Courses
PreKindergarten
- Life Science Living and Nonliving Things
- Matter: Floating and Sinking
- Healthy Habits
- Spatial Sense and Coding
Kindergarten
- Structure and Function: Exploring Design
- Pushes and Pulls
- Structure and Function: Human Body
- Animals and Algorithms
- Sunlight and Weather
- Living Things: Needs and Impacts
First Grade
- Light and Sound
- Light: Observing the Sun, Moon, and Starts
- Animals Adaptations
- Animated Storying Telling
- Designs Inspired by Nature
Second Grade
- Materials Science: Form and Function
- Materials Science: Properties of Matter
- The Changing Earth
- Grids and Games
- Living Things: Diversity of Life
Third Grade
- Stability and Motion: Forces and Interactions
- Variation of Traits
- Programming Patterns
- Weather: Factors and Hazards
- Life Cycles and Survival
- Environmental Changes
Fourth Grade
- Input/Output: Computer Systems
- Input/Output: Human Brain
- Waves and Properties of Light
- Organisms: Structure and Function
- Earth: Past, Present, and Future
- Earth: Human Impact and Natural Disasters
- Energy Exploration [New]
Fifth Grade
- Compare and contrast the rich cultures of the First Peoples’ civilizations.
- Movement of matter among plants, animals, decomposers, and the environment.
- Represent and interpret data of measurements in fractions of a unit (1/2, 1/4, 1/8).
- Write opinion, informative/explanatory, and narrative pieces appropriate to task and purpose.
- Investigate technological advances in physical activity and fitness.(New!)
Sixth Grade
- Cite textual evidence and make relevant connections to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
- Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
- Engage effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others' ideas and expressing their own clearly.
- Analyze the factors that led to the rise and fall of various early river valley civilizations and determine whether there was a common pattern of growth and decline.
- Explain how technological advancements led to greater economic specialization, improved weaponry, trade, and the development of a class system in early river valley civilizations and determine the geopolitical impact of these civilizations, then and now (i.e., Mesopotamia and Iraq; Ancient Egypt and Modern Egypt; Indus River Valley and Modern Pakistan/India; Ancient China and Modern China).
- Determine the role of slavery in the economic and social structures of early river valley civilizations and it’s eventual abolishment in said early civilizations. Discuss the rise of the working class in said early civilizations.
- Understand the concept of a ratio and use ratio language to describe a ratio relationship between two quantities. For example, “The ratio of wings to beaks in the bird house at the zoo was 2:1, because for every 2 wings there was 1 beak.” “For every vote candidate A received, candidate C received nearly three votes.
- Find a percent of a quantity as a rate per 100 (e.g., 30% of a quantity means 30/100 times the quantity); solve problems involving finding the whole, given a part and the percent.
- Develop and use a model to describe the role of gravity in the motions within galaxies and the solar system.
- Models can be used to represent systems and their interactions—such as inputs, processes and outputs—and energy, matter, and information flows within systems.
- Respond to a few simple questions on very familiar topics using memorized words and phrases that have been repeatedly practiced in the Spanish language for World Language.
- With the help of gestures and/or visuals, share with others basic needs on very familiar topics using memorized words and phrases that have been repeatedly practiced.
- Predict the impact of rules, etiquette, procedures, and sportsmanship on players' behavior in small groups and large teams during physical activities and games.
Seventh Grade
- Spin! Bend! Slide! Wobble! Roll! It’s about time to put on those dancing shoes and tap into the balancing act of life. As seventh graders develop more unique and individualized ways of thinking, expressing ideas, and solving problems, they also gain confidence in mastering more complex routines.
- Whether they are jumping into a fast-paced hip-hop sequence with accuracy in math and science class, a slow waltz exploring the flow of language and structure, or a salsa dance full of twists and turns of history, with each practice, students gain more autonomy. By the end of the year, they are no longer just following the routine, they are ready to add style, understanding and creativity to tackle life with poise.
- Each story students read this year pushes them to question how individual experiences and challenges help shape understanding of self, communities, and the world.
- Informational texts and other mediums are spiraled through each unit to build students’ contextual understanding and deepen analytical capabilities in writing and discussion.
- Students will strengthen their comprehension by engaging in critical reading strategies such as identifying the author’s purpose and perspective, analyzing how text features and structures contribute to meaning, and evaluating evidence to support claims.
- The dance of history continues as students pirouette into the Byzantine Empire, witnessing how it carried the torch of Roman ideals to Eastern Europe and the rising Russian Empire. As they analyze the rise of Islam and its journey from a regional belief to a global religion, our dancers celebrate the artistic, scientific, and mathematical brilliance of Islamic scholars.
- Shifting to Africa, students will join the rhythmic pulse of civilizations like Ghana, Mali, Songhai, Aksum, and Ancient Zimbabwe, learning how their governments, economies, and cultures choreographed lasting contributions to world history.
- Seventh grade Math begins with reinforcing essential learning to ensure students carry a solid foundation into mastering more complicated moves, keeping in sync to the beat of equations, inequalities and proportional relationships.
- As the choreography becomes even more challenging, angles, probability and patterns band together in symphony, enabling students to use mathematical methods and models to solve real world problems and diagnose challenges they are learning to manage in their own lives each day: money management, cooking, sports, travel and technology, to name a few.
- Even as students continue to embrace the flow of young-adulthood, they come to understand how to use what they know to make informed decisions about who they are and who they want to be.