
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Compare and contrast physical and chemical
properties
of matter
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BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE:
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Understand criteria used in the classification of
organisms
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Perform experiments to test hypotheses
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Recognize and apply components
of ecosystems
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EARTH SCIENCE:
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Understand and apply concepts of Earth’s natural phenomena, e.g.
ocean waves, earthquakes, volcanoes,
plate tectonics
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| Relate motion of Earth, moon, and tides
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TECHNOLOGY
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Be able to access and research information off the
Internet
for the purpose of reports
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Use Microsoft word processing to complete an
essay or research paper with specified instructions
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Be able to edit the text of an article by using under-lining, italics,
bold face, etc. Another example of this would be changing the size of the
text.
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Be able to access and successfully use Accelerated Reader software
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ART
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Recognize properties of light, its combinations,
and
its uses
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| Recognize properties of pigments, their
combinations
and uses
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Recognize techniques used by various artists
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Recognize and use structural elements in three-dimensional forms
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MUSIC
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Demonstrate an understanding of rhythmic elements,
including dotted and triplet notation
and time signature
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Recognize names of lines and spaces in bass clef
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Understand canon, theme, and variations
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Recognize orchestral and concert band sounds and individual instruments
by sight and sound
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Use musical terms, symbols, tempo markings, and key signatures (Certain
students will
continue formal string orchestra or band instruction
at this grade level.)
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Demonstrate good attitude, endurance, and coordination
Understand good sportsmanship
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Demonstrate a variety of strategies to succeed in sports
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Work cooperatively with group or partner to reach a goal shared by all
involved
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Use safe practices when doing activities
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Participate in activities to improve physical fitness
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