Vocabulary

Use clues to determine meaning of unknown wor...
Figurative language and words with multiple m...
Shades of meaning
Foreign words

Research and Technology

Write research reports
Formatting and design
Using evidence, visual media and technology i...
Using newspapers, magazines and online inform...
Using technology for research

Reading and Comprehension

Analyzing the evidence for author's conc...
Following multiple-step instructions
Main ideas
Compare and contrast
Creating outlines, summaries and reports

Writing

Writing organization and arrangement
Write responses to literature
Forms of writing - personal letters, reviews,...
Editing and revising writing
Write narratives and essays

Reasoning

Graph and Solve for Unknowns
Apply What You Learned
Are Your Results Reasonable?
Making Good Guesses
Explain Reasoning in Many Ways

Problem Solving

Apply a Concept to Other Problems
Develop Strategies to Help You
Work with Positive and Negative Numbers
Show Your Work and Describe It in Words
Refer Back to the Problem to Check

Algebra

Converting Units
Solve an Equation
Write Expressions Using Variables
Rates
Use Variables in Formulas

Grammar

6th grade spelling
6th grade capitalization
Indefinite pronouns and different tenses
Using colons, semicolons and commas
Using simple and compound sentences

Geometry

Complementary and Supplementary Angles
Many Types of Angles
Using Pi
Find the Circle's Area and Circumference
Draw Quadrilaterals and Triangles

Stories and Literature

Tone and meaning in poetry
Identify the speaker
Identify different forms of fiction
Analyze how character affects plot, conflict ...
Identify literary themes

Fractions, Decimals and Percentages

Place Numbers on a Number Line
Use Common Multiples with Fractions
Explain How to Divide Fractions
Calculate Discounts and Tips
Add, Subtract, Multiply and Divide Fractions

Speaking and Listening

Following multiple-step directions
Identify tone, mood and emotion in spoken lan...
Identify propaganda and false information
Cadence, repetitive patterns and onomatopoeia
6th grade reading aloud

Range, Mean, Median, Mode, Outliers and Central Tendency

Range, Mean, Median and Mode of Data
Choose Between Mean, Median and Mode
How Far Away Points Change Things
How Adding Data Changes Things

Statistics

Misleading Questions and Graphs
Statements Based on Data
Sampling Errors and Bias
Samples of the Population
Independent and Dependent Events

Probability

Show Probability as Ratios and Percents
Probability of Two Events
Estimate Probability of Future Events

Oral Presentations

Emphasizing main ideas in oral presentations
Using volume, pitch and tone in oral presenta...
Selecting a focus, organization and point of ...
Deliver presentations on problems and solutio...

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