Sixth Grade2013

English Language Arts (ELA) Learn about the development and content of

the ELA Common Core State Standards. Video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmLElb7yHDU (0:00 – 7:00)

MathLearn about the development and content of

the Math Common Core State StandardsVideo:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlJ44te7jrw (Begin at 2:49 to 5:37; .6:11-7:53).

Created by the North Carolina Department of Education. Administered in the last quarter of the school year. Subjects

Math – 3rd-8th Grades Language Arts – 3rd-8th Grades Science – 5th, 8th Grades

Standards Common Core State Standards in Math and English

Language Arts (http://www.corestandards.org/) North Carolina Science Essential Standards (

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/acre/standards/new-standards/)

Question Type: Multiple Choice Gridded Response (5th - 8th Grade Math only) Technology Enhanced (5th and 8th Grade Science only) Sample Items will be released in late winter/early spring

2013.http://www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/releasedforms

In addition to the EOGs in Math and Language Arts in 3-8 and the Science EOG in 8th grade, students in grades 4,6, and 7 will take a Common Exam in Science.  Students in 4,5,6,7, and 8 will take a Common Exam in Social Studies.  We do know that these tests WILL include performance tasks that will be assessed by teachers at our school.  These will be statewide common assessments developed by teachers and based on the NC Essential Standards.  We do not know the administration details about these tests (when, in what language, how lengthy these tests will be, % of the Essential Standards on the tests, etc)

How can I prepare for the EOG? Pay attention in class! Complete all of your assignments! Study your notes each night! READ, READ, READ! Reading 10 minutes a day can

lead to 800 new vocabulary words a year! Go to the NCDPI (http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/)

website to learn more and to take EOG tests that have been released from years past!

Regularly check in on Mrs. Oleksiak’s wiki page for updated information and important handouts (http://6thela.cmswiki.wikispaces.net/)

The North Carolina Standard Course of Study has been replaced in the 2012 2013 school year by the Common Core standards. The Common Core standards are used in 45 states, and provide an opportunity for collaboration among states, and with organizations and universities across the country.

6 RP - Ratios and Proportional Relationships

• Understand ratio concepts and use ratioreasoning to solve problems.6 NS - The Number System• Apply and extend previous understandings ofmultiplication and division to divide fractionsby fractions.• Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers

andfind common factors and multiples.• Apply and extend previous understandings ofnumbers to the system of rational numbers.

6 EE - Expressions and Equations• Apply and extend previous understandings ofarithmetic to algebraic expressions.• Reason about and solve one-variable

equationsand inequalities.• Represent and analyze quantitativerelationships between dependent andindependent variables.

6G - Geometry• Solve real-world and mathematical problemsinvolving area, surface area, and volume.

6SP - Statistics and Probability• Develop understanding of statistical

variability.• Summarize and describe distributions.

They are consistent in every grade:1. Make sense of problems and persevere in solving

them.2. Reason abstractly and quantitatively.3. Construct viable arguments and critique the

reasoning of others.4. Model with mathematics.5. Use appropriate tools strategically.6. Attend to precision.7. Look for and make use of structure.8. Look for and express regularity in repeated

reasoning.

This year, the 6th Grade EOG Math test will consist of Multiple Response Questions, as it has in the past, but also there will be Gridded Response Questions.

Gridded Questions Sample

The scale on a blueprint of a house is1 inch = 5 feet. On the blueprint, the lengthof the house is 12.5 inches. What is the length,in feet, of the actual house?

Books and workbooks (English version on pearson success net)

www.discoveryeducation.comwww.studyisland.comwww.pearsonsuccessnet.com EOG practice bookSTUDY DAILY

Earth’s Surface-Geology Space-Solar system and how it affects our

lives.Matter: Properties and ChangeEnergy- Energy transfer through organisms

and potential and kinetic.Waves, Sound, LightPlants and PhotosynthesisEcology-Relations between organisms in an

ecosystem. (Students had this last year. This year will be a review and we will build on their prior knowledge.)

Science will have a Common Exam for 6th grade. It will cover all the 6th grade objectives.

To prepare students have been creating science notebooks/ binders with information they can use to study.

Also starting in February/ March students will begin Study Island in science. This is a wonderful tool for students to use at home to practice objectives/concepts. This will be a homework grade.

SkillsThe learner will acquire strategies for reading

social studies materials. The learner will acquire strategies to analyze,

interpret, create, and use resources and materials.

The learner will acquire strategies needed for applying decision-making and problem-solving techniques both orally and in writing to historic, contemporary, and controversial world issues.

The learner will acquire strategies needed for effective incorporation of computer technology in the learning process.

Content:

The learner will apply social studies concepts to the Ancient World.

History, geography, the economics , the governments, and the culture s of great ancient world civilizations.

RESOURCES: Teacher Wiki and the following sites as applied to each ancient world unit.

www.classzone.com

www.discoveryeducation.com

MAGNET CONTINUATION DEPENDS UPON THE LEVEL OF SPANISH PROFICIENCY; IN OTHER WORDS, YOUR CHILD MUST PASS THEIR SPANISH CLASS IN ORDER TO STAY AT COLLINSWOOD (6-8).

Skills: speaking, listening, reading and writing. Content: verbs, adjectives, grammar, vocabulary, etc. Skills = Practice Content = Study

RESOURCES: www.studyspanish.comwww.livingspanish.com

Promotions will be determined by: Prior Year EOG results Evidence of work that

consistently meets and/or exceeds Common Core and NC Essential Standards in all content areas.

Passing grades in all core classes.

Middle School Spanish: To maintain attendance at

CLA, students must have a passing grade in the Spanish language class.

EOC final exam is 25% of the Spanish final grade.

Honors placement will be determined by a combination of: Evidence of time

management and work completion

Evidence of quality work that meets and/or exceeds Common Core and NC Essential standards.

Accuplacer Test (Math Only)

Prior year EOG results Teacher Recommendation

Created by the Smarter Balanced Consortium (http://www.smarterbalanced.org/)

Subjects:Math (Grades 3-8, 11)Language Arts (Grades 3-8, 11)

Standards: Common Core State StandardsQuestion Type:

Computer AdaptivePerformance Task

Sample Items: (Scroll to bottom)http://www.smarterbalanced.org/sample-items-

and-performance-tasks/