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

 

6 November

English

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

Language Arts:  Writing

Standard 1:  The student uses writing processes effectively. (LA.B.1.3.2)

Standard 2:  The student writes to communicate ideas and information effectively. (LA.B.2.3.3)

*(See September for expanded standards)

    1. SPEAKING AND LISTENING

Language Arts:  Listening, Viewing, and Speaking

Standard 3:  The student uses speaking strategies effectively. (LA.C.3.3.3)

*(See September for expanded standard)

    1. GRAMMAR AND USAGE

Language Arts:  Writing

Standard 1:  The student uses writing processes effectively. (LA.B.1.3.3)

*(See September for expanded standard)

    1. VOCABULARY
Latin/Greek Word Meaning Examples
dico, dictum [L] say, thing said dictation, dictionary
duo [G, L] two duplicate
ge [G] earth geology, geography
hydor [G] water hydrant, hydroelectric
magnus [L] large, great magnificent, magnify
mega [G] large, great megaphone, megalomania
mikros [G] small microscope, microfilm
minus [L] smaller diminish, minor

Language Arts:  Reading

Standard 1:

The student uses the reading process effectively. (LA.A.1.3.2, LA.A.1.3.3)

*(See September for expanded standard)

  1. Fiction and Drama
    1. DRAMA
    1. LITERARY TERMS

Language Arts:  Reading

Standard 1: The student uses the reading process effectively. (LA.A.1.3.1)

Language Arts:  Literature

Standard 1:  The student understands the common features of a variety of literary forms. (LA.E.1.3.4)

Standard 2:  The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama. (LA.E.2.3.1- 8)

*(See September for expanded standards)

 

Reading

  1. Writing, Grammar, and Usage
    1. SPELLING

Language Arts:  Reading

Standard 1: The student uses the reading process effectively. (LA.A.1.3.2)

*(See September for expanded standard)

History and Geography

  1. Lasting Ideas from Ancient Civilizations
    1. ANCIENT ROME
  1. The Enlightenment

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

Standard 3:  The student understands Western and Eastern civilization since the Renaissance. (SS.A.3.3)

  1. understands ways in which cultural characteristics have been transmitted from one society to another (e.g., through art, architecture, language, other artifacts, traditions, beliefs, values, and behaviors).
  2. knows how physical and human geo-graphic factors have influenced major historical events and movements.
  3. knows significant historical leaders who have influenced the course of events in Eastern and Western civilizations since the Renaissance.
  4. understands the differences between institutions of Eastern and Western civilizations (e.g., differences in governments, social traditions and customs, economic systems and religious institutions).

Visual Arts

  1. Art History:  Periods and Schools (art teacher has prints)
    1. THE RENAISSANCE (ca. 1350-1600)
    2. BAROQUE (ca. 17th century)

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. Classical Music:  From Baroque to Romantic
    1. BAROQUE (ca. 1600-1750)

The Arts:  Music:  Cultural and Historical Connections

Standard 1:  The student understands music in relation to culture and history. (MU.C.1.3)

  1. knows the main characteristics of the music of various cultures, historical periods, genres, and composers.

Mathematics

  1. Measurement

Mathematics:  Measurement

Standard 2:  The student compares, contrasts, and converts within systems of measurement (both standard/nonstandard and metric/customary). (MA.B.2.3)

  1. uses direct (measured) and indirect (not measured) measures to compare a given characteristic in either metric or customary units.
  2. solves problems involving units of measure and converts answers to a larger or smaller unit within either the metric or customary system.
  1. Geometry

Mathematics:  Measurement

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

  1. uses concrete and graphic models to derive formulas for finding perimeter, area, surface area, circumference, and volume of two- and three-dimensional shapes, including rectangular solids and cylinders.
  2. uses concrete and graphic models to derive formulas for finding rates, distance, time, and angle measures.
  3. understands and describes how the change of a figure in such dimensions as length, width, height, or radius affects its other measurements such as perimeter, area, surface area, and volume.

Standard 2:  The student compares, contrasts, and converts within systems of measurement (both standard/nonstandard and metric/customary). (MA.B.2.3)

  1. uses direct (measured) and indirect (not measured) measures to compare a given characteristic in either metric or customary units.
  2. solves problems involving units of measure and converts answers to a larger or smaller unit within either the metric or customary system.

Standard 3:  The student estimates measurements in real-world problem situations. (MA.B.3.3)

  1. solves real-world and mathematical problems involving estimates of measurements including length, time, weight/mass, temperature, money, perimeter, area, and volume, in either customary or metric units.

Standard 4: The student selects and uses appropriate units and instruments for measurement to achieve the degree of precision and accuracy required in real-world situations. (MA.B.4.3)

  1. selects appropriate units of measurement and determines and applies significant digits in a real-world context. (Significant digits should relate to both instrument precision and to the least precise unit of measurement.)

Mathematics:  Geometry and Spatial Sense

Standard 3:  The student uses coordinate geometry to locate objects in both two and three dimensions and to describe objects algebraically. (MA.C.3.3)

  1. represents and applies geometric properties and relationships to solve real-world and mathematical problems.

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.

Science

  1. Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanoes
  2. Science Biographies

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.

Physical Education

Mathematics:  Measurement

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

  1. uses concrete and graphic models to derive formulas for finding rates, distance, time, and angle measures.

Standard 2:  The student compares, contrasts, and converts within systems of measurement (both standard/nonstandard and metric/customary). (MA.B.2.3)

  1. uses direct (measured) and indirect (not measured) measures to compare a given characteristic in either metric or customary units.
  2. solves problems involving units of measure and converts answers to a larger or smaller unit within either the metric or customary system.

Mathematics:  Geometry and Spatial Sense

Standard 1:  The student describes, draws, identifies, and analyzes two- and three-dimensional shapes.  (MA.C.1.3)

  1. understands the basic properties of, and relationships pertaining to, regular and irregular geometric shapes in two and three dimensions.

Standard 2:  The student visualizes and illustrates ways in which shapes can be combined, subdivided, and changed. (MA.C.2.3)

  1. understands the geometric concepts of symmetry,reflections, congruency, similarity, perpendicularity, parallelism,and transformations, including flips, slides, turns, and enlargements.

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