Instructional Insight
Null Middle School Core Content Newsletter
December 2nd - 6th , 2019
Instructional Insight Newsletter
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TEKS Standards
Every curriculum unit for our core content subject areas are based on our Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills or TEKS that the State of Texas requires all schools to teach students. These standards outline the major focus of our lessons and activities. The link below will take you to the Lead4Ward website that has all of the content standards for each one of our core content classes by grade level.
http://www.lead4ward.com/resourcesTUTORIALS
- Mondays - Social Studies
- Tuesdays - Math
- Wednesdays - Science
- Thursdays - English Language Arts
Students can come to tutorials to get extra assistance in concepts from class or make-up assignments they may have missed or need to retake.
6th Grade Math
6th Grade Math - Students will engage in curriculum content associated with the following:
- Multiple Representations
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6th Grade ELA
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6th Grade Science
Parent and Student Resource - http://sharps6thgradescience.weebly.com/unit-8-energy-resources.html
6th Grade World Cultures
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7th Grade Math
7th Grade Math - Students will engage in curriculum content associated with the following:
- Ratios, Rates, and Percents
Parent and Student Resource - https://www.math4texas.org/Page/632
7th Grade ELA
7th Grade ELA - This week in 7th grade ELA, the students will focus on elements of expository reading and writing.
Parent and Student Resource - https://www.teksguide.org/teks/ela78di/overview
7th Grade Science
7th Grade - Students are continuing to learn about watersheds in the Eco regions of Texas by analyzing the effects of weathering, erosion, and deposition.
Parent and Student Resource - https://sites.google.com/a/roundrockisd.org/cevms7thscience/ecosystems
7th Grade Texas History (U.S. History Unit)
7th Grade - Students will learn and engage in curriculum concepts related to the Republic of Texas and Early Statehood.
Parent and Student Resource - https://bartonhistory.weebly.com/tx-history-unit-6.html
8th Grade Math
8th Grade Math - Students will be engaged in unit concepts related to:
- Pythagorean Theorem
Parent and Student Resource - https://www.math4texas.org/Page/591
8th Grade Algebra - Students will be engaged in unit concepts related to:
- Transformations (graphing and function notation)
Parent and Student Resource -
8th Grade ELA
8th Grade ELA - This week in 8th grade ELA, the students will focus on elements of expository reading and writing.
Parent and Student Resource - https://www.teksguide.org/teks/ela88di/overview
8th Grade Science
8th Grade - Students are continuing to learn about forces by investigating and describing applications of Newton's law of inertia, law of force and acceleration, and law of action-reaction such as in vehicle restraints, sports activities, amusement park rides, Earth's tectonic activities, and rocket launches.
Parent and Student Resource - http://velascience.weebly.com/physics.html
8th Grade U.S. History
8th Grade - Students will focus on curriculum content associated with the Early Republic.
Parent and Student Resource - https://bartonhistory.weebly.com/us-history-unit-5.html
Raechel Broussard, MPA - Dean of Instruction
Email: RaechelBroussard@sheldonisd.com
Website: www.sheldonisd.com
Phone: 281-436-2800
Twitter: @educatorgoals