6th Grade Correlation of Core Knowledge and Standards for Florida Students

 

6  AUGUST/SEPTEMBER

English

  1. Writing, Grammar, and Usage
    1. WRITING AND RESEARCH

Language Arts:  Writing

Standard 1:  The student uses writing processes effectively. (LA.B.1.3)

  1. drafts and revises writing that: is focused, purposeful, and reflects insight into the writing situation; conveys a sense of completeness and wholeness with adherence to the main idea; has an organizational pattern that provides for a logical progression of ideas; has support that is substantial, specific, relevant, concrete, and/or illustrative; demonstrates a commitment to and an involvement with the subject; has clarity in presentation of ideas; uses creative writing strategies appropriate to the purpose of the paper; demonstrates a command of language (word choice) with freshness of expression; has varied sentence structure and sentences that are complete except when fragments are used purposefully; and has few, if any, convention errors in mechanics, usage, and punctuation.

Standard 2:  The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively.(LA.B.2.3)

  1. selects and uses appropriate formats for writing, including narrative, persuasive, and expository formats, according to the intended audience, purpose, and occasion

    1. SPEAKING AND LISTENING

Language Arts:  Listening, Viewing, and Speaking

Standard 3:  The student uses speaking strategies effectively. (LA.C.3.3)

  1. speaks for various occasions, audiences, and purposes, including conversations, discussions, projects, and informational, persuasive, or technical presentations.

    1. GRAMMAR AND USAGE

Language Arts:  Writing

Standard 1:  The student uses writing processes effectively. (LA.B.1.3)

  1. produces final documents that have been edited for: correct spelling; correct punctuation, including commas, colons, and semicolons; correct capitalization; effective sentence structure; correct common usage, including subject/verb agreement, common noun/pronoun agreement, common possessive forms, and with a variety of sentence structure, including parallel structure; and correct formatting.

    1. VOCABULARY
Latin/Greek Word Meaning Examples
annus [L] year annual anniversary
ante [L] before antebellum antecedent
aqua [L] water aquarium
astron [G] star  astronaut, astronomy

Language Arts:  Reading

Standard 1:  The student uses the reading process effectively. (LA.A.1.3)

  1. uses a variety of strategies to analyze words and text, draw conclusions, use context and word structure clues, and recognize organizational patterns.
  2. demonstrates consistent and effective use of interpersonal and academic vocabularies in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
  1. Fiction and Drama
    1. CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY

Language Arts:  Reading

Standard 1:  The student uses the reading process effectively. (LA.A.1.3)

  1. uses background knowledge of the subject and text structure knowledge to make complex predictions of content, purpose, and organization of the reading selection.
  2. uses strategies to clarify meaning, such as rereading, note taking, summarizing, outlining, and writing a grade level-appropriate report.

 

Reading (from English)

  1. Writing, Grammar, and Usage
    1. SPELLING

Standard 1: The student uses the reading process effectively. (LA.A.1.3)

  1. uses a variety of strategies to analyze words and text, draw conclusions, use context and word structure clues, and recognize organizational patterns.
  1. Fiction and Drama
    1. CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY

Language Arts:  Reading

Standard 1: The student uses the reading process effectively. (LA.A.1.3)

  1. uses background knowledge of the subject and text structure knowledge to make complex predictions of content, purpose, and organization of the reading selection.
  2. uses a variety of strategies to analyze words and text, draw conclusions, use context and word structure clues, and recognize organizational patterns.
  3. demonstrates consistent and effective use of interpersonal and academic vocabularies in reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
  4. uses strategies to clarify meaning, such as rereading, note taking, summarizing, outlining, and writing a grade level-appropriate report.

Standard 2: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts. (LA.A.2.3)

  1. determines the main idea or essential message in a text and identifies relevant details and facts and patterns of organization.
  2. identifies the author’s purpose and/or point of view in a variety of texts and uses the information to construct meaning.
  3. recognizes logical, ethical, and emotional appeals in texts.

