Middle School Curriculum

Students will be able to independently use their learning to:

1. Comprehend and evaluate complex texts across a range of types and disciplines.
2. Be a critical consumer of text and other media to recognize, understand, and appreciate multiple perspectives and cultures.
3. Produce writing to address task, purpose, perspective, and intended audience; research and gather evidence to create a clear and coherent message.
4. Communicate effectively for varied purposes and audiences.
5. Listen actively to engage in a range of conversations, to analyze and synthesize idea and positions, and to evaluate accuracy in order to learn, reflect, and respond.

Students will be able to independently use their learning to:

1. Make sense of and persevere in solving complex and novel mathematical problems.
2. Use effective mathematical reasoning to construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
3. Communicate precisely when making mathematical statements and express answers with a degree of precision appropriate for the context of the problem/situation.
4. Apply mathematical knowledge to analyze and model situations/relationships using multiple representations and appropriate tools in order to make decisions, solve problems, and draw conclusions.
5. Make use of structure and repeated reasoning to gain a mathematical perspective and formulate generalized problem solving strategies.

Science Scope and Sequence

Earth and Space Science

Life Science

Physical Science