Grade 6 Full-Time Advanced Academic Program Progress Report Alignments
Information for Parents and Guardians
This document identifies the Program of Studies (POS) content that aligns to each progress report standard, with noted extensions for students receiving Advanced Academic services. The left-hand column indicates the grade level POS, and the right-hand column notes the intended POS extension. Students receiving advanced math will be instructed at the grade level above POS, which is noted in this document. Health, art, music, physical education, and world languages are instructed using the grade level POS.
Language Arts
Listens and speaks for specific purposes
6th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Communicate as leader and contributor
- Lead and contribute to discussions and viewpoints in seminars
- Develop skills of argument formulation in debates
- Ask and respond to open-ended questions
- Engage in a dialogue about the meaning of a selection
- Develop listening/oral communication skills
Evaluate own contributions to discussions
- Use feedback from the audience to evaluate own contributions
- Evaluate an oral persuasive message according to main ideas and arguments cited to support it
Summarize and evaluate group activities
Analyze the effectiveness of participant interactions
Distinguish between fact and opinion
- Formulate multiple perspectives (at least two) on a given issue
Compare and contrast viewpoints
- Develop skills of argument formulation in debates
Present a convincing argument
- Lead and contribute to discussions and viewpoints in seminars
- Develop skills of argument formulation in debates
- Organize oral presentations, using elements of reasoning as the basis
Paraphrase and summarize what is heard
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Summarize, paraphrase, and encapsulate what is read or heard
Use language, vocabulary appropriate to audience, topic, and purpose
- Use grammatically correct language and vocabulary that is appropriate for the audience
- Organize oral presentations, using elements of reasoning as the basis
Compare and contrast auditory, visual, and written media messages
- Discriminate between informative and persuasive messages
Identify the characteristics of media messages
Craft and publish audience-specific media messages
Locates and uses information from a variety of sources
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Use word reference materials
- Use reference books to determine meaning, pronunciation, and origin of words
- Increase vocabulary development by applying the knowledge of Greek and Latin stems to the English language
Collect information from multiple sources
- Organize information using charts, diagrams, and timelines
- Understand the necessity for multiple and varied resources in research
- Combine information from a variety of sources
- Understand the necessity for multiple and varied resources in research
- Conduct authentic research by applying skills of questions, information gathering, data analysis and synthesis
Evaluate the validity and authenticity of texts
- Discriminate between informative and persuasive messages
- Evaluate the influence of author and audience bias in a given document
- Validate a source as to its authentic, authority, and representativeness
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
Use technology as a tool to research, organize, evaluate, communicate
- Conduct authentic research applying skills of questions, information gathering, data analysis and synthesis
Cite primary and secondary sources
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Distinguish between primary and secondary sources
Define meaning and consequences of plagiarism, follow guidelines
Reads with accuracy and fluency
Sixth grade students are expected to read with accuracy and fluency across all types of texts. Although there is no benchmark directly related to fluency and accuracy in the Grade 6 POS, teachers should use a variety of assessments, including running records, standardized assessments, and anecdotal notes to determine the PRS mark.
Reads with understanding
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Identify word origins and definitions
- Use text, word parts, knowledge of stems and word origins to figure out unfamiliar words
- Increase vocabulary development by applying the knowledge of Greek and Latin stems to the English language
Use roots, cognates, affixes, synonyms, and antonyms to expand vocabulary
- Increase vocabulary development by applying the knowledge of Greek and Latin stems to the English language
Use context, sentence structure to determine meanings
- Analyze the form and function of words in a given context
Identify and analyze figurative language
Extend general and specialized vocabulary
- Analyze the form and function of words in a given context
Identify the elements of narrative structure
- Demonstrate an understanding of important structural elements and their application to different types of literature
- Create generalizations about the story/text based on categories
Make, confirm, revise predictions
Describe how word choice, imagery contribute to meaning of text
- Recognize how authors communicate and develop understanding
Describe cause and effect relationships and their impact on plot
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Understand cause and effect and similarities and differences
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
- Understand the concept of change in the language arts
Use prior and background knowledge as context for new learning
Use information in text to draw conclusions and make inferences
- Use a variety of strategies including determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
Explain how character and plot support conflict or story line
- Identify character traits and qualities for main characters in a story
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
- Develop reasoning skills in the language arts
- Understand the concept of change in the language arts
Identify the main idea
Identify and summarize supporting details
- Understand classifications of details to make generalizations within a text
- Provide a sequence of events, procedures, and/or activities that occur in the text
- Make inferences or provide evidence about the story from given data.
