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Quarter 1 Proficiency Scale pg. 1
Grade 6 Science Proficiency Scale Quarter 1 1 Novice 2 = Partially Proficient 3 = Meeting Expectations
4 = Exceeding Expectations
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With help and support can understand vocabulary and/or knowledge of the relationship between the mass, speed, and kinetic energy of an object.
Use specific vocabulary to describe the relationship between kinetic energy and mass and/or speed of an object or has limited connection between knowing and doing.
Create and interpret graphs to explain the relationships of kinetic energy to the mass and speed of an object. (PS.3-1, RST.6-8.4)
Use knowledge of kinetic energy and how it relates to an objects speed and mass and apply it to solve real world examples.
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With help and support can understand vocabulary and/or knowledge of potential energy and how it is stored in a system.
Use specific vocabulary to describe how potential energy is stored in a system or has limited connection between knowing and doing.
Develop a model to show how distance between two objects affects the amount of potential energy stored in the system. (PS.3-2, RST.6-8.4)
Use knowledge of potential energy and how it relates to the distance between two objects and apply it to solve real world examples.
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With help and support can understand vocabulary and/or knowledge of the relationship between an objects kinetic energy and energy transfer.
Use specific vocabulary to describe how a change in an objects kinetic energy causes energy transfer or has limited connection between knowing and doing.
Construct, use, and present arguments to support the claim that when the kinetic energy of an object changes, energy is transferred to or from the object. (PS.3-5, RST.6-8.4)
Use knowledge of kinetic energy and energy transfer to or from an object and apply it to solve real world problems.
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Select and match different structures in informational text and identify specific steps for an experiment, with limited choices.
Select and match different structures in informational text and put a sequence of steps for an experiment in order to match instructions.
Identify and explain how different structures are used in informational text and identify the steps to carry out an experiment. (RST.6-8.5, RST.6-8.3)
Analyze and summarize how different structures are used in informational text and identify and precisely follow the steps to carry out an experiment, and provide an in-depth reflection.
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ng Compose a partial
summary of the central idea of a text.
Compose a summary of the central idea of a text, using partial evidence from the text to support analysis.
Compose a summary of the central idea of an independent reading level text, using complete evidence from the text to support analysis. (WHST.6-8.4, WHST.6-8.9)
Compose a summary of the central idea of a text, using complete evidence from the text to support analysis, and edit and revise to produce a final draft.

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With help and support can understand vocabulary and/or knowledge of Newtons First and Second Laws of Motion.
Use specific vocabulary to describe the key parts of Newtons First and Second Laws of motion or has limited connection between knowing and doing.
Plan an investigation to provide evidence to show an objects change in motion using Newtons First and Second Laws. (PS.2-2, RST.6-8.4)
Use knowledge of Newtons First and Second Laws of Motion and apply it to understand real world examples.
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With help and support can understand vocabulary and/or knowledge of Newtons Third Law of Motion.
Use specific vocabulary to describe the key parts of Newtons Third Law of motion or has limited connection between knowing and doing.
Apply Newtons Third Law of Motion to design a solution to a problem involving the motion of two colliding objects. (PS.2-1, RST.6-8.4)
Use knowledge of Newtons Third Law of Motion and apply it to understand real world examples.
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With help and support can understand vocabulary and or understanding of magnetic forces.
Use specific vocabulary to describe magnetic forces.
Conduct an investigation and evaluate the experimental design to provide evidence that fields exist between objects exerting forces on each other even though the objects are not in contact (PS.2-5, RST.6-8.4)
Use knowledge of magnetic forces and the factors causing them and apply it to understand real world examples.
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central idea or textual evidence or select a summary of key information.
Identify a definition of central idea and/or textual evidence and select a summary of the key information and the evidence that supports it.
Define central idea and textual evidence and use provided content to summarize the key information and the evidence that supports it. (RST.6-8.1, RST.6-8.2)
Define central idea and textual evidence and analyze higher-level content to summarize the key information and the evidence that supports it.
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Limited understanding of plagiarism and ability to paraphrase.
Define and avoid plagiarism by using paraphrasing and/or summarizing.
Define and avoid plagiarism by using proper citation and paraphrasing and/or summarizing findings. (WHST.6-8.8)
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With help and support can understand vocabulary and/or knowledge of the atomic composition of molecules.
Use specific vocabulary to describe the atomic composition of molecules or has limited connection between knowing and doing.
Develop models to describe the atomic composition of simple molecules. (PS.1-1, RST.6-8.4)
Use knowledge of atomic composition of simple molecules and apply it to understand real world examples.
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With help and support can understand vocabulary and/or knowledge of chemical reactions.
Use specific vocabulary to describe the signs of a chemical reaction and how it changes a substance or has limited connection between knowing and doing.
Analyze and interpret data on the properties of substances to determine if a chemical reaction has occurred. (PS.1-2, RST.6-8.4)
Use knowledge of the properties of chemical reactions and how they result in a change in a substance and apply it to understand real world examples.
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With help and support can understand vocabulary and/or knowledge of synthetic materials and how they are made.
Use specific vocabulary to describe synthetic materials and how they impact society or has limited connection between knowing and doing.
Research and describe how society is impacted by the use of synthetic materials and how they are made from natural resources. (PS.1-3, RST.6-8.4)
Use knowledge of societies impact of using synthetic materials and their origin and apply it to understand real world examples.
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for providing an explanation, procedure, or discussion in a text with limited choices.
Match the authors purpose for providing an explanation, procedure, or discussion in a text.
Define the authors purpose for providing an explanation, procedure, or discussion in a text. (RST.6-8.6)
Analyze and define an authors purpose for providing an explanation, procedure, or discussion in a text.
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Using a provided organizer and sources, write a provided argument statement and identify textual evidence within the provided resource.
Research and write to support a provided argument with textual evidence and attempting to follow a standard format for citation of sources.
Focus research around a question that is provided and write to support a topic with textual evidence, following a standard format for citation of sources and use technology to produce and publish writing. (WHST.6-8.2, WHST.6-8.6, WHST.6-8.7, WHST.6-8.8)
Using higher-level text, to research and write to support an argument with textual evidence providing rationale, following a standard format for citation of sources.

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With help and support can understand vocabulary and/or knowledge of thermal energy transfer.

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