LBSS: Rising 7th Grade Curriculum Night

January 10, 2019

AgendaObjective: To learn more about Lake Braddock and the courses available to students for the 2019-2020 school year.

Agenda:❖ Welcome❖ People to Know❖ Lake Braddock Summer Programs❖ Course Offerings❖ Next Steps

People to KnowAdministration:

Mrs. Penny Gros Principal

Mrs. Laura Waterman Associate Principal

Mr. Lance Jackson AP Subschool 2

Ms. Josie Rodriguez Walhout AP Subschool 1

Mr. Keith Hall AP

Ms. Anne Polino Director of Student Services

Ms. Alex Bryan After School Specialist

Mr. Scott Darwin MS Systems Of Support Advisor

Counselors:

Mr. Ian Brodie Purple Piranhas

Mrs. Tracey Butler-Johnson Golden Knights

Mr. Josh Miles Neon Roadrunners

Mrs. Kristin Girardin Blue Dolphins

Mrs. Melissa Staab Red Hot Chili Peppers

Lake Braddock Programs Summer 2019Jump Start (TBD)❖ One-day summer program to help students become more familiar with Lake Braddock❖ There will be a fee for the program, which includes lunch and a Class of 2025 t-shirt❖ Transportation will not be provided❖ Registration will open April 29

Bruin Blast (TBD)❖ This provides you with an opportunity to turn in all required forms and receive your student’s

schedule and locker information❖ You will also be able to purchase a pe uniform, tour the building, set up your student’s locker,

and add money to your lunch account

New Student Orientation (TBD)❖ All middle school students who are new to Lake Braddock will follow a shortened schedule and

visit each of their seven classes

Course Information2019 - 2020 School Year

Lake Braddock Middle School Course Catalog

Online Course Catalog can be found on the MS Student Services page under Academic Information:

https://lakebraddockss.fcps.edu/middle-school/student-services/academic-information

Student SchedulesAll middle school students will take the following courses:

❖ Mathematics❖ English❖ Science❖ History❖ Health/PE❖ Electives

Three Possible Elective Combinations:

❖ 2 Yearlong Electives❖ 1 Yearlong, 2 Semester

Electives❖ 4 Semester Electives

Comparing AAC and HonorsAdvanced Academic Center Middle School Resources:

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/academic-overview/advanced-academic-programs

Open Enrollment

Any student may elect to take an honors level course.

Things to Think About:❖ Grades❖ Study Habits❖ Work Ethic❖ Motivation❖ Other Activities

Develop an understanding of your student’s strengths and interests to give them a rigorous and balanced schedule that challenges them but does not

overwhelm them.

English 7Concept-based Curriculum: a thematic, cross-curricular, interdisciplinary approach to Language Arts

❖ Thematic: connecting all units to a key concept that resonates with 7th graders➢ examples: “identity,” “relationships,” “growth”

❖ Cross-curricular: emphasizing the concept across the year-long curriculum➢ example: growth among characters through human bonds (fiction), of knowledge through

research (non fiction), of an argument through concrete examples (persuasion)

❖ Interdisciplinary: using a common theme to show connections among different subject areas➢ example: Create a children’s book that explains the connections within number families

(math) using human relationships (English) as a metaphor.

English 7 Course Offerings

Areas of Study:

❖ Fiction❖ Non-Fiction❖ Persuasion❖ Research ❖ Poetry

English 7 Comparison: Fiction UnitEnglish 7 English 7 Honors English 7 AAC

In Class

Elements of plot explicitly taught

Seventh grade/leveled short stories and novels

Paired passages

Elements of plot reviewed

Grade level and above short stories and novels

Critical analysis of paired passages

Elements of plot applied

Above grade level/classic short stories and novels

Critical analysis of paired passages

Accelerated pace and increased depth

At Home(Practice)

