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Brooklyn College
Sarah Kessar
July 16, 2009
Agenda
 Science
 Social Studies
 Math
 English Language Arts
 Grading Policy
 Homework
Curriculum
Class Policy
• Science
• Social Studies
• Math
• ELA
• Grading Rubric
• Homework
Science
 Science is hands-on learning
 Students will learn about
 Physical science
 Earth Science
 Life Science
 NYS Science Test May 2010
Science Learning Standards
 Physical Sciences Concepts
a. Demonstrates understanding of
properties of objects and materials.
b. Demonstrates understanding of
position and motion of objects.
c. Demonstrates understanding of light,
heat, electricity, and magnetism. Life
Sciences
Science Learning Standards
 Life Science Concepts
a. Demonstrates understanding of
characteristics of organisms.
b. Demonstrates understanding of life
cycles of organisms.
c. Demonstrates understanding of
organisms and environments
d. Demonstrates understanding of
change over time.
Science Learning Standards
Earth and Space Sciences Concepts
a. Demonstrates understanding of
properties of Earth materials.
b. Demonstrates understanding of objects
in the sky.
c. Demonstrates understanding of
changes in Earth and sky.
Science Learning Standards
 Scientific Connections and Applications
a. Demonstrates understanding of big
ideas and unifying concepts.
b. Demonstrates understanding of the
designed world.
c. Demonstrates understanding of
personal health.
d. Demonstrates understanding of science
as a human endeavor.
Science Learning Standards
 Scientific Thinking
a. Asks questions about natural
phenomena; objects and organisms; and
events and discoveries.
b. Uses concepts from Science Standards
1 to 4 to explain a variety of observations and
phenomena.
c. Uses evidence from reliable sources to
construct explanations.
d. Evaluates different points of view using
relevant experiences, observations, and
knowledge; and distinguishes between fact
and opinion.
e. Identifies problems; proposes and
implements solutions; and evaluates the
accuracy, design, and outcomes of
investigations.
f. Works individually and in teams to
collect and share information and ideas.
Science Learning Standards
 Scientific Tools and Technologies
a. Uses technology and tools to gather
data and extend the senses.
b. Collects and analyzes data using
concepts and techniques in Mathematics
Standard 4.
c. Acquires information from multiple
sources, such as experimentation and print
and non-print sources.
Science Learning Standards
 Scientific Communication
a. Represents data and results in multiple
ways.
b. Uses facts to support conclusions.
c. Communicates in a form suited to the
purpose and the audience.
d. Critiques written and oral explanations,
and uses data to resolve disagreements.
Science Learning Standards
 Scientific Investigation
a. Demonstrates scientific competence by
completing an experiment.
b. Demonstrates scientific competence by
completing a systematic observation.
c. Demonstrates scientific competence by
completing a design.
d. Demonstrates scientific competence by
completing non-experimental research using print
and electronic
information.
Social Studies
 Part 1 Math Essentials
 Countries Around the World
Social Studies Learning
Standards
 History of the United States and New York
use a variety of intellectual skills to
demonstrate their understanding of major
ideas, eras, themes, developments, and
turning points in the history of the United
States and New York.
Social Studies Learning
Standards
 World History
use a variety of intellectual skills to
demonstrate their understanding of major
ideas, eras, themes, developments, and
turning points in world history and examine
the broad sweep of history from a variety of
perspectives.
Social Studies Learning
Standards
 Geography
use a variety of intellectual skills to
demonstrate their understanding of the
geography of the interdependent world in
which we live—local, national, and global—
including the distribution of people, places,
and environments over the Earth’s surface.
Social Studies Learning
Standards
 Economics
use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate
their understanding of how the United States and
other societies develop economic systems and
associated institutions to allocate scarce resources,
how major decision-making units function in the
U.S. and other national economies, and how an
economy solves the scarcity problem through
market and nonmarket mechanisms.
Social Studies Learning
Standards
 Civics, Citizenship, and Government
use a variety of intellectual skills to
demonstrate their understanding of the
necessity for establishing governments; the
governmental system of the U.S. and other
nations; the U.S. Constitution; the basic civic
values of American constitutional democracy;
and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of
citizenship, including avenues of
participation.
Math
 Everyday Mathematics
 Math Messages
 Table Home Reference Book
 Differentiated Instruction
 Parent’s Help
Mathematics State Standards
 State Standards
 Students will understand mathematics and
become mathematically confidant be
communicating and reasoning mathematically, by
applying mathematics in real-world settings, and
by solving problems through the integrated study
of number systems, geometry, algebra, data
analyses, probability and trigonometry.
English Language Arts
 Strategies and Skills
 Note taking and Listening
 Writer’s Workshop
 Responses to literature
English language Arts Learning
Standards
 Students will read, write, listen, and speak for
information and understanding.
 Students will read, write, listen, and speak for
literary response and expression.
 Students will read, write, listen, and speak for
critical analysis and evaluation.
 Students will read, write, listen, and speak for
social interaction.
Grading Rubric
 4- Above the Standards
 3- Meeting Standards\
 2- Approaching Standards
 1- Below Standards
Homework
 Given daily
 Weekly current event articles
 Parent signatures
Homework
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