Sixth Grade Curriculum
ALL CURRICULUM DOCUMENTS ARE ACTIVE DRAFTS
Literacy
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Prioritized Standards:
6.RL.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text
6.RI.1 Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inference drawn from the text
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6.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone)
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6.RL.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language evokes a sense of time and place; how it sets a formal or informal tone)
6.RI.4 Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meaning
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 a range of strategies
6.L.4.A Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase
6.L.4.B Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible)
6.L.4.C Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech
6.L.4.D Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary)
6.L.5 Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings
6.L.5.A Interpret figures of speech (e.g., personification) in context
6.L.5.B Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words
6.L.5.C Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty)
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6.W.1.B Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text
6.W.7 Conduct short research projects to answer a question, drawing on several sources and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate
6.W.8 Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources; assess the credibility of each source; and quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism and providing basic bibliographic information for sources
6.W.9 Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research
6.SL.1.D Review the key ideas expressed and demonstrate understanding of multiple perspectives through reflection and paraphrasing
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6.W.1.A Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly
6.W.1.E Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the argument presented
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
6.W.2.A Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., heading), graphics (e.g., charts, tables) and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension
6.W.2.B Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples
6.W.2.F Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from the information and explanation presented
6.W.3.A Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or character; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically
6.W.3.E Provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated experiences or events
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6.W.1 Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence
6.W.1.B Support claim(s) with clear reason and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text
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6.W.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences
6.W.3.A Engage and orient the reader by establishing a context and introducing a narrator and/or character; organize an event sequence that unfolds naturally and logically
6.W.3.B Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, and description, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters
6.W.3.C Use a variety of transition words, phrases, and clauses to convey sequence and signal shifts from one time frame or setting to another
6.W.3.D Use precise words and phrases, relevant descriptive details, and sensory language to convey experiences and events
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6.W.10 Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) food a range of discipline-specific tasks, purposes, and audiences
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6.W.1.C Use words, phrases, and clauses to clarify the relationship among claim(s) and reasons
6.W.1.D Establish and maintain a formal style
6.W.2.C Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationship among ideas and concepts
6.W.2.D Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain a topic
6.W.2.E Establish and maintain a formal style
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
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6.L.1.A Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case (subjective, objective, possessive)
6.L.1.B Use intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves)
6.L.1.C Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person
6.L.1.D Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear and ambiguous antecedents)
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MSU.6.DR.1 Proofreading for spelling, punctuation, and grammar with an emphasis on correct use of modifiers (e.g., finding and correcting modifier errors by identifying nouns and verbs and examining their modifiers)
MSU.6.S.1 Correctly spell high-frequency but commonly misspelled words (e.g., spelling “judgment”)
MSU.6.S.2 Use less common roots to spell words (e.g., using the root “ann” to spell “annual”)
MSU.6.S.3 Use less common suffixes to spell words (e.g., using “des” and “ment”)
MSU.6.S.4 Use less common prefixes to spell words (e.g., using “dis” and “ad”)
MSU.6.LC.2 Using one tense consistently throughout a piece (e.g., explaining and exemplifying when it is appropriate to stay in one tense)
MSU.6.LC.3 Correctly using commonly misused words (e.g., correctly using its/it’s, there/their/they’re, your/you’re, to/too/two, can/may, bring/takee, rise/raise, learn/teach, stationary/stationery, who’s/whose)
Social Studies
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Coordinates of Location and Comparing & Contrasting locations How does location affect culture & the environment?
Looking at Historical Events & People of North America through multiple perspectives
What has influenced the shaping of political North America?
3US Government & Creating Own Bill w/purpose of solving a public problem
What is a public problem that I can propose and create a solution for?
Latin American Countries resources & economic factors
How do economic factors affect the well being of individuals, businesses, and society?
Elements of Culture & creating a new culture
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D2.Geo.2.6-8. Construct maps to represent and explain the spatial patterns of cultural and environmental characteristics.