Reinforcing skills taught in class

Guided projects with multiple steps

Reading

Reinforce/extend skills taught in class

Independent projects with multiple steps

Reading

Apply and expand skills taught in class

Independent projects with multiple steps

Reading

Assessment of Student Learning

Ecart

Narrative writing with multiple steps

Identify elements of fiction

Word bank/multiple choice

Ecart

Narrative writing

Apply elements of fictionMultiple choice/free response

Ecart

Extensive narrative writing

Apply and analyze elements of fiction

Multiple choice/free response/synthesis

US History Course OfferingsAreas of Study:

❖ US Geography❖ Reconstruction❖ Westward Expansion❖ Industrialization❖ Immigration❖ Urbanization❖ Progressives❖ Imperialism❖ WWI❖ 1920s

❖ Great Depression❖ WWII❖ Cold War❖ Civil Rights Movement❖ Globalism & Contemporary Issues

All students begin their FCPS middle school 15-hours community service learning commitment, which will continue through the end of 8th grade. Five hours of service must be completed by the end of 7th grade.

KEY SKILL: Analyzing, interpreting & Writing based on historical documents

US History Comparison: Immigration Unit (1870s-1920s)

US History 7 US History 7 Honors US History 7 AAC

In Class

Teacher led instruction, collaborative work, guided practice and independent practice

Teacher led instruction, collaborative work, student led discussion, guided and independent practice

Teacher led instruction, collaborative work, student led discussion, independent practice, problem or project-based approach

At Home(Practice)

Students get a guided reading worksheet with questions that go along with an assigned text reading

Students get a guided reading worksheet based on an assigned text. Questions are more open-ended, writing intensive and require interpretation.

Students research facts about immigration, including pros and cons, using an assigned text and outside sources of the student’s choice

Assessment of Student Learning

Students take a test that consists of multiple choice, matching, short answer and primary source analysis.

Students take a test that consists of multiple choice, short answer and primary source analysis. They are also required to write an analytical essay on immigration

Students participate in a Socratic Seminar that revolves around the positives and negatives of immigration both in the 1800s and today while citing information from their sources

Science Course Offerings

Areas of Study:

❖ The Environment❖ Chesapeake Bay Watershed❖ Microscopes❖ Cells❖ Genetics❖ DNA

Science 7 Comparison: Nutrient Nuisance Science 7 Science 7 Honors Science 7 AAC

In Class Jigsaw nutrient pollution reading

Sentence prompts for sequencing Eutrophication includes word prompts (scaffold)

Independent reading

Sentence prompts for sequencing Eutrophication is w/o prompts

Independent reading

Students able to explain Eutrophication in paragraph form

At Home(Practice)

Complete any classwork that was not finished

Complete any classwork that was not finished

Complete any classwork that was not finished

Assessment of Student

Learning

The steps of Eutrophication illustrated by the studentScaffold provided: Graphic organizer with the stages already listed

Students choose to create a paragraph, cartoon, or illustration to describe the process of eutrophication that occurs in the CBay from the input of excess nutrients to the formation of a dead zone.

Students choose to create a paragraph, cartoon, or illustration to describe the process of eutrophication that occurs in the CBay from the input of excess nutrients to the formation of a dead zone.

Explain how eutrophication impacts the Bay’s ecosystem and the actions being taken to reduce it. Which are most beneficial and why? (May use the Chesapeake Bay Program)

How does Math 7 HN fall within the Middle School succession of math courses?

Advanced Math 6 / Math 7

Pre-Algebra

Math 7 Honors

Algebra I

Math 6

Geometry

HS Courses

Mathematics Course OfferingsMathematics 7/Math 7 Double Block

Areas of Study:

❖ Number and Number Sense❖ Computation and Estimation❖ Geometry and Measurement❖ Probability and Statistics❖ Patterns, Functions, and

Algebra

Students will take the Mathematics 7 SOL test at the end of the year.

Mathematics 7 Honors

Areas of Study:

❖ Equations and Inequalities❖ Statistical Data❖ Geometric Measurement❖ Characteristics of Linear Functions.❖ Exponents ❖ Properties of the Real Number System

This course is based on the Pre-Algebra curriculum and includes extensions and enrichment.

