Grade 6 Worksheets

Learning Objectives

• Identify common text structure patterns (cause-and-effect, problem-and-solution, compare-and-contrast, and sequence) in informational and historical texts.
• Explain how an author’s organizational choices help readers understand relationships among ideas and the main point.
• Use evidence from a text to support claims about how structure influences meaning.

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• Explain how energy transfers from producers to consumers in a food chain.
• Identify producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and higher trophic levels.
• Interpret food chain arrows to determine who eats whom.

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• Identify vague and unclear sentences in a paragraph
• Understand the importance of clarity in writing
• Learn strategies to revise sentences for precision

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• Identify the basic structure of a simple food chain.
• Understand the roles of producers, consumers, and decomposers.
• Recognize different organisms involved in food chains.+ Show more

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• Understand the different phases of the Moon and how they occur.
• Identify the sequence of Moon phases from new moon to full moon and back.
• Describe the relationship between the Sun, Earth, and Moon in creating lunar phases.+ Show more

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• Understand the importance of coral reefs to ecosystems.
• Identify different conservation strategies for coral reef protection.
• Evaluate the ecological and economic trade-offs of conservation measures.+ Show more

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• Compare different conservation strategies to protect ecosystems.
• Understand the ecological trade-offs and feasibility of conservation methods.
• Recognize case studies illustrating habitat restoration and invasive species management.+ Show more

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• Identify when to use a direct quotation versus a paraphrase in a written response.
• Paraphrase ideas from a text accurately without changing the meaning.
• Integrate evidence smoothly so the cited details connect clearly to a claim.+ Show more

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• Analyze how authors use language and tone to shape reader interpretation.
• Compare varying perspectives and styles in different texts.
• Identify themes expressed through contrasting literary approaches.+ Show more

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• Describe sustainable practices used by communities around the world to conserve resources
• Explain how everyday choices (like reducing waste) help protect the environment
• Compare actions that support clean air, clean water, and forest preservation

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• Explain how Martin Luther King Jr.'s ideas about justice connect to fairness and inclusion today.
• Use empathy and moral reasoning to evaluate real-life situations involving equality.
• Identify ways students can take responsible, nonviolent action to support social justice.

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• Identify a writer’s purpose and explain how it shapes the information and language in a text.
• Determine the intended audience and describe how audience needs affect organization and details.
• Choose an appropriate writing approach (inform, explain, or persuade) based on purpose and audience.

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• Compare how theme, character responses, and point of view work together across texts with different styles.
• Explain how an author’s language choices (including figurative language and connotative words) shape tone and characterization.
• Use text evidence to show how differences in style lead to similar or different insights.

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• Identify processes connecting igneous, sedimentary, and metamorphic rocks
• Construct multiple possible pathways through the rock cycle
• Explain conditions required for different rock-cycle transitions+ Show more

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• Identify observations that can lead to investigable questions
• Distinguish descriptive, comparative, and experimental approaches
• Explain how tools and safety practices support investigations+ Show more

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• Distinguish observations from measurements using appropriate SI units
• Calculate a mean from repeated trial measurements
• Choose data displays that reveal patterns and relationships+ Show more

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• Explain how Earth's axial tilt changes sunlight angle during the year
• Compare seasonal sunlight patterns in Earth's two hemispheres
• Describe how daylight length changes with Earth's axial tilt+ Show more

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• Identify hypotheses as testable proposed explanations
• Distinguish the roles of theories and scientific laws
• Identify claims, evidence, and reasoning in scientific arguments+ Show more

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• Identify how connected system parts interact
• Explain how structure supports the function of system parts
• Describe how energy and matter move through systems+ Show more

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• Calculate net force from opposite forces acting on one object
• Distinguish balanced forces from unbalanced forces using net force
• Interpret force diagrams by identifying magnitude and direction+ Show more

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• Explain how scientific research can contribute to technological innovation
• Compare sources using creators, evidence, and references
• Identify benefits, costs, safety, and access issues in technology+ Show more

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• Identify the objects involved in an interaction force pair
• Describe the magnitude and direction of paired forces
• Explain why force-pair forces do not cancel on one object+ Show more

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• Explain how models represent systems, processes, or possible solutions
• Compare model behavior with observations from real systems
• Identify limitations caused by scale, materials, or omitted features+ Show more

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• Identify repeated patterns in scientific observations
• Explain why associations do not automatically establish causation
• Describe how changing one factor tests a possible cause+ Show more

