Identify, compare, describe, analyze and evaluate components of fiction and non‑fiction

Identify, interpret and analyze figurative language

Identify and interpret point of view

Distinguish fact from opinion and essential from nonessential content

Identify author’s claim and bias

Read, analyze, compare, interpret and comprehend a variety of texts: non‑fiction, fiction and poetry

Vocabulary development

Word recognition skills

Make inferences, conclusions and generalizations

Identify main idea and details

Identify genre and summarize a text

Several texts

Response to reading

Comprehension assessments

Literature circles

Projects

Argumentative

Informative

Narrative essays

Text‑dependent analysis

Paragraph development

Word choice/vocabulary

Descriptive words/details

Audience/voice

Identify/use figurative language

Editing and revising skills

Understand patterns, relations and functions using multiple representations
Use numbers, symbols, words, tables and/or graphs appropriately
Use models to represent quantitative relationships

Analyze two and three-dimensional geometric shapes and understand geometric relationships
Transformations and symmetry
Locate points or describe relationships using a coordinate plane

Demonstrate and understanding of numbers, ways of representing numbers, relationships among numbers and number systems
Understand the meanings, use operations, and understand how they relate to each other.
Compute accurately and fluently and make reasonable estimates

Organize, display, interpret or analyze data
Answer questions using data
Use appropriate statistical methods to analyze data
Apply basic concepts of probability or outcomes
Develop inferences and predictions or draw conclusions based on data or data displays

Understanding measurable attributes of objects and figures, and the units, systems and processes of measurement.
Apply appropriate techniques, tools and formulas to determine measurements.

Types of energy and energy conversions

Means of energy transfer

Classify energy sources

Law of conservation of energy

Identify alternative energy resources

Design and conduct scientific investigations

Utilize tools of a scientist

Practice laboratory safety

Speed and Acceleration

Gravity and Friction

Newton’s Law of Motion

Law of Conservation and Momentum

Work using simple machines

Use models to describe atomic structure

Identify periodic trends

Utilize symbols and chemical formulas

Properties of matter

Chemical and physical changes

Law of Conservation of Mass

Key figures, documents and policies

English colonial settlements and society

Comparison/contrast of north, south and west

Reconstruction

Grammar/punctuation

Greetings/courtesies

Objects, commands

Alphabet, numbers

Geography

Culture

School subjects

Time

Food

Weather/seasons

Grammar/punctuation

Greetings/courtesies

Objects, commands

Alphabet, numbers

Geography

Culture

School subjects

Time

Food

Weather/seasons

Grammar/punctuation

Greetings/courtesies

Objects, commands

Alphabet, numbers

Geography

Culture

School subjects

Time

Food

Weather/seasons

Optical illusions
Graffiti pop art
Pollock initial art
Print making
Digital image self-portraits
Kaleidoscope
Color, value and drawing
Flower pastels (O’Keeffe)

Learn mechanical systems
Energy transfer
Coding
Problem/solving
Collaboration
Development of robotics platforms

Google applications
Computer communication systems/Internet search
Keyboarding skills

Application of design process to solve problems
Influence of creativity and innovation
Use of design software (123 D) to create virtual image of design
Use design to build project

Measure/interpret vital signs
Body systems/brain A&P
Analyze genetic testing (DNA)
Examine medical histories
Research pathogens
Diagnose and propose treatment virtual autopsy

Team Building
Indoor Games
Badminton/ Pickleball
Floor Hockey
Basketball
Volleyball
Field Games
Baseball/Softball
Flag Football
Frisbee
Soccer
Lacrosse

Health Triangle
Mental Health
Stress
Social Problems
Body Changes
Effects of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, OTC and prescription drugs

Agilities/Plyometrics
Dance Dance Revolution
Physical Fitness Testing
Yoga/Pilates
Step Aerobics
Tae-Bo/Kickboxing
Pedometers/Heart Rate Monitors

Improvisation

Script reading

Major production

Modern media

Film editing

Background music

Creative expression

Sampling, loops and editing using Garageband app

Basics of theater

Enhanced visual arts using music and sound recording technology

Chorus

Band

Orchestra