6th Grade
Weekly Objectives
Week of May 15, 2006
Look
below to review this week's objectives for 6th Grade. In order to obtain
more information about a specific benchmark for the content areas of Science and
Social Studies, please do the
following:
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Remember
the benchmark number (example: Science BM5).
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Then
click on this link, Middle
School Benchmarks. Next, click on the subject you would
like to view.
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Click
on the desired benchmark number from the list that comes up on the screen.
This
link will provide you with quick and easy access to the MICLiMB (Clarifying the
language in Michigan's benchmarks). You will find an enormous amount of useful
resources. Each benchmark is clarified with an instructional example, key
concepts, real world context, and other web resources.
In order to obtain more
information about a specific benchmark for the content areas of Language Arts
and Math, please do the following:
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Remember the GLCE
(example: R.WS.06.01).
- Then
click on this link, Grade
Level Curriculum Expectations.
- Next,
select the grade level and content area that you wish to review.
Next,
select the grade level and content area that you wish to review.
LANGUAGE
ARTS
R.CM.06.03
State global themes, universal truths, and
principles within and across texts to create a deeper understanding
W.GN.06.02
Write an essay (e.g., personal, persuasive, or
comparative) for authentic audiences that includes organizational patterns
that support key ideas
W.PR.06.02
Apply a variety of pre-writing strategies for
both narrative (e.g., graphic organizers such as story maps or webs designed
to develop a plot that includes major and minor characters, builds climax, and
uses dialogue to enhance a theme) and informational text (e.g., problem/
solution, and sequence).
L.CN.06.02
Demonstrate the appropriate social skills of
audience behavior (e.g., eye contact, quiet and still, attentive, supportive)
during speeches and presentations
L.RP.06.05
Respond to multiple texts when listened to or
viewed by speaking, illustrating, and/or writing in order to compare/contrast
similarities and differences in idea, form, and style to evaluate quality and
to identify personal and universal themes
MATH
D.PR.06.01
Express
probabilities as fractions, decimals or percentages between 0 and 1; know
that
0 probability means an event will not occur and that probability 1 means an
event will occur.
D.PR.06.02
Compute
probabilities of events from simple experiments with equally likely outcomes,
e.g., tossing dice, flipping coins, spinning spinners, by listing all
possibilities and finding the fraction that meets given conditions.
N.ME.06.17
Locate
negative rational numbers (including integers) on the number line;
know
that numbers and their negatives add to 0, and are on opposite sides and at
equal
distance
from 0 on a number line.
A.PA.06.01
Solve
applied problems involving rates including speed, e.g., if a car is going 50
mph,
how far will it go in 3__ hours?
SCIENCE
SCI.V.3.MS.1
Explain
patterns of changing weather and how they are measured.
SCI.II.MS.3
Show
how common themes of science, mathematics, and technology apply in real-world
contexts.
SCI.I.MS.5
Use
sources of information in support of scientific investigations.
SCI.II.MS.4
Describe
the advantages and risks of new technologies.
SOCIAL
STUDIES
Unit
I/Benchmarks
II. 1.MS 1
Describe how the physical features
of Latin America affect people’s lives.
II.1 MS 1
Identify Latin America’s main
geographic features.
II.1 MS 2
Explain ways in which climate and
vegetation affect how and where the people of Latin America live.
II. MS. 2
Explain why it is important for
Latin American countries to have more than one source4 of income.
Unit II/Chapter 9/3 Latin American – Geographic Factors and
Natural Resources.
Chapter 9/Section 3: Introduction/ Pages 176 to 178.
Transparency
9.3/Causes Chart
Text
summary/Page 38 Workbook
Guided
Reading/Page 9 Workbook
Map:
Drawing Conclusions
Vocabulary:
Chapter 9 List/Page 12 Workbook
End of Chapter Activities: Chapter 9/Review and Assessment
Pages 180 to 181.