Elementary Tests

This is the last post in this series of educational checklists for parents!  I hope they will help parents be able to know what skills their child needs to master for each grade level.  The Common Core Standards can be overwhelming and intimidating to those not in the educational field (including me!).

But, I truly do believe that once the common core standards are read, understood and then taught consistently, the overall educational system of the United States will improve.

Parents can help tremendously in this quest!  I have heard from teachers in the past that there seems to be less and less parental support for what they are doing.  There are parents out there, though, that will support a common goal of the education of a child.

Teachers can help parents with that goal by providing them with something like this checklist.  Parents who can’t make it into the classroom for some reason or another still need to know what their child should be learning so they can support learning at home.

More communication and clear consistent goals can make a child better at meeting those goals!  Now- on to our last checklist…

List of ELA skills all Sixth Graders should know…

Sixth grade students provide a summary of reading without personal opinions or judgments. They write a variety of pieces, including research projects, and use technology to publish the work. When presenting, students place descriptions, facts, and details in a logical order.
Reading

• Determine main idea and supporting details
• Provide a summary without personal opinions or judgments
• Determine how the structure of a text contributes to the main idea
• Determine an author’s point of view
• Explain how the point of view of the narrator or speaker is developed
• Distinguish among fact, opinion, reasoned judgment, and speculation in a text
• Read and understand grade-level literary and nonfiction texts

Writing

• Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence
• Write informative texts that examine a topic and convey ideas
• Write narratives that include relevant descriptive details and well-structured event sequences
• Conduct short research projects and refocus the inquiry as needed
• Use technology to produce and publish writing; type three pages in a single sitting

Speaking and Listening

• Participate in discussions, both one-on-one and with a group
• Find claims supported by reasons and evidence in a speaker’s argument
• Plan and deliver an informative presentation
• Place descriptions, facts, and details in a logical order when presenting

Language

• Use correct grammar and language
• Use correct capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
• Use a variety of methods to determine the meaning of unknown words
• Distinguish among words with similar meanings
•  Stingy, economical, thrifty