Grade 6: – Quarter 4
 Italicized benchmarks are taught and assessed in more than one quarter
HCPS III Language Arts Benchmarks:
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LA.6.4.5: Incorporate information from references by quoting, paraphrasing, and/or summarizing
LA.6.4.6: Describe reasons for citing sources (e.g. giving credit to original source, providing information for readers to
follow up on an idea)
LA.6.4.7: Cite various grade-appropriate sources using a consistent format when reporting information
LA.6.5.4: Vary sentence structure and grammatical forms (e.g., forms of adjectives, prepositional phrases, compound
sentences) to improve clarity
LA.6.6.3: Give short prepared oral presentations to inform and persuade
LA.6.6.4: Use appropriate listening strategies (e.g. listening attentively, taking notes, asking questions) to learn from
an oral presentation
LA.6.6.6: Adjust volume, pitch, tone, and voice to support the content of the message
LA.6.6.7: Use emphasis and repetition to highlight important points
LA.6.6.9: Describe a variety of messages conveyed by visual media
LA.6.1.1: Use new grade-appropriate vocabulary, including content area vocabulary, learned through reading and
word study, including structural analysis of word parts
LA.6.2.2: Use knowledge of organizational structure (e.g., logical, classification) to construct meaning from texts
LA.6.2.4: Identify evidence used to support an argument
LA.6.4.1: Write in a variety of grade-appropriate formats for a variety of purposes and audiences, such as:
 narratives that establish a point of view and experiment with a range of devices (i.e., dialogue, suspense,
flashback)
 poems that experiment with poetic devices (figurative language, graphic elements) to convey a theme or
impression
 reports with a narrowed focus that allows for thorough treatment
 business letters
 responses to literature
 functional pieces that complete a task or fulfill a civic responsibility
 pieces to reflect on learning and to solve problems
LA.6.4.2: Form and use the following grammatical constructions correctly when editing writing:
 consistent verb tense across paragraphs
 comparative and superlative forms of adjectives
 coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
 prepositional phrases
 compound sentence joined by semicolon rather than conjunction and comma
 subject-verb agreement with intervening phrase
LA.6.4.4: Use a variety of strategies and resources to spell grade-appropriate words
LA.6.5.2: Use an organizational structure (e.g., chronological, comparison and contrast, spatial order, climactic order,
order of importance) to support meaning
LA.6.5.5: Adjust voice to suit the audience and situation (e.g., informal note to a peer, business letter to organization,
research report)
HCPS III Mathematics Benchmarks:
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MA.6.2.1: Apply the order of operations when calculating with whole numbers
MA.6.4.1: Estimate the circumference and area of a circle (with no reference to a formula)
MA.6.4.3: Apply strategies and formulas to solve area and perimeter problems involving polygons (e.g., regular
hexagons) and complex shapes (i.e., shapes composed of two or more common shapes)
 MA.6.10.1: Interpret and solve problem situations involving two different variables
 MA.6.10.2: Use fact families to solve for an unknown in an open sentence
 MA.6.10.3: Evaluate algebraic expressions
 MA.6.3.2: Recognize situations in which it is more appropriate to estimate than to compute an exact answer
HCPS III Science Benchmarks:
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SC.6.3.1: Describe how matter and energy are transferred within and among living systems and their physical
environment
SC.6.7.1: Describe examples of how forces affect an object’s motion
SC.6.7.2: Explain that electric currents can produce magnetic effects and that magnets can cause electric currents
SC.6.1.1: Formulate a testable hypothesis that can be answered through a controlled experiment
SC.6.1.2: Use appropriate tools, equipment, and techniques safely to collect, display, and analyze data
SC.6.2.1: Explain how technology has an impact on society and science
SC.6.2.2: Explain how needs of society have influenced development and use of technologies
HCPS III Social Studies Benchmarks:
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SS.6.3.2: Compare the writing, artifacts, and architectural remains from the Maya, Aztec, Inca, and early Pacific Island
societies
 SS.6.3.8: Explain the impact of the Renaissance and the European voyages of exploration
 SS.6.6.1: Examine the ways in which different cultures have influenced families and communities
 SS.6.7.2: Describe the impact of printing, the compass, and gunpowder in China and Europe
 SS.6.8.2: Describe, in terms of opportunity costs, why it was so difficult for Christopher Columbus to find financial
support for his voyages
 SS.6.1.1: Define causal relationships in historical chronologies
 SS.6.2.1: Frame and answer questions through historical research
 SS.6.2.2: Explain the past on its own terms; not judging it solely by present-day norms and values
HCPS III Fine Arts Benchmarks:
Still in development
HCPS III Health Benchmarks:
Topic: Personal Health and Wellness
 HE.6-8.5.1: Use effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills
 HE.6-8.5.2: Use effective behaviors that communicate care, consideration, and respect of self and others
 HE.6-8.6.1: Describe decision-making processes related to health-related decisions
 HE.6-8.6.2: Assess health-related decisions for consequences that affect oneself and others
 HE.6-8.6.3: Evaluate personal health strengths and risks to set personal goals
 HE.6-8.7.1: Use effective strategies to influence and support others in making healthful choices
 HE.6-8.7.2: Use appropriate methods to communicate accurate health information and ideas
 HE.6-8.7.3: Describe how barriers can affect the communication of information, ideas, feelings, and opinions
HCPS III Physical Education Benchmarks:
 PE.6-8.1.1: Use mature (proper) movement forms appropriately in the context of modified games or activities, such as
sports, dance, exercise, and gymnastics
 PE.6-8.1.2: Use combinations of movement forms in the context of modified games or activities, such as sports,
dance, exercise, and gymnastics
 PE.6-8.2.3: Apply rules and etiquette for safe participation in physical activities
 PE.6-8.3.1: Identify opportunities for physical activity outside of the physical education class
 PE.6-8.4.1: Describe the principles of training and conditioning and how they affect the components of health-related
fitness
 PE.6-8.4.2: Set goals for improving the components of personal health-related physical fitness
HCPS III World Languages Benchmarks:
 WL.IS.6-8.1.1 Ask and answer social questions to get information or to maintain a conversation
 WL.IS.6-8.3.1 Use oral language skills to make simple presentations
HCPS III Career and Technical Education Benchmarks:
 CTE.6.1.1: Develop a process to invent a product or procedure to meet a need or improve upon an existing
technology
 CTE.6.2.1: Establish personal and learning goals related to career and life interests
 CTE.6.2.2: Explain the consequences of appropriate or inappropriate behavior in specific school, social, and work
situations