Language Arts:  Literature

Standard 1:  The student understands the common features of a variety of literary forms. (LA.E.1.3)

  1. identifies the defining characteristics of classic literature, such as timelessness, dealing with universal themes and experiences, and communicating across cultures.
  2. recognizes complex elements of plot, including setting, character development, conflicts, and resolutions.
  3. understands various elements of authors’ craft appropriate at this grade level, including word choice, symbolism, figurative language, mood, irony, foreshadowing, flashback, persuasion techniques, and point of view in both fiction and nonfiction.
  4. knows how mood or meaning is conveyed in poetry such as word choice, dialect, invented words, concrete or abstract terms, sensory or figurative language, use of sentence structure, line length, punctuation, and rhythm.
  5. identifies common themes in literature.

Standard 2:  The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. (LA.E.2.3)

  1. understands how character and plot development, point of view, and tone are used in various selections to support a central conflict or story line.
  2. responds to a work of literature by interpreting selected phrases, sentences, or passages and applying the information to personal life.
  3. knows that a literary text may elicit a wide variety of valid responses.
  4. knows ways in which literature reflects the diverse voices of people from various backgrounds.
  5. recognizes different approaches that can be applied to the study of literature, including thematic approaches change, personal approaches such as what an individual brings to his or her study of literature, historical approaches such as how a piece of literature reflects the time period in which it was written.
  6. identifies specific questions of personal importance and seeks to answer them through literature.
  7. identifies specific interests and the literature that will satisfy those interests.
  8. knows how a literary selection can expand or enrich personal viewpoints or experiences.

History and Geography

  1. World Geography
    1. SPATIAL SENSE (WORKING WITH MAPS, GLOBES, AND OTHER GEOGRAPHIC TOOLS)

Social Studies:  People, Places, and Environments[Geography]

Standard 1: The student understands the world in spatial terms. (SS.B.1.3)

  1. uses various map forms (including thematic maps) and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report geographic information including patterns of land use, connections between places, and patterns and processes of migration and diffusion.
  2. knows ways in which the spatial organization of a society changes over time.
    1. GREAT DESERTS OF THE WORLD

Social Studies:  People, Places, and Environments[Geography]

Standard 2: The student understands the interactions of people and the physical environment. (SS.B.2.3)

  1. understands how cultures differ in their use of similar environments and resources.
  2. understands the geographical factors that affect the cohesiveness and integration of countries.
  1. Lasting Ideas from Ancient Civilizations
    1. JUDAISM AND CHRISTIANITY

Social Studies: Time, Continuity, and Change [History]

Standard 2: The student understands the world from its beginnings to the time of the Renaissance. (SS.A.2.3)

  1. knows significant historical leaders who shaped the development of early cultures (e.g., military, political, and religious leaders in various civilizations).
    1. ANCIENT GREECE

Social Studies:  Time, Continuity, and Change [History]

Standard 1: The student understands historical chronology and the historical perspective. (SS.A.1.3)

  1. understands how patterns, chronology,sequencing (including cause and effect), and the identification of historical periods are influenced by frames of reference.
  2. knows the relative value of primary and secondary sources and uses this information to draw conclusions from historical sources such as data in charts, tables, graphs.
  3. knows how to impose temporal structure on historical narratives.

Standard 2: The student understands the world from its beginnings to the time of the Renaissance. (SS.A.2.3)

  1. understands how language, ideas, and institutions of one culture can influence other cultures (e.g., through trade, exploration, and immigration).
  2. 2. knows how major historical developments have had an impact on the development of civilizations.
  3. understands the impact of geographical factors on the historical development of civilizations.
  4. knows significant historical leaders who shaped the development of early cultures (e.g., military, political, and religious leaders in various civilizations).
  5. knows the major events that shaped the development of various cultures (e.g., the spread of agrarian societies, population movements, technological and cultural innovation, and the emergence of new population centers).
  6. knows significant achievements in art and architecture in various urban areas and communities to the time of the Renaissance (e.g., the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, pyramids in Egypt, temples in ancient Greece, bridges and aqueducts in ancient Rome, changes in European art and architecture between the Middle Ages and the High Renaissance).
  7. knows the political, social, and economic institutions that characterized the significant aspects of Eastern and Western civilizations

Visual Arts

  1. Art History:  Periods and Schools (art teacher has prints)
    1. CLASSICAL ART:  THE ART OF ANCIENT GREECE AND ROME

The Arts:  Visual Arts:  Cultural and Historical Connections

Standard 1:  The student understands the visual arts in relation to history and culture. (VA.C.1.3)

  1. understands and uses information from historical and cultural themes, trends, styles, periods of art, and artists.
  2. understands the role of the artist and the function of art in different periods of time and in different cultures.

