7 th and 8 th Grade Back to School Night

1. 7th and 8th GradeBack to School Night

2. Overview • Teacher Introduction • Social Studies Curriculum • Science Curriculum • Math Curriculum • Language Arts Curriculum • Encouraging Communication • Kids at Hope

3. Teachers • Mr. Ward-7th and 8th Grade Social Studies • Mrs. Pham – 7th & 8th Grade Science • Mrs. Aguilar and Ms. Hoskin -8th Grade Math • Mrs. Partida-7th Grade Math • Ms. Sadler-8th Grade Language Arts • Mr. Cole-7th Grade Language Arts

4. Mr. Ward Social Studies

5. Social Studies Curriculum • In high school, the focus for the Freshman and Sophomore years is Reading and Math—in preparation for state testing. • Most students won’t have a Social Studies class until their Sophomore year. • How do we prepare students for these classes and keep them involved in history?

6. Social Studies Curriculum • American History • Government and Civics • Economics • Research Paper • New Curriculum

7. Supporting Social Studies • Read the newspaper with them • Watch the news with them • Talk about what is going on in the world • Talk about voting issues when it is voting time • Talk to them about the historical experiences you have lived through

8. Mrs. Pham Science

9. Science Curriculum • All Freshman must take one semester of Integrated Science • Curriculum matches 7th and 8th Grade Science Standards • Students will be taking Science AIMS in 8th Grade until further notice.

10. 8th Grade Science Topics • Physical Motion and Energy • Diversity of Life • Chemical Interaction • Cells & Heredity

11. 7th Grade Science Topics • Space Science • Earth’s Surface • The Changing Earth • Ecology • Life Over Time

12. Supporting Science • Review the days’ lessons every evening • Watch Science related programs • Discovery Health • Discovery Channel • Discuss current Science and technology advancements • Use questions that require more than an yes/no answer to help students develop their inquiry process

13. Mrs. Aguilar and Ms. Hoskin Math

14. 8th Grade Math Curriculum- Common Core Standards • The Number Sense (NS) -Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers. • Expressions and Equations (EE) -Work with radicals and integer exponents. -Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations. -Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.

15. 8th Grade Math Curriculum-Common Core Standards • Functions (F) -Define, evaluate, and compare functions. -Use functions to model relationships between quantities. • Geometry (G) -Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software. -Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem. -Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones and spheres.

16. 8th Grade Math Curriculum • Statistics and Probability (SP) -Investigate patterns of association in data.

17. Supporting Math • Talk to your child and ask them how they feel about the math they are learning in class. • Encourage your student to ask for help while they are completing their class work. • Begin to familiarize yourself with the Common Core Standards for your child’s grade level. • Khan Academy • Engage New York is available on-line.

18. Mrs. Partida 7th Grade Math

19. 7th Grade Math Curriculum • Ratios and Proportionality (RP) -Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real world and mathematical problems. • Number Sense (NS) -Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions. • Expressions and Equations (EE) -Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.

20. 7th Grade Math Curriculum • Geometry (G) -Solve real life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area and volume. • Statistics and Probability (SP) -Investigate chance processes and develop, use, and evaluate probability models.

21. Ms. Sadler 8th Grade Language Arts

22. Reading Curriculum • Reading Standards of Literature (RL) • Key Ideas and Details • Craft and Structure • Integration of Knowledge and Ideas • Range of Reading Level of Text Complexity • Reading Standards for Informational Text (RI) • Key Ideas and Details • Craft and Structure • Integration of Knowledge and Ideas • Range of Reading Level of Text Complexity • New Curriculum

23. Supporting Reading Encourage your student to read within their Lexile Range Read with your student Read to your student Talk about articles or books you have read lately Ask your student questions about what they are reading Discuss ways that you use reading in your job and everyday life

24. Mr. Cole 7th Grade Language Arts

25. Writing Curriculum • Writing (W) • Text Types and Purposes • Production and Distribution of Writing • Research to Build and Present Knowledge • Thinking Maps • Language (L) • Conventions of Standard English • Knowledge of Language • Vocabulary Acquisition and Use

26. Supporting Writing • Encourage your student to write • Be a proofreader for your student • Read your students’ final stories and essays • Share your own writing with your student • Discuss ways that you use writing in your job and everyday life • Give your student opportunities to help you write directions, lists, emails, letters, etc…

27. Responsibility Cards & Agendas Encouraging Communication

28. Agendas • Students must have their agenda everyday. • Students must have their agenda signed every night. • Agendas are signed by teachers every day in every class. • Overall agenda checks are done by the homeroom teacher on Wednesday.

29. Responsibility Card Codes

30. Communication with Agendas and Responsibility Cards Check agendas and Responsibility Cards each night. Please look for notes in the agenda. Feel free to write notes for a teacher in the agenda. Email or call if you have additional questions or concerns. Responsibility Cards will need to be signed if your child receives an infraction code.

31. Questions • Feel free to contact us at any time in the future. • Email and agendas are the best form of communication for us. • We ask that you call the teachers before or after school as we are teaching between 7:35-3:00. • Emails:

32. Kids At Hope

33. Kids At Hope