- State the setting or context for the story by place and time
Identify and analyze the author’s use of figurative language
- Recognize how authors communicate and develop understanding
Identify transitional words and phrases that signal organization
Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension
Use text structures to predict and categorize information
- Classify details from the story/text into categories
- Create generalizations about the story/text based on categories
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
- Develop reasoning skills in the language arts
Use prior knowledge and build background knowledge
Identify questions to be answered
Make, confirm, or revise predictions
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Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
Draw conclusions, make inferences based on information
- Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
- Understand classifications of details to make generalizations
- Understand the concept of change to analyze literature
- Make inferences, based on evidence
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
- Develop reasoning skills in the language arts
Differentiate between fact and opinion
- Use a variety of strategies including: determining importance, making inferences, drawing conclusions and considering multiple perspectives
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
Identify main idea
Summarize supporting details
- Understand classifications of details to make generalizations within a text
- Provide a sequence of events, procedures, and/or activities that occur in the text
- Make inferences or provide evidence about the story from given data.
- State the setting or context for the story by place and time
Compare and contrast information on one topic in different selections
Identify the author’s organizational pattern
- Demonstrate an understanding of important structural elements and their application to different types of literature
- Recognize how authors communicate and develop understanding
Identify cause and effect relationships
- Understand cause and effect and its relationship to consequences and implications
- Draw consequences and implications from text for application in the real world
- Develop analytical and interpretive skills in literature
Use reading strategies to monitor comprehension while reading
Writes with purpose, clarity, and expression
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Identify audience and purpose
- Select a topic and develop a plan for writing for a variety of purposes and audiences
- Develop persuasive writing skills
Use a variety of prewriting strategies to generate and organize ideas
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Conduct authentic research by applying skills of questioning, information gathering, data analysis and synthesis
Organize writing structure to fit mode or topic
- Select a topic and develop a plan for writing for a variety of purposes and audiences
- Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
Establish a central idea and organization
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Use the elements of reasoning to develop strong, convincing arguments in persuasive writing
Compose a topic sentence or thesis statement
- Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
- Use the elements of reasoning to develop strong, convincing arguments in persuasive writing
Write multi-paragraph compositions with elaboration and unity
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Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
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Use the elements of reasoning to develop strong, convincing arguments in persuasive writing
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Develop persuasive writing skills
Select vocabulary info to enhance central idea, tone, and voice
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Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
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Reflect individuality through word choice and style
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Develop persuasive writing skills
Expand, embed ideas by using modifiers, coordination, subordination
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Focus, organize, and elaborate to create an effective message
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Use description, details, and examples
Revise sentences for clarity of content including specific vocabulary/info
- Vary sentence length, type and order to maximize the written message
- Synthesize author techniques to improve or create a new piece of writing
- Revise based on peer review, teacher feedback and self-evaluation by adding, deleting, and changing information to improve writing
- Evaluate the effective use of words, sentences, and paragraphs in context
Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit, publish writing
- Revise based on peer review, teacher feedback and self-evaluation by adding, deleting, and changing information to improve writing
Edits for usage and mechanics in own writing
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Use computer technology to plan, draft, revise, edit, publish writing
Use variety of graphic organizers to improve sentence, paragraphs
