Mrs. Kluxdal gets her students moving during the morning meeting.

Expectations:

By the end of sixth grade, your child will be able to:

- Identify different points of view on the same topic:
- Summarize what is read to help her/him and remember the information:
- Judge the accuracy of the information.
- Read 25 books from multiple genres for information and education
- Use outlines and graphic organizers to organize text
- Compare and contrast information from different sources
- Decide how to record and organize information within a group
- Summarize information he/she has gathered from observations or interview, in an organized way.
- Write a report (using at least four sources) that include an ntroduction and a conclusion.
- Write in a variety of forms, including creating stories from his/her own experiences, to make a point, persuade, give directions, or demonstrate a process
- Find more than one way to solve a problem, communicate the mathematical thinking process through oral, written, pictorial, and graphical means.
- Use a calculator

Mr. Ceder

to solve problems.
- Know the precise mathematical names and properties of two-dimensional shapes.
- Recognize and describe shape, size and position of two-dimensional objects.
- Connect geometric concepts including properties of polygons and symmetry to test conjectures and solve problems.
- Measure perimeter and area of quadrilaterals; understand pi and the circumference of circles; use a protractor to measure an angle; use measurements to help solve problems
- Demonstrate an understanding of number concepts including place value, exponents, prime and composite numbers, and use the order of operations to help solve equations.
- Add, subtract, multiply and divide fractions; decimals, and percents; be able to place them in a number line.
- Find the range, mean, mode, and median for a set of information.
- Understand probability; Format a question and design an appropriate data investigation.
- Formulate a question and design an appropriate data investigation; organize data and display it in more than one way; analyze data appropriately; critique various representations of data; make decisions based on data.
- Understand the basics of probability and its usefulness in making predictions.

Parent Workshop

If you are interested in attending a parent workshop to learn more about these expectations, please call the St. Paul Public Schools Family and Community Involvement Office at (651) 767-8109.