SixthGradeSkillsListforParents

MissouriLearningStandards
1stQuarter

Thisisourinstructionalplanforfirstquarter.
However,thecurriculummaybeadjustedtobestmeetindividualstudentandclassroomneeds.

EnglishLanguageArts
ReadingLiterature
Icanread,understandanddiscussthefictionstoriesIread.Ican:
refertothetexttosupportmythoughtsanddrawinferencesaboutastory.
usedetailsfromthetexttodeterminethethemeormessageofastory.
giveasummaryofthestorywithoutaddingmyopinionsorjudgments.
describehowtheplotofastoryordramaunfoldsinasequenceofevents.
describehowthecharactersinastoryordramachangeasastorymovestowardsitsconclusion.
readandunderstandstories,dramasandpoemsatmygradelevelandabove.

Speaking&Listening
Icanunderstandandcollaboratewithallkindsofpeople.Ican:
effectivelyparticipateindifferenttypesofdiscussionsandwithdifferentpeopleabout6thgradetopics,
textsandissues.
buildonothersideasandexpressmyownideasclearly.
cometodiscussionspreparedtosharemyideasbecauseIhavereadorstudiedtherequired
material.
participateindiscussionsmoreeffectivelybyusingexamplesandevidencefromthetexttohelp
mereflectontheideasinthediscussion.
followrules,setgoals,meetdeadlinesandcarryoutmyassignedroleinshareddiscussions
withpeers.
askandanswerquestionsusingappropriateexplanationsordetailsthataddtothediscussionof
atopic,textorissue.
thinkthroughtheideasinadiscussionandshowthatIunderstanddifferentperspectivesby
sharingmythoughtsandrestatingwhatothershavesaid.
thinkaboutinformationpresentedindifferentmediaorformatsandexplainhowitcontributestoatopic,
textorissue.
explainaspeaker'sargumentsorclaimsandseparatethosethataresupportedbyreasonsand
evidencefromthosethatarenot.

Icansharemyideasandknowledge.Ican:
presentclaimsandfindingsinalogicalorderusingrelevantdescriptions,factsanddetailstosupportthe
mainidea.
useappropriateeyecontactandvolume,aswellasspeakclearly,whenIpresentideastoothers.
includemultimedia(e.g.,graphics,images,musicorsound)andotherdisplaystohelpmeclarify
informationinmypresentations.
changemywayofspeakingforavarietyofsituationsandtasksandshowthatIcanuseformalEnglish
whennecessaryandappropriate.

ReadingInformationalText
Icanread,understandanddiscussinformationaltextsIread.Ican:
refertothetexttosupportmythoughtsanddrawinferencesaboutapieceofinformationaltext.
usedetailsfromthetexttodeterminethecentralideaofapieceofinformationaltext.
giveasummaryofapieceofinformationaltextwithoutaddingmyopinionsorjudgments.
thinkandtalkindetailabouthowpeople,eventsorideasareintroduced,illustratedanddevelopedina
pieceofinformationaltext.
readandunderstandliterarynonfictionatmygradelevel.

Language
IcanuseproperEnglishwhenIwriteandspeak.Ican:
showthatIknowhowtowritesentencesaccurately.
usecommas,parenthesesanddashestosetoffspecificelementsinmywriting.
spellcorrectly.

Icanfigureoutwhatwordsmeanandusethemindifferentsituations.Ican:
determinethemeaningsofwordsbyusingthestrategiesIhavelearnedandbythinkingaboutwhatI
haveread.
usecontextcluestofigureoutwhatwordsorphrasesmean.
determinethemeaningsofunknownwordsbyusingwhatIknowaboutcommonGreekand
Latinprefixes,suffixesandroots.
useprintanddigitalreferencesourcestohelpmefindthepronunciationsandclarifymeanings
andpartsofspeechfornewwordsorphrases.
makeaguessaboutawordorphrase'smeaningandthencheckmyunderstandingusing
referencematerials.