Use subject-verb agreement with intervening phrases and clauses
- Develop linguistic competency
Use pronoun-antecedent agreement to include indefinite pronouns
- Develop linguistic competency
Maintain consistent verb tense across paragraphs
- Develop linguistic competency
Eliminate double negatives
- Develop linguistic competency
Use quotation marks with dialogue
Choose adverbs to describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
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Develop linguistic competency
Use correct spelling for frequently used words
Use correct capitalization and punctuation
Develop handwriting
Social Studies
Explains how the people and events of the past have influenced the present
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Identify and interpret primary and secondary source documents
- Applies skills of historical analysis and historical interpretation to primary and secondary sources of information
Make connections between the past and the present
- Analyze historical issues using elements of reasoning (purpose, point of view, implications/consequences, evidence/data, inferences, concepts/ides, assumptions
- Understand and describe contributions to American history by individuals from diverse backgrounds
Sequence events in United States history to 1865
- Analyze historical situations for cause and effect relationships
- Recognize and explain that the events of history are not inevitable, but are related to chains of cause and effect relationships
Interpret ideas and events from different historical perspectives
- Recognize the importance of multiple perspectives in historical events
- Understand and appreciate the influence of individual experiences, societal values and traditions on historical perspectives
- Analyze historical issues using elements of reasoning (purpose, point of view, implications/consequences, evidence/data, inferences, concepts/ideas, assumptions
- Apply abstract concepts such as systems, cause and effect, and how things change over time to understand the impact of the past on the present
Describe how archaeologists recovered evidence of ancient settlements
Describe the lifestyle of the American Indians
Describe aspects of European exploration
Describe the factors that led to colonization in America
- Understand the colonial period with an emphasis on political, economic and social systems that define the early English settlements
Describe colonial life in America from multiple perspectives
- Understand the colonial period with an emphasis on political, economic and social systems that define the early English settlements
Identify different relationships between the colonies & Great Britain
- Analyze historical situations for cause and effect relationships
Identify the issues of dissatisfaction leading to the Revolution
- Describe causes and results of the American Revolution from multiple perspectives
- Explain the ideas and philosophies expressed in the Declaration of Independence
Describe key events and roles of key individuals in the Revolution
- Describe causes and results of the American Revolution from multiple perspectives
Explain reasons why the Colonies were able to defeat Britain
- Describe causes and results of the American Revolution from multiple perspectives
Describe historical developments of the Constitution of the U.S.
- Describe the creation and evolution of the U.S. Constitution and its impact on our structure of government
Describe major accomplishments of the first five U.S. presidents
- Analyze historical situations for cause and effect relationships
Describe territorial expansion and how it changed the U.S. political map
- Analyze historical situations for cause and effect relationships
- Recognize and explain that the events of history are not inevitable, but are related to chains of cause and effect relationships
Describe the impact of inventions on life in America
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Analyze historical situations for cause and effect relationships
Identify the main ideas of the Abolitionist and Suffrage movements
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Analyze historical situations for cause and effect relationships
Describe the issues that divided the nation: cultural, economic, etc. (as related to history)
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Describe causes, effects, and results of the Civil War from multiple perspectives
Explain how issues of states' rights & slavery increased tensions
- Describe causes, effects, and results of the Civil War from multiple perspectives
Describe roles of key individuals in events leading to & during war
- Describe causes, effects, and results of the Civil War from multiple perspectives
Describe the effects of the Civil War from multiple perspectives
- Describe causes, effects, and results of the Civil War from multiple perspectives
Reads maps and understands the impact of geography on culture
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Analyze and interpret maps
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Use maps to understand change over time in U.S. history
Distinguish between parallels of latitude and meridians of longitude
Locate the seven continents and the five oceans
Locate and describe the geographic regions of North America
- Identify and describe how geography influenced the settlement of the U.S.
