1. Common Core State Standards
2. ELA/Literacy

Grade 6

Outcomes

• Reading Literature
  • Key Ideas and Details
    • 6.RL.1
      Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
      Play Activities 10
      Examples
    • 6.RL.2
      Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
      Play Activities 1
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  • Craft and Structure
    • 6.RL.4
      Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning and tone.
      Play Activities 5
      Examples
    • 6.RL.5
      Analyze how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
      Play Activities 5
      Examples
• Reading Informational
  • Key Ideas and Details
    • 6.RI.1
      Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
      Play Activities 25
      Examples
    • 6.RI.2
      Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
      Play Activities 7
      Examples
  • Craft and Structure
    • 6.RI.4
      Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings.
      Play Activities 1
      Examples
    • 6.RI.5
      Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
      Play Activities 3
      Examples
• Language
  • Conventions of Standard English
    • 6.L.1
      Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
      Play Activities 71
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    • 6.L.2
      Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
      Play Activities 22
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    • 6.L.2.a
      Use punctuation (commas, parentheses, dashes) to set off nonrestrictive/parenthetical elements.
      Play Activities 7
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    • 6.L.2.b
      Spell correctly.
      Play Activities 89
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  • Knowledge of Language
    • 6.L.3
      Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
      Play Activities 6
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  • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
    • 6.L.4.a
      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.
      Play Activities 7
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    • 6.L.4.b
      Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., audience, auditory, audible).
      Play Activities 4
      Examples
    • 6.L.5
      Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
      Play Activities 31
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    • 6.L.5.b
      Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words.
      Play Activities 7
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    • 6.L.5.c
      Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., stingy, scrimping, economical, unwasteful, thrifty).
      Play Activities 7
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