Music

  1. Elements of Music

The Arts:  Music:  Skills and Techniques

Standard 3:  The student reads and notates music. (MU.A.3.3)

  1. sight reads music in bass and/or treble clefs written in simple and compound meters.
  2. uses notation and symbols to organize musical ideas.
  3. writes notation for rhythmic and melodic phrases that have been performed by someone else.

Mathematics

  1. Numbers and Number Sense

Mathematics:  Number Sense, Concepts, and Operations

Standard 1:  The student understands the different ways numbers are represented and used in the real world. (MA.A.1.3)

  1. associates verbal names, written word names, and standard numerals with integers, fractions, decimals; numbers expressed as percents; numbers with exponents; numbers in scientific notation; radicals; absolute value; and ratios.
  2. understands the relative size of integers, fractions, and decimals; numbers expressed as percents; numbers with exponents; numbers in scientific notation; radicals; absolute value; and ratios.

Standard 2:  The student understands number systems. (MA.A.2.3)

  1. understands and uses exponential and scientific notation.

Standard 4:  The student uses estimation in problem solving and computation. (MA.A.4.3)

  1. uses estimation strategies to predict results and to check the reasonableness of results.
  1. Computation
    1. ADDITION

Mathematics:  Number Sense, Concepts, and Operations

Standard 3:  The student understands the effects of operations on numbers and the relationships among these operations, selects appropriate operations, and computes for problem solving. (MA.A.3.3)

  1. understands and explains the effects of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division on whole numbers, fractions, including mixed numbers, and decimals, including the inverse relationships of positive and negative numbers.
  2. selects the appropriate operation to solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational numbers, ratios, proportions, and percents, including the appropriate application of the algebraic order of operations.
  3. adds, subtracts, multiplies, and divides whole numbers, decimals, and fractions, including mixed numbers, to solve real-world problems, using appropriate methods of computing, such as mental mathematics, paper and pencil, and calculator.

    1. MULTIPLICATION

Mathematics:  Number Sense, Concepts, and Operations

Standard 3:  The student understands the effects of operations on numbers and the relationships among these operations, selects appropriate operations, and computes for problem solving. (MA.A.3.3.1-3  see expanded standard under A.  Addition)

    1. SOLVING PROBLEMS AND EQUATIONS

Mathematics:  Number Sense, Concepts, and Operations

Standard 3:  The student understands the effects of operations on numbers and the relationships among these operations, selects appropriate operations, and computes for problem solving. (MA.A.3.3)

  1. selects the appropriate operation to solve problems involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of rational numbers, ratios, proportions, and percents, including the appropriate application of the algebraic order of operations.

  1. Probability and Statistics

Mathematics:  Data Analysis and Probability

Standard 1:  The student understands and uses the tools of data analysis for managing information. (MA.E.1.3)

  1. understands and applies the concepts of range and central tendency (mean, median, and mode).
  2. analyzes real-world data by applying appropriate formulas for measures of central tendency and organizing data in a quality display, using appropriate technology, including calculators and computers.

Standard 3:  The student uses statistical methods to make inferences and valid arguments about real-world situations. (MA.E.3.3)

  1. formulates hypotheses, designs experiments, collects and interprets data, and evaluates hypotheses by making inferences and drawing conclusions based on statistics (range, mean, median, and mode) and tables, graphs, and charts.
  2. identifies the common uses and misuses of probability and statistical analysis in the everyday world.

  1. Pre-Algebra

Mathematics:  Algebraic Thinking

Standard 1:  The student describes, analyzes, and generalizes a wide variety of patterns, relations, and functions. (MA.D.1.3)

  1. describes a wide variety of patterns, relationships, and functions through models, such as manipulatives, tables, graphs, expressions, equations, and inequalities.
  2. creates and interprets tables, graphs, equations, and verbal descriptions to explain cause-and-effect relationships.

Standard 2: The student uses expressions, equations, inequalities, graphs, and formulas to represent and interpret situations. (MA.D.2.3)

  1. uses algebraic problem-solving strategies to solve real-world problems involving linear equations and inequalities.