D2.His.1.6-8. Explain how and why perspectives of people have changed over time & D2.His.2.6-8. Explain multiple causes and effects of events and developments in the past.
D2.Civ.12.6-8. Assess specific rules and laws (both actual and proposed) as means of addressing public problems.
D2.Eco.1.6-8. Explain how economic decisions affect the well-being of individuals,businesses, and society
D2.Geo.6.6-8. Explain how the physical and human characteristics of places and regions are connected to human identities and cultures.
H3- change, continuity & context
Science
Math
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6.NS.C.5 Understand that positive and negative numbers are used together to describe quantities having opposite directions or values (e.g., temperature above/below zero, elevation above/below sea level, credits/debits, positive/negative electric charge); use positive and negative numbers to represent quantities in real-world contexts, explaining the meaning of 0 in each situation.
*6.NS.C.6 Understand a rational number as a point on the number line. Extend number line diagrams and coordinate axes familiar from previous grades to represent points on the line and in the plane with negative number coordinates (PLUS the 3 sub-standards).
*6.NS.C.7 Understand ordering and absolute value of rational numbers (PLUS sub-standards B, C & D).
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*6.NS.B.2 Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.
6.NS.B.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
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6.NS.A.1 Interpret and compute quotients of fractions, and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions, e.g., by using visual fraction models and equations to represent the problem.
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6.NS.B.3 Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.
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6.NS.C.7.A Interpret statements of inequality as statements about the relative position of two numbers on a number line diagram.
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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 between points with the same first coordinate or the same second coordinate.
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*6.RP.A.1 Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities.
*6.RP.A.2 Understand the concept of a unit rate a/b associated with a ratio a:b with b ≠ 0, and use rate language in the context of a ratio relationship.
6.RP.A.3 Use ratio and rate reasoning to solve real-world and mathematical problems, e.g., by reasoning about tables of equivalent ratios, tape diagrams, double number line diagrams, or equations. (PLUS sub-standards A, B, & C)
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6.RP.A.3.D Use ratio reasoning to convert measurement units; manipulate and transform units appropriately when multiplying or dividing quantities.
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6.RP.A.3.A Make tables of equivalent ratios relating quantities with whole number measurements, find missing values in the tables, and plot the pairs of values on the coordinate plane. Use tables to compare ratios.
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*6.EE.A.1 Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
*6.EE.A.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers. (PLUS sub-standards B & C)
6.EE.A.3 Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.
*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).
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*6.EE.A.1 Write and evaluate numerical expressions involving whole-number exponents.
*6.EE.A.2 Write, read, and evaluate expressions in which letters stand for numbers. (PLUS sub-standards A)
*6.EE.B.5 Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality true? Use substitution to determine whether a given number in a specified set makes an equation or inequality true.
*6.EE.B.6 Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.
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.
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*6.EE.B.5 Understand solving an equation or inequality as a process of answering a question: which values from a specified set, if any, make the equation or inequality true? Use substitution to determine whether a given number in a specified set makes an equation or inequality true
*6.EE.B.6 Use variables to represent numbers and write expressions when solving a real-world or mathematical problem; understand that a variable can represent an unknown number, or, depending on the purpose at hand, any number in a specified set.
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 of the form x > c or x < c have infinitely many solutions; represent solutions of such inequalities on number line diagrams.
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*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, thought of as the dependent variable, in terms of the other quantity, thought of as the independent variable. Analyze the relationship between the dependent and independent variables using graphs and tables, and relate these to the equation.
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6.G.A.1 Find the area of right triangles, other triangles, special quadrilaterals, and polygons by composing into rectangles or decomposing into triangles and other shapes; apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
*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, and show that the volume is the same as would be found by multiplying the edge lengths of the prism. Apply the formulas V = l w h and V = b h to find volumes of right rectangular prisms with fractional edge lengths in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
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 these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.
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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 coordinate or the same second coordinate. Apply these techniques in the context of solving real-world and mathematical problems.