Idaho 6th Grade ELA Standards

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6.RC Reading Comprehension

• 6.RC.TC Text Complexity
  • 6.RC.TC.1 Independently and proficiently read and comprehend texts representing a balance of genres, cultures, and perspectives that exhibit complexity at the lower end of the grades 6–8 band.
• 6.RC.V Volume of Reading to Build Knowledge
  • 6.RC.V.2 Regularly engage in a volume of reading, independently, with peers, or with modest support related to the topics and themes being studied to build knowledge and vocabulary.
• 6.RC.TE Textual Evidence
  • 6.RC.TE.3 Draw several pieces of evidence from grade-level texts to support claims and inferences, including quoting and paraphrasing from texts accurately.
• 6.RC.RF Reading Fluency
  • 6.RC.RF.4 Read grade-level text with accuracy, automaticity, appropriate rate, and expression in successive readings to support comprehension.
• 6.RC.L Literature
  • 6.RC.L.5 Use evidence from literature to demonstrate understanding of grade-level texts.
    • 6.RC.L.5a Explain stated or implied themes of texts, including how they are developed using specific details from the texts.
    • 6.RC.L.5b Describe how characters respond or change as the plot moves toward a resolution.
    • 6.RC.L.5c Describe how a particular sentence, chapter, scene, or stanza fits into the overall structure of texts and contributes to the development of the theme, setting, or plot.
    • 6.RC.L.5d Explain how authors develop the point of view of the narrator or speaker in texts.
    • 6.RC.L.5e Compare and contrast texts in different forms or genres (e.g., stories and poems; historical novels and fantasy stories) in terms of their approaches to similar themes and topics.
• 6.RC.NF Nonfiction Text
  • 6.RC.NF.6 Use evidence from nonfiction works to demonstrate understanding of grade-level texts.
    • 6.RC.NF.6a Explain stated or implied central ideas from texts, including how they are developed using specific details from the texts; provide a summary of texts distinct from personal opinions.
    • 6.RC.NF.6b Explain in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in texts through examples or anecdotes.
    • 6.RC.NF.6c Explain how a specific sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of texts and contributes to the development of the ideas.
    • 6.RC.NF.6d Trace the argument and specific claims in texts, distinguishing claims that are supported by evidence and reasons from claims that are not.
    • 6.RC.NF.6e Compare and contrast one author’s presentation of events with that of another (e.g., a memoir written by and a biography on the same person).

6.VD Vocabulary Development

• 6.VD.WB Word Building
  • 6.VD.WB.1 Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade-level content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
    • 6.VD.WB.1a Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word’s position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
    • 6.VD.WB.1b Use common Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., in readings on pioneers of space, determine the meanings of the words astronaut and nautical).
    • 6.VD.WB.1c Consult reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), print or digital, to find the pronunciation of a word and determine and clarify its precise meaning and its part of speech.
    • 6.VD.WB.1d Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
  • 6.VD.WB.2 Determine how words and phrases provide meaning and nuance to grade-level texts.
    • 6.VD.WB.2a Interpret figurative language (e.g., personification, idioms) in context.
    • 6.VD.WB.2b Use the relationship between particular words (e.g., cause/effect, part/whole, item/category) to better understand each of the words.
    • 6.VD.WB.2c Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., house versus home, cheap versus affordable).
    • 6.VD.WB.2d Analyze the impact of a specific word choice on meaning, tone (author’s attitude toward the subject), or mood (emotional atmosphere).
• 6.VD.AV Academic Vocabulary
  • 6.VD.AV.3 Acquire and use accurately general academic and content-specific words and phrases occurring in grade-level reading and content; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression. Use these words in discussions and writing.

6.RS Research

• 6.RS.IP Inquiry Process to Build, Present, and Use Knowledge
  • 6.RS.IP.1 Conduct brief as well as multi-day research tasks to take some action or share findings orally or in writing by formulating research questions and refocusing the inquiry when appropriate; gathering and assessing the relevance and usefulness of information from multiple reliable sources; and paraphrasing or quoting the data and conclusions of others, providing basic bibliographic information for sources, and respecting copyright guidelines for use of images.
• 6.RS.DR Deep Reading on Topics to Build Knowledge
  • 6.RS.DR.2 Read a series of texts organized around a variety of conceptually related topics to build knowledge about the world. (These texts should be at a range of complexity levels so students can read the texts independently, with peers, or with modest support.)

6.W Writing

• 6.W.RW Range of Writing
  • 6.W.RW.1 Develop flexibility in writing by routinely engaging in the production of shorter and longer pieces for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. This could include, among others, summaries, reflections, descriptions, critiques, letters, and poetry, etc.
  • 6.W.RW.2 Write arguments that introduce and support a distinct point of view with relevant claims, evidence and reasoning; demonstrate an understanding of the topic; and provide a concluding section that follows from the argument presented.
  • 6.W.RW.3 Write informational texts that introduce the topic, develop the focus with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, and examples from multiple sources using appropriate strategies, such as description, comparison, and/or cause-effect; and provide a concluding section that follows from the information presented.
  • 6.W.RW.4 Write personal or fictional narratives that establish a situation and narrator; engage and orient the reader to the context; use narrative techniques such as description, dialogue, pacing, concrete words and sensory details to develop the characters, event(s), or experience(s); and provide a conclusion that follows from the narrated event(s).
  • 6.W.RW.5 Produce clear and coherent organizational structures of multiple paragraphs in which facts and ideas are logically grouped; headings, as applicable are included to support the purpose; and words, phrases, and clauses clarify the relationships between and among ideas and concepts.
  • 6.W.RW.6 With support from adults and peers, develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach appropriate to audience and purpose. (Editing should demonstrate command of grade-level Grammar and Conventions.)
• 6.W.HWK Handwriting and Keyboarding
  • 6.W.HWK.7 Write by hand or with technology to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others; demonstrate sufficient command of keyboarding skills to type a minimum of two pages in a single sitting.

6.GC Grammar and Conventions

• 6.GC.GU Grammar and Usage
  • 6.GC.GU.1 Demonstrate command of the conventions of English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
    • 6.GC.GU.1a Identify the eight basic parts of speech (noun, pronoun, verb, adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, interjection).
    • 6.GC.GU.1b Recognize that a word performs different functions according to its position in the sentence.
    • 6.GC.GU.1c Use pronouns correctly regarding case, number, and person, including intensive pronouns (e.g., myself, ourselves).
    • 6.GC.GU.1d Recognize and correct vague pronouns (i.e., ones with unclear or ambiguous antecedents).
    • 6.GC.GU.1e Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in pronoun number and person.
    • 6.GC.GU.1f Expand, combine, or reduce sentences (e.g., adding or deleting modifiers, combining, or breaking up sentences) for meaning, reader/listener interest, and style.
    • 6.GC.GU.1g Recognize variations from standard English in their own and others’ writing and speaking and identify and use strategies to improve expression in conventional language.
• 6.GC.M Mechanics
  • 6.GC.M.2 Demonstrate command of the conventions of English punctuation and capitalization when writing and reading aloud to create meaning.
    • 6.GC.M.2a Commas, parentheses, and dashes to set off nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements.
    • 6.GC.M.2b Colons to separate hours and minutes and to introduce a list.
  • 6.GC.M.3 Spell derivatives correctly by applying knowledge of bases and affixes.