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Reading & Literature
- Read and discuss novels, short stories, myths, and tales
- Develop critical thinking skills throuhg literaty analysis of character, setting, theme, and tone
- Analyze literature and improve comprehension: whole class discussion, literature groups, and group projects
- Connect literature to social studies: cultural universals and ancient civilizations in literature
- Read and extract main ideas from non-fiction sources
Writing & Language Arts
- Write effective paragraphs, stories, and essays
- Recognize sentence structure and parts of speech with daily grammar practice
- Develop critical thinking skills through analysis and editing of one’s own and others’ written work
- Increase breadth of vocabulary
Social Studies
- Understanding cultural universals and their interconnections
- Dig 2: an introduction to archaeological methodology and ethics
- Ancient Civilizations: Egypt and Greece
- Study of farmworkers’ rights
- Public speaking skills: practice through simulations and presentations
- Research skills: finding and assessing quality of paper and electronic sources, taking organized notes
Mathematics
- Solidifying basic operations using integers, fractions, and decimals
- Data collection, organization, and analysis
- Using ratios, rates, proportions, averages, and graphs to draw conclusions and solve for unknowns
- 2D geometry
- Dealing with imprecision: estimating and rounding reasonably
- Using words and equations to explain why and how in math and science
Science
- Water quality: learn how society influences the natural world
- Chemistry of preservation and decay: natural recycling
- Consumer education: product testing and comparison and analytical writing
- Physics of motion: apply the abstract to the concrete
Spanish
- Use Total Physical Response storytelling model: Canechi y Chipote
- Use Realidades B textbook, workbook, and interactive website
- Communicate using four modalities: reading, listening, speaking, and writing
- Paired communication activities and Mini Speaking Assessments
- One-on-one and small group conversation
- Present, preterite, and future tenses
- Use University of Texas at Austin Oral Proficiency site
Fine Arts
- Drawing: one-point perspective
- Clay: animation
- Ancient civilizations: Prehistoric, Egyptian, and Greek
- Background – middle ground – foreground perspective collage
Music
- Sixth grade choir with guest choir master
- Three-part a cappella singing
- Intermediate conga drum technique
- Develop drum ensemble concepts
- Dividing the beat, pattern development, and rhythm cycles
- Performance band for instrumentalists
Service Learning
- Study the ecology of Lake Merritt and clean the lake
- Map Your World: improving the community through civic engagement
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