Oral Language

• use skills of listening and speaking during presentations
• speak using complex sentences with correct grammar and syntax
• identify specific purposes for viewing media

Fluency

• read 6th grade level text - 125 wpm at 95-100% accuracy
• read orally with expression

Vocabulary

• learn and apply 6th grade level vocabulary including
  • homonyms
  • antonyms
  • synonyms
  • multiple meanings (i.e. light)
  • Greek/Latin affixes and roots
  • similes
  • metaphors
  • idioms
  • context clues

Comprehension

• comprehend multiple grade level texts using comprehension strategies such as: summarizing connecting, predicting, inferring, questioning, visualizing, monitoring and clarifying
• identify and use: vocabulary in context, sequence, main idea, supportive idea and inferrence in grade level text
• generate questions about text (i.e. factual, inferential and evaluative)

Writing

• produce a 5 paragraph persuasive essay
• use fluent and legible handwriting to communicate
• use the 6 Traits of Writing: voice, word choice, organization, sentence fluency, conventions and ideas
• write in different forms and genres
• use writing strategies of:
  • pre-writing
  • composing
  • revising/editing
  • publishing using a variety of media

6th Grade Mathematics Expectations

By the end of the year each student should be able to:

Number Sense & Operations

• add, subtract, multiply and divide using multi-digits, fractions and decimals
• add and subtract integers
• recognize and write numbers from 1/1,000 to 1,000,000,000
• identify prime numbers, composite numbers, factors, GCF, multiples and LCM
• express numbers in expanded, scientific and exponential notation
• name, write and compare fractions: halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, eighths, tenths, twelfths, sixteenths
• write equivalent fractions and identify simplest form
• change fractions to decimals, and decimals to percentages
• use mental math techniques (estimate and round)

Patterns

• apply the order of operations: PEMDAS (parenthesis, exponent, multiplication and division, and addition and subtraction)
• solve two-step equations with whole numbers and single variable (4x+2=14)

Geometry

• identify lines, segments, rays and midpoints
• explain the difference between parallel and perpendicular, convex and concave
• identify faces, vertices and edges of three dimensional objects
• identify, write and graph an ordered pair for a point in all 4 quadrants
• identify p¹ as the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle

Measurement

• culculate the area and perimeter of triangles, rectangles and parallelograms
• measure, contrast nad compare length accurately in customary and metric systems

Data Organization

• collect, organize, create, analyze and compare data to create graphs (bar, line, circle, stem & leaf graphs, frequency tables, scatter plots, line plots, etc.)
• recognize that changing the scale influences the appearance of a display of data

6th Grade Behavior Expectations

Each student should independently demonstrate that they can:

Personal Development Behaviors

• observe classroom rules
• respect self and others
• assume the responsibility for behavior
• follow directions the first time given

Learning and Study Skills Behaviors

• work independently
• stay on task and use time wisely
• work cooperatively with others
• complete 95-100% of homework assignments on time