Basic 8th Grade Curriculum (Non-Customized)
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| English | Language Arts Grade 8 |
| Math | Pre-Algebra Grade 8 |
| Science | Physical Science Grade 8 |
| Social Studies | U.S. History Grade 8 |
8th Grade Course Descriptions
Language Arts Grade 8
Students should study vocabulary, literature, grammar, research, internet usage, speech, and writing. The students should be reading novels in class for literary study; they should read books and take tests to develop comprehension skills.
Pre-Algebra Grade 8
This class should include the basic study of percent applications, exponents, scientific notation, metrics, multi-step problems, lowest common multiples, greatest common factors, fractions, decimals, graphing, geometry, probability and statistics and two variables equations in algebra.
Physical Science Grade 8
Students should be studying Physical Sciences of chemistry and physics. Some of the major topics could be matter and energy, and how they can be changed for the good of man. Subjects covered should include the structure of matter, the atom, motion, energy, simple machines, magnetism, waves, light sound, and energy resources.
US History Grade 8
The eighth grade social studies course should be the second part of a two-year study of United States history. It focuses on the period from 1860 to the present. The changing economic and social structure of the United States in the twentieth century should be explored and evaluated. Special emphasis is placed on the evolving role of America as a global military and economic power and the effect of this development on our domestic political agenda.
Basic 7th Grade Curriculum (Non Customized)
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| English | Language Arts Grade 7 |
| Math | Math Grade 7 |
| Science | Life Science Grade 7 |
| Social Studies | U.S. History Grade 7 |
7th Grade Course Descriptions
Language Arts Grade 7
This course should be focused on writing and literature. Students should review the eight parts of speech focusing on usage and applying the rules of grammar to their writing. Students are working with functional, narrative, informative, and persuasive styles of writing, emphasis should be put on writing and editing a paper with an introduction, thesis, appropriate transitions, and a conclusion. In literature, students should study the elements of short studies as well as novels. They will further develop their vocabulary and spelling skills through these works of literature as well as use the themes presented to practice critical thinking skills and make real life applications.
Math Grade 7
The seventh grade curriculum should contains strong mathematical content with real-life connections. This course should include the basic study of: exponents, rounding, place value, metrics, order of operations, using various graphs, adding, subtracting, multiplication, and division of decimals and fractions. It also includes lowest common multiples, greatest common factors and probability. The course should involve integrate algebra throughout.
Life Science Grade 7
Student should study Life Science, it covers livings things around us serve as the subjects of study for this course, including ecology, cell life and structure, life processes, classification, genetics, and organisms.
US History Grade 7
Students will begin a 2-year-study of United States history. Focusing on the period from the development of the first Native American cultures to the rise of sectional division in the 1850's. Basic geography skills, current events, and research projects are used to enhance student learning.
Basic 6th Grade Curriculum (Non Customized)
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| English | Language Arts Grade 6 |
| Math | Math Grade 6 |
| Science | General Science Grade 6 |
| Social Studies | Geography Grade 6 |
6th Grade Course Descriptions
Language Arts Grade 6
Students should be working to further develop their skills in writing, reading, and speaking. Emphasis should be placed on writing a clear and well developed paragraph. Students should undertake a detailed study of grammar learning and applying the eight parts of speech to their writing. Students will gain appreciation for various genres of literature as they read the novels for this course. Through those novels they will study vocabulary, spelling, and the elements of literature.
Mathematics Grade 6
The sixth grade math curriculum should be designed for students to master addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of whole numbers, decimals and fractions; graphing and statistics; measurement and geometry; ratio, proportion and probability; percent; area and volume; and integers.
General Science Grade 6
Students will be learning about life's structure and function, diversity of life, life and the environment, Earth's air and water, earth and space, matter, forces, and energy, electricity and magnetism.
Geography Grade 6
Should include basic geography skills, the land, and its people. Students study of the world's regions using the Five Themes of Geography. The regions include: Location (both absolute and relative), place (the physical and human characteristics), human/environment interaction (the relationships within places) movement (the mobility of people, goods and ideas) and region (how they form and change)