In Religion, students will:

1. Discuss historical facts, changes, and growth in Church history
2. Define terms related to Church history
3. Discuss the role of saints within the Church
4. Discuss the impact of the Vatican Councils
5. Define the Commandments and the Beatitudes
6. Discuss what it means to see with the "eyes of faith"
7. Recognize Jesus in others in each day of their lives
8. Recognize the presence of Christ in the Eucharist
9. Recognize, identify, and reject bullying

Students will achieve these goals through content and skills such as: 

1. Understanding of the responsibility of Catholics today
2. Beliefs of our Catholic Faith
3. Prayer in its many forms
4. Respect for all life
5. Good spiritual, moral, emotional, and health choices
6. Commandments, Beatitudes and Moral virtues
7. Qualities of good role models
8. Liturgy and the sacraments
9. Adoration

In English/Language Arts & Literature, students will:

1. ELA:

1. Communicate effectively through oral and written expression
2. Learn and develop different styles of writing purposes
   1. Narrative/Entertain 
   2. Informative/Expository
   3. Persuade/Argumentative 
3. Identify and understand purpose of each step in the Writing Process
   1. Plan
   2. Compose
   3. Edit
   4. Revise
   5. Publish

1. MLA formatting

     d. Effective research skills using technology

   i. Determining credible sources

ii. Works Cited 

2. MLA formatting

2. Identify parts of speech and functions
3. Expand oral and written vocabulary
4. Develop a confidence in written and oral communication
   1. Relevant and effective participation in learning communities
5. Establish successful learning styles
   1. Note-taking strategies
   2. Effective study habits

2. Literature:

     a. Read and comprehend a variety of literature with proficiency

   i. Informative

1. Non-Fiction 

   ii. Literary

2. Stories, dramas, poems, etc.

    b. Draw conclusions, infer and analyze text

   i. Citing textual evidence

    c. Understand different perspectives of human experiences through literature

    d. Identify and elaborate literary devices

   i. Elements of Literature

      1. Setting

      2. Plot

3. Character
4. Theme

   ii. Figurative Language

Students will achieve these ELAR goals through content and skills such as: 

1. Lucy Calkins Reading and Writing Workshops

a. Writers’ Notebooks

b. Readers’ Notebooks

c. Book Clubs

d. Mentor Texts/Anchor Charts

2. Class Novel Sets
3. Vocabulary and Grammar Workbooks
4. Daily Writing Practice

a. Journal

      5. IXL Diagnostics and Skill Practice

      6. Renaissance STAR360 Assessments

      7. Projects:

a. Essays

b. Book Club/projects

c. Presentations and observations (peer-based feedback)

In PreAlgebra, students will:

1. Perform basic operations (+, -, , ) with fractions, decimals, percents
   1. Use rounding to estimate percentage problems before solving, and use their estimation to determine the reasonableness of a calculated answer
   2. Understand how percentages relate to taxes, sales, and markup
      1. Calculate the final prices of items in a word problem scenario involving multiple percentage calculations
2. Perform basic operations (+, -, , ) with integers
   1. Understand that the absolute value of a number represents the distance to zero, and that opposite numbers are the same distance from zero, but in opposite directions
3. Perform basic operations (+, -, , ) with monomials
   1. Develop the “shortcut” rules for powers of monomials by first using the using their definitions
4. Demonstrate multiple problem solving strategies when facing word problems
5. Identify geometric figures, both 2D and 3D, and use their properties to solve word problems
   1. Calculate perimeter, area, and volume using appropriate unit labels
6. Use the properties of triangles to solve for missing side lengths
7. Understand transformations in the coordinate plane
8. Identify transformations which preserve congruence (translations, rotations, reflections) and those that do not (dilations)
9. Understand that variables can represent any number in an expression, but that equations can be used to find the value of the variable that makes the equation true
   1. Use properties to rewrite numeric and algebraic expressions, understanding that the properties (when used correctly) generate equivalent expressions
   2. Solve multi-step equations and inequalities using integers, fractions, decimals, and exponents
10. Understand that the solution to a system of equations is the coordinate that makes both (all) equations in that system true
    1. Solve systems of equations graphically and algebraically (substitution)

In Algebra, students will:

1. Perform basic operations (+, -, , ) with integers
   1. Understand that the absolute value of a number represents the distance to zero, and that opposite numbers are the same distance from zero, but in opposite directions
2. Perform basic operations (+, -, , ) with monomials
   1. Develop the “shortcut” rules for powers of monomials by first using the using their definitions
3. Perform basic operations (+, -, , ) with polynomials
   1. Predict transformations from the parent function y=x2 to any other function in the form y=a(x-h)2+k using transformation rules
   2. Use FOILing and Factoring to represent the same quadratic function in multiple ways
   3. Solve quadratic functions in multiple ways (graphically, factoring, completing the square, using the quadratic formula)
4. Understand that the transformations on quadratics are also applicable to many other parent functions
5. Demonstrate multiple problem solving strategies when facing word problems
6. Understand that variables can represent any number in an expression, but that equations can be used to find the value of the variable that makes the equation true
   1. Use properties to rewrite numeric and algebraic expressions, understanding that the properties (when used correctly) generate equivalent expressions
   2. Solve multi-step equations and inequalities using integers, fractions, and decimals
7. Understand that the solution to a system of equations is the coordinate that makes both (all) equations in that system true
   1. Solve systems of equations graphically and algebraically (substitution and elimination)
   2. Solve systems of inequalities graphically

In Social Studies, students will:

1. Identify the origins of civilization in North America
   1. Understand the cultural impact of the four major early civilizations (Olmec, Inca, Maya, Aztec)
2. Understand the beginnings of European exploration in North America
3. Visualize the spread of European settlement in North America
   1. Understand the lasting impact that the culture of early settlers has on today’s government
4. Understand the impact European exploration had on Native Americans
5. Identify the main causes of the American Revolution
   1. See how the disagreements with England led to the specific language in the Declaration of Independence that is still relevant today
6. Read the Constitution with a critical eye, linking its origin with its impact today
7. See how the early days of the American Republic set precedents for our current government and culture
8. Understand how Westward Expansion and the idea of the American Dream impacted Native Americans
9. Compare and contrast pre- and post-Civil War society and understand the echoes of those differences in today’s world

In Science, students will:

1. Recognize and use good experimental design 
2. Collect and analyze data then draw conclusions
3. Set up and interpret tables and graphs
4. Use scientific tools and equipment such as balances, thermometers, glassware, etc.
5. Measure and accurately use the International System of Measurement
6. Work safely and collaboratively in the science lab
7. Use computers and the internet to complete scientific research and present findings 
8. Understand concepts and use vocabulary related to topics in the study of Newton’s Laws, Energy, Waves, Force and Motion
9. Understand how to balance a chemical equation and use a periodic table. 
10. Understand how to make and solve a Bohr model. 

Students will achieve these goals through content and skills such as: 

1. Scientific process skills including observation, measurement, experimental procedures, variables, and models
2. Different types of Energy : potential, thermal , and kinetic 
3. Force and Motion, velocity, speed, forces, and collisions 
4. Newton’s Three Laws
5. Electric Forces and magnetic forces
6. Force fields and how they transfer energy through space
7. Sounds waves, electrical waves, and light waves
8. How we use waves for communication 
9. Writing Chemical Formulas and balancing chemical equations
10. The periodic table of elements