Curriculum+Content

= Curriculum Content = = ﻿ =

The curriculum standards that align to this project are reproduced in part below and are taken from the newly adopted Common Core State Standards. Please see the above linked pdf file for the full text of the Common Core State Standards in the English Language Arts.

Grade 6 Students: //Key Ideas and Details// 1. cite textual evidence supporting inferences drawn 2. determine a theme or central idea of text //Craft and Structure// 4. determine the meaning of words as they are used in a text
 * Reading Standards for Literature, Informational Text**

Grade 6 Students //Vocabulary Acquisition and Use// 4. determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and phrases based on grade 6 reading and content. a. 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. b. use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g.,// audience, auditory, audible // ). d. 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).
 * Language Standards**