Students will take the Pre-Algebra SOL at the end of the year.

Mathematics Course Offerings ContinuedAlgebra I Honors (Students Can Earn 1.0 High School Credit)

Areas of Study:

❖ Real Number System❖ Equation & Functions❖ Linear Function❖ Quadratics and Factoring❖ Exponents & Radicals

❖ System of Equations

Students will take the Algebra I SOL at the end of the year.

To Qualify for Algebra I Honors Students Must Meet the Following Criteria:

❖ Advanced Mathematics 6 or a year long accelerated mathematics course

❖ Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test (IAAT) Score at or above the 91st percentile

❖ A score of Pass Advanced (500 or above) on the Mathematics 7 SOL test

Placement Letter will be mailed home in July.

Mathematics Comparison: Equations Math 7 Math 7 Honors Algebra I Honors

In Class

One & Two Step Equations2x + 5 = 25

Multi-step equations with variables on both sides2(x-30) = -4x + 2

Literal equations and inequalitiesax + bx = c solve for x

At Home(Practice)

Approximately 10-15 problems

Approximately 15-20 problems

Approximately 15 - 20 problems

Assessment of Student Learning

Formative & Summativeby Unit

Math 7 SOL

Formative & Summative by Unit

Pre-Algebra SOL

Formative & Summative by Unit

Algebra SOL

Support/Intervention Course Offerings

Reading Support:

❖ Read 180 ❖ Action Literacy 7 ❖ Responsive Writing ❖ Reading 7 (SPED Only)❖ English Language Development

(ESOL Only)❖ Academic Language (ESOL Only)

Math Support:

❖ Double Block Math❖ FAST Math (ESOL Only)

Additional Support:

❖ Strategies for Success: Bruin Prep❖ AVID❖ Strategies for SUccess (SPED Only)❖ Personal Development (SPED Only)❖ Life Skills (SPED Only)

Elective Courses: World Languages❖ French 1 Part A❖ German 1 Part A❖ German 1*❖ Japanese 1 Part A❖ Latin 1 Part A❖ Korean 1 Part A❖ Spanish 1 Part A❖ Spanish Immersion 1*❖ Spanish for Fluent Speakers 1*

Please Note:

German 1 is a high school credit course. Only students who are currently enrolled in a German Immersion program should be enrolled in this course.

Spanish Immersion 1 is a high school credit course. Only students who are currently enrolled in an Immersion program in elementary school should be enrolled in this course. Students enrolled in a FLES program do not qualify for enrollment in Spanish Immersion 1.

Spanish for Fluent Speakers 1 is a high school credit course. Students enrolled in this course should be able to speak fluently in Spanish; however, students are not required to be able to read and write in Spanish.

Elective Course OfferingsYearlong Electives:❖ Band:

➢ Beginning, Intermediate, Percussion, Brass, Woodwind

❖ Orchestra➢ Beginning, Primo, Concert, String

Ensemble, Chamber

❖ Chorus ➢ Basso, Treble

❖ Theatre Arts❖ Musical Theatre❖ Guitar❖ AVID (application required)

Semester Electives:❖ Family and Consumer Science 7❖ Engineering Design & Modeling 1❖ Engineering Simulation & Fabrication 2❖ Art Foundation❖ Computers in Art❖ Chorus❖ Theatre Arts Appreciation❖ Technical Theatre❖ Media Communications❖ Literary Arts: Journalism❖ Creative Writing❖ Computer Solutions❖ Coding & Innovative Technologies 1

Check out our Elective Videos Online at https://lakebraddockss.fcps.edu/ms-electives

7th Grade Course Selection Sheet: Required Courses

7th Grade Course Selection Sheet: Electives

Next StepsJanuary 14-18: Counselors will visit elementary schools

to review course offerings

April 29: Jump Start Registration Opens

May: Course Verification Message Sent

May 22: Rising 7th Grade Parent Night

June 1: Last Day to Request Changes to Course Requests

July: Algebra I Honors Placement Letters Mailed Home

August 2019: Jump StartBruin BlastNew Student Orientation

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