Writing
Icanwritedifferenttypesofwritingfordifferentreasons.Ican:
writenarrativestorieswithgoodtechnique,appropriatedetaileddescriptionsandlogicalsequences.
provideanintroductioninmystoriesthatcreatesabackgroundandpresentsanarratorand
characters.
organizemywritingsothatthesequenceofeventsoccursnaturallyandlogically.
usedifferenttechniquessuchasdialogue,pacinganddescriptivewordstohelpdevelopthe
charactersandplotofmystories.
usedifferenttypesoftransitionwordstoshowthesequenceofeventsorshiftsinthetimeor
settinginmystories.
useveryspecificwordsandphrases,descriptivedetailsandsensorylanguagetoexpress
experiencesandeventsinmystories.
writeconclusionsthatmakesensewiththeexperiencesandeventsIshareinmystories.

Icanimprovemywritingandpublishitforotherstoread.Ican:
produceclearwritingwithappropriatedevelopment,organizationandstyletosuitmytask,purposeand
audience.
plan,revise,edit,rewriteortryanewapproachinmywritingwithsomehelpofpeersandadults.
usedifferentformsoftechnologytocreateandpublishmywriting.
setechnologytointeractandcollaboratewithothers.
showappropriatekeyboardingskillstotypeatleastthreepagesofmywritinginasinglesitting.

Icanuseresearchtolearnmoreaboutatopicandpresentittoothers.Ican:
completeshortresearchprojectstoansweraspecificquestionbyusingseveralsourcesandby
refocusingmyresearchwhenneeded.
determineifasourceiscrediblewhenIgathernewinformationfrombooksortechnology.
quoteorparaphrasefromprintanddigitalsourceswithoutplagiarizing.
providebasicbibliographyinformationtorecognizethesourcesIuseinmyresearch.
gatherevidencefromfictionorinformationaltexttosupportmyinvestigation,thinkingandresearch.
applyallthatIhavelearnedin6thgradereadingtowritingliterature.
applyallthatIhavelearnedin6thgradereadingtowritinginformationaltexts.
writeoverextendedtimeframesandshortertimeframesforvariousreasonsandaudiences.

Mathematics
NumberSystem
Icanquicklyandeasilycomputewithlargenumbersandfindcommonfactorsandmultiples.Ican:
easilydividemultidigitnumbers.
easilyadd,subtract,multiplyanddividemultidigitnumbersinvolvingdecimals.

Icanapplymyunderstandingofnumberstorationalnumbers(anynumbersthatcanbemadeby
dividingoneintegerwithanother).Ican:
understandthatpositiveandnegativenumbersareusedtodescribeamountshavingopposite
values.
usepositiveandnegativenumberstoshowamountsinrealworldsituationsandexplainwhat
thenumber0meansinthosesituations.
understandthatarationalnumberisapointonanumberline.
extendnumberlinediagramstoshowpositiveandnegativenumbersontheline.
extendcoordinateaxestoshowpositiveandnegativenumbersintheplane.
recognizeoppositesignsofnumbersasshowingplacesonoppositesidesof0onthenumber
line.
recognizethattheoppositeoftheoppositeofanumberisactuallythenumberitself.(Ex:(3)=3)
recognizethat0isitsownopposite.
orderrationalnumbers.
understandabsolutevalueofrationalnumbers.
understandstatementsofinequality(ex:3>7)andexplaintheirpositionsanddistancesapart
onanumberline.
write,understandandexplainhowtheorderofrationalnumbersappliesinrealworldsituations.
(Ex:3C>7Ctoshowthat3Ciswarmerthan7C)
understandtheabsolutevalueofanumberasitsdistancefrom0onthenumberline.
understandabsolutevaluesastheyapplytorealworldsituations.(Ex:foranaccountbalanceof
30dollars,write(30)=30todescribethesizeofthedebtindollars.)
tellthedifferencebetweencomparisonsofabsolutevaluefromstatementsoforder.(Ex:An
accountbalancelessthan30dollarsisadebtgreaterthan30dollars.)

