MS. WISE - SPED SCIENCE             

 7^th and 8^th  GRADE  

CLASS EXPECTATIONS:

Courses employ New York State and Common Core Learning Standards. 

Science classes may include a variety of instructional formats ranging from hands-on lab activities, computer-based assignments to class discussions. Students will be working cooperatively to accomplish larger projects. Supplemental videos will be used to enhance the learning experience.

Students will keep a notebook with notes and vocabulary and participate in class activities.

Grade 7 Science - Life Science:

Physical, Life, and Earth Science, Living Organisms, Plant and Animal Cells, the Five Kingdoms, and an introduction to the Human Body Systems.

Interactions of Living Things, Cycles in Nature, The Earth’s Ecosystems, History of Earth: Fossils, Patterns of Change in Life on Earth, Genetic Change and Traits, Natural Selection, Speciation and Extinction, Environmental Problems and Solutions, Energy Resources. Introduction to Science and Engineering Practices.

Grade 8 Science - Physical Science:

Introduction to Matter: Properties of Matter, Elements, Compounds, Mixture, introduction to Atoms, and the Periodic Table, Forces, Motion, and Energy: Matter in Motion, Forces in Motion, Energy, and Heat. Understanding Weather and Climate.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:

There will be a zero earned on any assignment, test, project, homework, or quiz that involves cheating, such as copying, borrowing homework from another student, and/or plagiarism.

TEST PROCEDURES:

Inappropriate behaviors during a test may result in the test being taken away and/or student receiving a zero.

HOMEWORK:

Students are expected to make every effort to complete homework assignments. If a student is absent from class, they are responsible for making up missed assignments, and/or work.

GRADING POLICY:

TEST...40%   QUIZ...20%  HOMEWORK … 10%

 PARTICIPATION…30% (Notebooks will be checked) 

ENGLISH SPED 7 and 8           

COURSE OVERVIEW:

Determining Word Meaning – Students will learn different strategies to build on reading comprehension skills.

Summarize Written Text – Students will summarize written text through the use of main ideas, recall of details, and analyzing paragraphs.

Support Main Idea – Students will identify important details that enable them to answer questions. Lessons also teach how to determine the setting and mood of a story, and whether details are specific or general.

Recognizing Relationships – Teaches students how to recognize the cause and effect relationships in each passage. Students learn the skills of analysis through the use of cause and effect and organizational patterns.

Analyze Text – Teaches skills of analyzing literary texts. Students learn how to use inferences, draw conclusions, find the author’s purpose, understand themes, and discover the development of the plot.

Evaluate Point of View – Teaches students how to evaluate the point of view in a story through the discrimination of fact and opinion, comparing and contrasting character changes, and determining the author’s point of view.

Parts of Speech – Students will identify possessive nouns, verb tense, subject and verb agreement, the comparison of adjectives and adverbs, the placement and use of prepositional phrases, and the correct use of conjunctions to connect ideas.

READING ASSIGNMENTS:

Students will read assigned books and various reading material. Students will complete writing assignments including journals, essays, poems, and book reports.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:

There will be a zero earned on any assignment, test, project, homework, or quiz that involves cheating, such as copying, borrowing homework from another student, and/or plagiarism.

TEST PROCEDURE:

Inappropriate behaviors during a test may result in the test being taken away and/or the student receiving a zero.

HOMEWORK:

Students are expected to make every effort to complete homework assignments. If a student is absent from class they are responsible for making up missed assignments, and/or work.

GRADING POLICY:

TEST ........40%     QUIZ…20%    HOMEWORK … 10%

 PARTICIPATION…30% (Notebooks will be checked) 

MS. WISE  SPED SOCIAL STUDIES

7^th, 8^th, 9^th GRADES

CLASS EXPECTATIONS:

Each student is expected to: 

• Be on time to class or bring a late pass
• Be seated when the bell rings with books open, supplies out, and ready to work.
• Participate regularly.
• Write homework/assignments in your planner.
• * Electronic devices may be used to snap homework and/or reading assignments
• Complete all class and homework assignments when due.
• Be courteous and respectful to the teacher(s) and to your peers.
• Study daily.
• No food, or beverages in class (water is OK).

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

• Binder with paper              
• Blue or Black Pen
• Pencil 

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Courses employ New York State Standards and Common Core Learning Standards.  

Students will work individually and cooperatively to accomplish class projects. Supplemental videos will be used to enhance the learning experience.

Students will keep a notebook with class notes and vocabulary words, and participate in class activities.

7^th Grade Social Studies

Examines the migration of the Nomadic people to the Continental Discovery of America through the early 1800s.  U.S. History is the primary concentration with a global approach in economics, geography, humanities, and politics. Literacy will be incorporated through reading and writing assignments. 

8^th Grade Social Studies

Examines the early 1800’s to the present with related focuses on reading and writing. There is a global approach taken that incorporates economics, geography, humanities, and politics throughout the course.

9^th GLOBAL HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY I

Examines the study of world history and geography incorporating world cultures, economics, geography, and government. The course will look at how events, ideas, and government actions have impacted the world. The course will also examine the fundamental concepts of geography with the migration of people and their interaction with the environment and each other.

ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:

There will be a zero earned on any assignment, test, project, homework, or quiz that involves cheating, such as copying, borrowing homework from another student, and/or plagiarism. 

TEST PROCEDURES:

Inappropriate behaviors during a test could result in the test being taken away and/or student receiving a zero.

HOMEWORK:

Students are expected to make every effort to complete homework assignments.

If a student is absent from class they are responsible for making up missed assignments, and/or work. 

GRADING POLICY:

TEST ............ 40%         QUIZ…… 20%     HOMEWORK … 10%

 PARTICIPATION… 30% (Notebooks will be checked) 

CLASS EXPECTATIONS:

Each student is expected to: 

• Be on time to class or bring a late pass

• Be seated when the bell rings with books open, supplies out, and ready to work.

• Participate regularly.

• Write homework/assignments in your planner.

• * Electronic devices may be used to snap homework and/or reading assignments

• Complete all class and homework assignments (when they are due).

• Be courteous and respectful to the teacher(s) and to your peers.

• Study daily.

• No food, or beverages in class (water is OK).