Science

  1. Oceans

Science:  Energy

Standard 1:  The student recognizes that energy may be changed in form with varying efficiency. (SC.B.1.3)

  1. knows the properties of waves (e.g., frequency, wavelength, and amplitude); that each wave consists of a number of crests and troughs; and the effects of different media on waves.

Science:  Processes that Shape the Earth

Standard 1:  The student recognizes that processes in the lithosphere, atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere interact to shape the Earth. (SC.D.1.3)

  1. knows how conditions that exist in one system influence the conditions that exist in other systems.

Science:  How Living Things Interact with Their Environment

Standard 1:  The student understands the competitive, interdependent, cyclic nature of living things in the environment. (SC.G.1.3)

  1. knows that biological adaptations include changes in structures, behaviors, or physiology that enhance reproductive success in a particular environment.

Physical Education

Health Education and Physical Education:  Physical Education:  Advocate and Promote Physically Active Lifestyles

Standard 1:  The student understands how participating in physical activity promotes inclusion and an understanding of the abilities and cultural diversity of people. (PE.C.1.3)

  1. knows the contributions that various cultures have made to physical education.

Kitchen Science

Language Arts:  Reading

Standard 1: The student uses the reading process effectively. (LA.A.1.3)

  1. uses background knowledge of the subject and text structure knowledge to make complex predictions of content, purpose, and organization of the reading selection.

Language Arts:  Listening, Viewing, and Speaking

Standard 1:  The student uses listening strategies effectively. (LA.C.1.3)

  1. listens and uses information gained for a variety of purposes, such as gaining information from interviews, following directions, and pursuing a personal interest.

Mathematics:  Number Sense, Concepts, and Operations

Standard 1:  The student understands the different ways numbers are represented and used in the real world. (MA.A.1.3)

  1. understands concrete and symbolic representations of rational numbers and irrational numbers in real-world situations.
  2. understands that numbers can be represented in a variety of equivalent forms, including integers, fractions, decimals, percents, scientific notation, exponents, radicals, and absolute value.

Mathematics:  Measurement

Standard 1:  The student measures quantities in the real world and uses the measures to solve problems. (MA.B.1.3)

Mathematics:  Data Analysis and Probability

Standard 1:  The student understands and uses the tools of data analysis for managing information. (MA.E.1.3)

  1. collects, organizes, and displays data in a variety of forms, including tables, line graphs, charts, bar graphs, to determine how different ways of presenting data can lead to different interpretations.

Science:  The Nature of Matter

Standard 1: The student understands that all matter has observable, measurable properties. (SC.A.1.3)

  1. identifies various ways in which substances differ (e.g., mass, volume, shape, density, texture, and reaction to temperature and light).
  2. knows that atoms in solids are close together and do not move around easily; in liquids, atoms tend to move farther apart; in gas, atoms are quite far apart and move around freely.
  3. knows the difference between a physical change in a substance (i.e., altering the shape, form, volume, or density) and a chemical change (i.e., producing new substances with different characteristics).

Standard 2:  The student understands the basic principles of atomic theory. (SC.A.2.3)

  1. knows that radiation, light, and heat are forms of energy used to cook food, treat diseases, and provide energy.

Science:  The Nature of Science

Standard 1:  The student uses the scientific processes and habits of mind to solve problems. (SC.H.1.3)

  1. knows that accurate record keeping, openness, and replication are essential to maintaining an investigator’s credibility with other scientists and society.
  2. knows that a change in one or more variables may alter the outcome of an investigation.

Standard 3:  The student understands that science, technology, and society are interwoven and interdependent. (SC.H.3.3)

  1. knows that science ethics demand that scientists must not knowingly subject coworkers, students, the neighborhood, or the community to health or property risks.

Health Education and Physical Education:  Health

Standard 1:  The student comprehends concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention. (HE.A.1.3)

  1. knows the benefits of positive health practices and appropriate health-care measures necessary to prevent accidents, illnesses, and death.
  2. knows eating disorders that adversely affect health.

Responsible Health Behavior

Standard 1: The student knows health-enhancing behaviors and how to reduce health risks. (HE.B.1.3)

  1. knows the importance of assuming responsibility for personal health behaviors.

Business

Applied Technology

Standard 1.1:  Applies planning methods to decision-making related to life and work roles. (AT.1.1.3.2)

  1. Creates a written plan for different types of products, projects, or events using appropriate planning methods.