6th Grade Focus Standards

English Language Arts

1. 6.RL.1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

2. 6.RI.1. Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.

3. 6.W.6.3 I can write narrative stories with good technique, appropriate detailed descriptions and logical sequences. 

4. 6.W.6.3.B I can use different techniques such as dialogue, pacing and descriptive words to help develop the characters and plot of my stories

5. 6.W.6.1 I can write arguments and use clear reasons and relevant evidence to support my claims. 

6. 6.W.6.2 I can write organized and informative pieces, with relevant content, to explore a topic and express ideas, concepts and information. 

7. 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.

8. 6.L.2.  Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.

9. 6.L.4a. 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. 

10. 6.L.4b. Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible). 

Mathematics

1. 6.NS.1. Interpret and compute quotients of fractions and solve word problems involving division of fractions by fractions.

2. 6.NS.2. Fluently divide multi-digit numbers using the standard algorithm.

3. 6.NS.3. Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation.

4. 6.NS.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 of two whole numbers 1–100 with a common factor as a multiple of a sum of two whole numbers with no common factor. For example, express 36 + 8 as 4 (9 + 2).

5. 6.NS.7b. Write, interpret, and explain statements of order for rational numbers in real-world contexts. For example, write –3°C > –7°C to express the fact that –3°C is warmer than –7°C.

6. 6.RP.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.

7. 6.RP.3c. Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.

8. 6.EE.2c. Evaluate expressions at specific values of their variables. Include expressions that arise from formulas used in real world problems. Perform arithmetic operations, including those involving whole-number exponents, in the conventional order when there are no parentheses to specify a particular order (Order of Operations). For example, use the formulas V = s3 and A = 6 s2 to find the volume and surface area of a cube with sides of length s = 1/2.

9. 6.EE.3. Apply the properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions. For example, apply the distributive property to the expression 3 (2 + x) to produce the equivalent expression 6 + 3x; apply the distributive property to the expression 24x + 18y to produce the equivalent expression 6 (4x + 3y); apply properties of operations to y + y + y to produce the equivalent expression 3y.

10. 6.G.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.