Expressions&Equations
Icanapplymyunderstandingofarithmetictoalgebraicexpressions(numbersentencesthatcontain
unknowns).Ican:
writeandfigureoutnumericalexpressionsthathavewholenumberexponents.
write,readandfigureoutexpressionsinwhichlettersstandfornumbers.

writeexpressionswithnumbersandwithlettersstandingfornumbers.
namethepartsofanexpressionusingmathematicalwords(sum,term,product,factor,
quotient,coefficient.)
lookatoneormorepartsofanexpressionindifferentways.(Ex:8+7canbeseenasthe
additionsentenceorasthenumber15.)
figureoutdifferentanswerstoexpressionswhengivenspecificvaluesforthevariable.
solverealworldmathproblemsinvolvingexpressionsthatarisefromformulas.
solvemathproblemsincludingthosewithexponents,intheusualorder(whennoparentheses
aretheretogiveaparticularorder).
applywhatIknowaboutthepropertiesofoperations(associative,commutativeanddistributive)to
createequivalent(orequal)expressions.
recognizewhentwoexpressionsareequivalent.

SocialStudies
Thisquarter,Ican:
locatemajorcitiesandnationsaroundtheworld.
describephysicalcharacteristicsoflocations.
describemajorpatternsofpopulation.
identifytechnologyandculturaldifferences.
explaintheimportanceofsupplyanddemandamongcountries.
usegeographytocomparelandformsofregions.

Science
Thisquarter,Icanexplainand/ordemonstrate:
Methods&Measurement
scientistsoftenuseacommonproceduretodesignexperiments.
experimentsarebasedontestablequestions.
anexperimentmustbefairandunbiased.
observationscanbequalitativeorquantitative.
scientistsuseavarietyofmetricmeasurementstocollecttheirquantitativedata.
datamustbecollectedusingappropriatetoolsandtechniques.
scientistssharetheirexperimentsresultssothatresultscanbereplicated.
formulatetestablequestionsandhypotheses.
conductafairtesttoansweraquestion.
makequalitativeobservationsusingthefivesenses.
makeobservationsusingsimpletoolsandequipment.
measurelengthtothenearestmillimeter,massusinggrams,temperatureusingdegreesCelsius,
volumetothenearestmilliliter,weighttothenearestNewton.
compareamount/measurementsovertime.
usedatatosupportdecisions.
evaluatethereasonablenessofanexplanation.
analyzewhetherevidencesupportsproposedexplanations.
communicatesimpleproceduresandresults.

Matter
matterisanythingthathasmassandvolume.
allmatteriscomposedofsmallparticlesthatareinconstantmotion.

theworldismadeupofafinite,orlimited,varietyofmattercalledelements.
thoseelementscanbecombinedtomakecompoundsandmixtures.
mattercanbeidentifiedandclassifiedbyitsphysicalproperties.
mattercanbechangedphysicallyorchemically.
chemicalchangesresultinnewsubstanceswithdifferentproperties.
measurethevolumeofavarietyofmatter,tothenearestmilliliter,usingagraduatedcylinder.
measurethemassofavarietyofmattertothenearestgram,usingabalancescale.
classifymatteraspureormixture.
describeappropriatemethodsofseparatingcomponentsinamixture.
describepropertiesofcomponentsfrommixtures/solutions.
identifysolidsthataresoluble/insoluble.
predicthowvarioussolidswillbehavewhenmixedwithwater.
recognizeevidencethatsupportsthetheorythatmatterisinconstantmotion.
describethedifferencesinwater(mass/volume)whenitisasolid/liquid/gas.
recognizeanddescribephysicalchanges.
recognizeanddescribechemicalchanges.
classifychangesinmatterasphysicalofchemical.
demonstrateandprovideevidencethatmassisconserved.

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