Locate and identify water features important to early U.S. history
Recognize key geographic features on maps, diagrams, photographs
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Examine how geographic features impact historical events
Locate where the American Indians lived
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Identify and describe how geography influenced the cultures of various American Indian groups
Identify & locate states that seceded & those that stayed in the Union
Use maps to explain critical developments in the war (major battles)
- Use maps to explain critical developments in U.S. history including French and Indian War, American Revolution, War of 1812, and Civil War
Recognizes the structure of government and the relationship between rules, laws and becoming a good citizen
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Interpret patriotic slogans and excerpts from speeches and documents
- Use primary and secondary sources to interpret patriotic slogans
- Develop multiple perspectives when interpreting slogans, speeches, or documents
- Define the context in which a primary source was produced, as well as, the implications of context for understanding the document
- Discuss an author’s intent in producing a given document, based on understanding of text and context
Evaluate and discuss issues orally and in writing
- Debate historical issues
Conduct research to gather information from a variety of sources
- Analyze a document to define problems, arguments, assumptions, and expected outcomes
- Evaluate the influence of author and audience bias in a given document
- Validate a source as to its authentic, authority, and representativeness
Organize and synthesize information in a variety of forms
- Analyze a document to define problems, arguments, assumptions, and expected outcomes
- Evaluate the influence of author and audience bias in a given document
Identify how political ideas shaped the Revolutionary movement
- Explain the ideas and philosophies expressed in the Declaration of Independence
Identify government weaknesses under the Articles of Confederation
- Understand the American system of representational democracy as demonstrated in the process of electing the president
- Understand the concept of systems and how it applies to structure and the interdependence of the U.S. government (Legislative, Executive, and Judicial)
Understands economic concepts and the impact of economics on culture
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Identify costs & benefits of choices, & consequences, & incentives
Describe how American Indians used resources in their environment
Locate and describe characteristics of West African societies
Describe life in the different colonies - interaction with environment
Identify geographic/economic factors that influenced Westward Movement
- Describe the influence of new technologies on westward movement and reform
Describe the issues that divided the nation: cultural, economic, etc. (as related to economics)
Mathematics
Represents numbers accurately and demonstrates an understanding of number relationships
6 th Grade AAP POS
Investigate/Describe Concept of Negative Exponents for Powers of Ten
Determine Scientific Notation for Numbers Greater Than Zero
Compare/Order Fractions, Decimals, Percents & Numbers in Scientific Notation
Determine Square Roots
Identify and Describe Absolute Value for Rational Numbers
Describe and Represent Arithmetic and Geometric Sequences
Explain and Use Summation Notation to Model a Series
Computes numbers with fluency and makes reasonable estimates
6 th Grade AAP POS
Model addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of integers
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers
Describe relationships between subsets of the real number system
Solve practical problems using proportional reasoning
Measures with accuracy and makes reasonable estimates of measurements
6 th Grade AAP POS
Describe volume and surface area of cylinders
Solve problems involving volume/surface area of prisms and cylinders
Describe impact of changing one measured attribute
Determine if plane figures are similar and write proportions
Analyzes characteristics and properties of geometric figures and demonstrates an understanding of spatial relationships
6 th Grade AAP POS
Compare and contrast quadrilaterals based on properties
Represent transformations by graphing in the coordinate plane
Uses data to describe, interpret, and predict events
6 th Grade AAP POS
Describe difference between theoretical and experimental probability
Determine the probability of compound events
Construct and analyze histograms
Compare and contrast histograms with other types of graphs
Collect/analyze/display/interpret data using box-and-whisker plots
Collect/analyze/display/interpret data using scatter plots
Represents situations and mathematical relationships using algebraic symbols
6 th Grade AAP POS
Represent relationships with tables, graphs, rules, and words
Represent linear functions using tables, graphs, and equations
Write verbal expressions as algebraic expressions
Evaluate algebraic expressions for given replacement values
Solve one-step and two-step linear equations in one variable
Solve practical problems requiring the solution of linear equations
Solve one-step inequalities in one variable
Graph solutions to inequalities on the number line
Apply commutative & associative properties for addition/multiplication
Apply the distributive property with real numbers
Apply the additive and multiplicative identity properties
Apply the additive and multiplicative inverse properties
Apply the multiplicative property of zero with real numbers
Science
Investigates & demonstrates understanding of the natural world in a systematic way like a scientist & applies these skills & knowledge to solve problems.
