What do we study?
5th Grade ELA:
1) Reading Critically: Short Stories with the Junior Great Books
2) Writing Well: Creating Short Stories with Real-life Themes
3) Reading, Writing, and Analyzing: Novel Study (Timothy of the Cay)
5th Grade Math:
1) Mutl-multiplication Algorithm Project (learning different multiplication algorithms; designing an experiment to determine the "best" algorithm)
2) Statistics and Probability in the Real 5th Grade World: learning about statistics and probability through Hangman and Wheel of Fortune!
3) Fun with Fibonacci: patterns constructed by math in nature, art, and architecture
5th Grade Enrichment:
Quarter 1: The Pilgrims and the Mayflower
Quarter 2: TBD
6th Grade Math and ELA: in-class enrichment related to the topic of study in the regular classroom
7th Grade ELA:
Quarters 1 and 2: SAT Prep
Quarters 3 and 4: Novel Study and Critical Essay Writing
7th Grade Math:
1) SAT Prep through the March SAT date
2) Algebra, Logic Problem Solviing, Additional Enrichment
8th Grade ELA:
Quarters 1 and 2: Narrative of a Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Quarters 3 and 4: Non-fiction novel study: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
8th Grade Math:
Enrichment related to the topic of study in the regular classroom
5th Grade ELA:
1) Reading Critically: Short Stories with the Junior Great Books
2) Writing Well: Creating Short Stories with Real-life Themes
3) Reading, Writing, and Analyzing: Novel Study (Timothy of the Cay)
5th Grade Math:
1) Mutl-multiplication Algorithm Project (learning different multiplication algorithms; designing an experiment to determine the "best" algorithm)
2) Statistics and Probability in the Real 5th Grade World: learning about statistics and probability through Hangman and Wheel of Fortune!
3) Fun with Fibonacci: patterns constructed by math in nature, art, and architecture
5th Grade Enrichment:
Quarter 1: The Pilgrims and the Mayflower
Quarter 2: TBD
6th Grade Math and ELA: in-class enrichment related to the topic of study in the regular classroom
7th Grade ELA:
Quarters 1 and 2: SAT Prep
Quarters 3 and 4: Novel Study and Critical Essay Writing
7th Grade Math:
1) SAT Prep through the March SAT date
2) Algebra, Logic Problem Solviing, Additional Enrichment
8th Grade ELA:
Quarters 1 and 2: Narrative of a Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Quarters 3 and 4: Non-fiction novel study: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Rebecca Skloot)
8th Grade Math:
Enrichment related to the topic of study in the regular classroom