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• Explain how gravity influences motions within the solar system
• Describe how Earth's rotation creates the cycle of day and night
• Explain how axial tilt and revolution contribute to seasonal patterns+ Show more

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• Identify structural, physiological, and behavioral adaptations
• Explain how adaptations help organisms survive environmental conditions
• Compare adaptations such as water storage, insulation, and migration+ Show more

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• Identify mutualism, commensalism, and parasitism from examples.
• Compare how organisms gain or lose resources through symbiosis.
• Explain how symbiotic relationships affect organisms involved.+ Show more

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• Explain how stratigraphic relationships establish relative ages of rocks and events.
• Distinguish relative dating from absolute dating methods.
• Describe how radiometric dating estimates numerical ages of rocks.+ Show more

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• Identify major abiotic factors that influence habitat conditions
• Explain how temperature, water, and light affect organisms
• Describe how soil composition, pH, and salinity influence organisms+ Show more

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• Explain how births and deaths influence population size
• Describe how immigration and emigration change populations
• Compare exponential and logistic population growth patterns+ Show more

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• Identify biotic and abiotic components within an ecosystem
• Distinguish populations from communities using ecological examples
• Explain how resources influence organism distribution in habitats+ Show more

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• Identify producers, consumers, and decomposers in food chains
• Explain how energy moves through different trophic levels
• Distinguish simple food chains from connected food webs+ Show more

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• Identify atmospheric features that influence regional weather and climate.
• Explain how air masses and fronts affect weather conditions.
• Describe how pressure systems and prevailing winds influence air movement.+ Show more

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• Identify the major internal layers of Earth and their basic properties.
• Compare divergent, convergent, and transform plate boundaries.
• Explain how mantle convection contributes to tectonic plate movement.+ Show more

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• Identify major plant structures and describe their functions.
• Explain how xylem and phloem transport materials through plants.
• Describe the functions of digestive, respiratory, and circulatory systems.+ Show more

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• Identify human activities that change natural systems and communities
• Explain how habitat fragmentation affects population viability
• Describe effects of pollution and land-use change on populations+ Show more

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• Identify a character’s motive by using details from the text and context
• Explain how a character’s choice leads to consequences later in the story
• Connect evidence from moments in the text to inferences about goals, fears, or loyalties

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• Explain why communities honor teachers and how recognition supports gratitude and respect.
• Identify examples of formal and informal ways educators are celebrated in stories and traditions.
• Use vocabulary from a passage to complete sentences about teaching and community service.+ Show more

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• Identify how a character reacts to conflict and how those reactions change the character’s behavior
• Use evidence from actions and dialogue to explain what a character values or believes
• Describe how a character’s choices under pressure affect the direction of a plot+ Show more

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• Explain how claims in a literary response are supported by relevant evidence from the text.
• Choose evidence that is accurate, specific, and directly connected to an interpretation.
• Write a short response that clearly connects a claim to a specific moment or detail from the passage.

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• Compare how theme and conflict develop in different text forms (such as drama, poetry, and prose) using specific evidence.
• Identify how genre conventions (structure, dialogue, stanzas, or plot organization) shape meaning.
• Use text-based details to explain similarities and differences across forms rather than relying on general impressions.

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• Choose an appropriate graph type (line, bar, or scatter plot) for a given science data set.
• Select and justify axis labels and scales that support accurate interpretation without misleading comparisons.
• Identify how annotations can clarify key features or important changes in data.+ Show more

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• Understand the difference between reactants and products in a chemical reaction.
• Identify properties that change during a chemical reaction and how they indicate a reaction has occurred.
• Interpret particle diagrams showing atoms and molecules before and after reactions.+ Show more

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• Identify common text structures (narrative and informational) and explain how they shape meaning.
• Use transitions and signal words to determine relationships such as cause and effect or problem and solution.
• Match details to the text structure to support summaries and answers.

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• Define event, trigger, response, and interaction in the context of event-driven programs.
• Identify which user action or timer event should trigger a specific program response.
• Match event-driven terms to their correct definitions.+ Show more

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• Identify common narrative and informational text structures.
• Explain how transitions and organizational choices help readers understand relationships between ideas.
• Determine how the placement of details supports meaning in a text.

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• Identify how purpose, audience, and tone shape the meaning of a media message
• Analyze how verbal text and visual elements (images, headlines, slogans, and layout) work together
• Use context to explain what a media message emphasizes or leaves out

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• Understand key concepts related to ELA
• Apply knowledge through practice questions
• Demonstrate comprehension of the material