Ratios and Proportional Relationships 

• Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.

W.6.3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences.  

Focus: Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences. 

The Number System 

• Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions. 

• Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples. 

• Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

RL.6.2. 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. 

Focus: Provide a statement of a theme or central idea of a text and provide a description of how the theme or central idea is conveyed through particular details.

Expressions and Equations 

• Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions. 

• Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities. 

• Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.

RI.6.1. Cite textual evidence and make relevant connections to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 

Focus: In nonfiction, provide textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and/or inferences drawn from the text.

Geometry 

• Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.

RL.6.1. Cite textual evidence and make relevant connections to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. 

Focus: In fiction, provide textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly and/or inferences drawn from the text.

Statistics and Probability 

• Develop understanding of statistical variability. 

• Summarize and describe distributions.

L.6.1. Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. 

Focus: Ensure that pronouns are in the proper case, intensive pronouns, recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person, and recognize and correct pronouns with unclear or ambiguous antecedents.