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Use observations to make fine discriminations between similar objects
Record precise and approximate measurements
- Understands that accuracy is dependent upon the measurement tool selected and the effectiveness of its use
Use scale models to estimate distance, volume and quantity
Identify independent and dependent variables from a hypothesis
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Design, perform, and report on the results of experiments related to a given problem
Devise a method to test the validity of predictions and inferences
- Design, perform, and report on the results of experiments related to a given problem
- Make inferences, based on evidence
Repeat trials of investigations in which one variable is manipulated
- Design, perform, and report on the results of experiments related to a given problem
Collect, record, and analyze data using metric measurements and tools
- Understand that accuracy is dependent upon the measurement tool selected and the effectiveness of its use
Analyze and communicate data through graphical representation
- Design, perform, and report on the results of experiments related to a given problem
- Provide evidence and data to support a claim, issue, or thesis statement
Design and use models and simulations to illustrate and explain
- Design, perform, and report on the results of experiments related to a given problem
- Provide evidence and data to support a claim, issue, or thesis statement
Use current applications to reinforce science concepts
- Develop reasoning skills with application to science
- Transfer knowledge to make predictions about similar problems
- Formulate multiple perspectives about a given issue
- Apply the concept of systems to analyze and solve problems
- Predict the impact of multiple solutions on a given problem within each system
- Assess how systems change over time based on needs, resources, and circumstances
- Demonstrate how given systems interact with each other
Understand the management of renewable resources
- Explain energy efficiency and its role in conservation
Understand the management of nonrenewable resources
- Explain energy efficiency and its role in conservation
Understand the mitigation of land-use and environment hazards
Understand the cost/benefit tradeoffs in conservation policies
- Explain energy efficiency and its role in conservation
Demonstrates understanding of the concepts of physical science including matter, force, motion, & energy.
The overarching extension for the energy standards is to acquire significant content knowledge through the course of solving an interdisciplinary, real-world problem.
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Investigate and understand potential and kinetic energy
Understand the role of the sun in the formation of energy source
- Understand the various elements within a system and evaluate the interdependence of each element within a system
Investigate and understand nonrenewable energy sources
- Explain the benefits and risks of different energy forms
Investigate and understand renewable energy sources
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Explain the benefits and risks of different energy forms
Investigate and understand energy transformations
Investigate and understand Earth’s energy budget
- Explain energy efficiency and its role in conservation
Understand how radiation and convection distribute energy
Understand the motion of the atmosphere and the oceans
Understand cloud formation
Understand the role that thermal energy in thunderstorms and hurricanes
Investigate and understand that atoms consist of particles
Understand that atoms of a particular element are alike
Understand that elements may represented by chemical symbols
- Explain the relationship between the placement of elements on the periodic table of elements and chemical formulas
Understand that two or more atoms may interact to form new substances
- Analyze changes that occur during energy shifts
Understand that compounds may be represented by chemical formulas
Understand that chemical equations are use to model chemical changes
Understand that a limited number of elements comprise the Earth
Investigate and understand water as the universal solvent
Investigate and understand the properties of water in all three phases
Understand the action of water in physical and chemical weathering
Understand large bodies of water store thermal energy/moderate climate
- Analyze various energy sources in terms of safety, cost efficiency, and appearance
Understand the importance of water for agriculture, power & health
- Analyze the concept of systems by applying cause and effect relationships to other systems
Understand the importance of protecting & maintaining water resources
- Analyze various energy sources in terms of safety, cost efficiency, and appearance
- Describe strategies that will ensure sufficient and affordable energy
Understand air as a mixture of gaseous elements and compounds
Understand pressure, temperature, and humidity
Understand atmospheric changes with altitude
Understand changes to the atmosphere and the importance of air quality
Understand the relationship of atmospheric measures and weather
Understand the basic information from weather maps
Demonstrates understanding of the concepts of life science including life processes and living systems
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
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Demonstrates understanding of Earth’s patterns, cycles, changes, & Earth/Space systems
6 th Grade POS
AAP 6 th Grade Extensions
Understand the sun, moon, Earth, planets, meteors, asteroids & comets
- Understand Earth’s patterns, cycles, changes, and Earth and Space Systems.
Understand the relative size and distance between planets
Investigate and understand the role of gravity
Investigate and understand revolution and rotation
Understand the mechanics of day and night and the phases of the moon
- Apply the concept of patterns and cycles to analyze and solve problems
Investigate and understand the unique properties of Earth as a planet
- Understand energy transformations within a system
Understand the relationship of the Earth’s tilt and the seasons
- Apply the concept of patterns and cycles to analyze and solve problems
Investigate and understand the cause of tides
Investigate & understand the history & technology of space exploration
- Evaluate historical scientific discoveries and its impact on modern day society