Sixth Grade Benchmarks

Reading/Language Arts

1. Comprehend a variety of written materials while identifying character, plot and setting in a story
2. Understand Cause/Effect, Inferences, Generalizations, Compare/Contrast, Drawing Conclusions, Summarizing,
3. Author's Purpose, and Fact/Opinion
4. Write a persuasive, narrative, and expository paper
5. Demonstrate correct grammar usage including parts of speech, capitalization, and punctuation
6. Write a research paper

Math

1. Add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers and decimals
2. Read and make graphs
3. Add and subtract fractions with like and unlike denominators
4. Identify angles and lines and compute measurements
5. Convert customary and metric distance, capacity, and weight
6. Understand and compute perimeter of polygons, compute area of rectangles and triangles, and identify solids

Students must achieve 60% on these assessments.