THE BUZZ, Volume 4
Zone 11 At Home Learning Resource For Students and Parents
Thank You Educators For Making Zone 11 The Buzz Of Our District!
V=Vision and Mission will be the guiding force behind improving and maintaining a positive culture and climate
A=Achievement Gap closure between subgroups
L=Leadership shared among staff
U=Use of authentic data to drive instructional program
E=Elevate instructional practices for all teaching staff
Thank You Middle School Zone 11 Educators, Students and Parents
I would like to thank you for your continued support of our Shelby County Educators as we know that this has been a difficulty for everyone. Please know that on behalf of SCS and our school leadership, we are committed to supporting student learning and have provided links to materials that will continue to support learning at home.
Respectfully,
Corey D. Williams, Instructional leadership Director, Zone 11 Schools
Parents Of Zone 11 Schools
Middle School Resources
Zone 11 The Buzz Of Shelby County Schools District Learning Tools
Weekly Learning Guides http://www.scsk12.org/instructionalresources/grades?PID=1639
i-Ready for Grades K-8
- For ELA & Math Lessons
- Student Login: https:/clever.com/in/scs
- Student Username: 6-Digit PowerSchool ID
- Student Password: Date of Birth (MMDDYYYY)
- Recommended Usage: 1 hour Reading and 1 hour Math
Homework Hotline
- Tutoring for All Grades
Available Online & by Phone M-Th, 4-8 p.m.
- (901) 416-1234 or www.HomeworkHotline.info
Parent Welcome Center
- General Info & Assistance
- Available M-F, 7 a.m. - 5 p.m.
- (901) 416-5300 or SCSHelp@scsk12.org
Here are the Zone 11 web based resources
1. http://www.scholastic.com/learnathome
4. https://adventuresinfamilyhood.com/20-virtual-field-trips-to-take-with-your-kids.html
Here are additional web based resources
· Khan Academy 100% free and covers a wide range of subjects. Particularly strong in STEM subjects.
· ReadWorks ReadWorks is an online resource of reading passages and lesson plans for students of all levels K-12.
· IXL Learning IXL gives teachers everything they need to personalize learning, with a comprehensive K-12 curriculum
· Social Emotional Learning – A web based guide to activities you can do at home
· Quill Free writing and grammar activities for K-12. Includes lessons for teachers to lead writing instruction as well as diagnostics.
Virtual Tours and Experiences
· Design Squad Global/PBS Kids
Example At Home Learning Schedule (Compliments of Colonial Middle School)
Website Login Information
Brainpop
Follow the link on the one pager
Username- CMSPatriots2020
Password-CMS2020
IXL
Follow the link on the one pager
Find the Standard in the page, click on the links under the standard,
and do activities
Username-CMSPatriots2020
Password-CMS2020
USA Test Prep
Follow the link on the one pager
Find the Standard in the page, click on the down arrow,
watch videos, and do activities
Login Kisam728
Username-Student
Password-Trial
Additional District Resources
Weekly Learning Guides http://www.scsk12.org/instructionalresources/grades?PID=1639
i-Ready for Grades K-8
· For ELA & Math Lessons · Student Login: https:/clever.com/in/scs
· Student Username: 6-Digit PowerSchool ID
· Student Password: Date of Birth (MMDDYYYY)
· Recommended Usage: 1 hour Reading and 1 hour Math
Homework Hotline
· Tutoring for All Grades
Available Online & by Phone M-Th, 4-8 p.m. · (901) 416-1234 or www.HomeworkHotline.info
More Web-Based Resources
· http://www.scholastic.com/learnathome
· https://adventuresinfamilyhood.com/20-virtual-field-trips-to-take-with-your-kids.html
· Khan Academy 100% free and covers a wide range of subjects. Particularly strong in STEM subjects.
· ReadWorks ReadWorks
· Memphis Public Library https://memphis.overdrive.com/collection/156420
· Social-Emotional Learning – A web based guide to activities you can do at home
· Quill Free writing and grammar activities for K-12.
Virtual Tours and Experiences ·
· Museum Virtual Tours
· National Park Virtual Tours
· Design Squad Global/PBS Kids
· Discovery Education Virtual Field Trips
· National Geographic Virtual Classroom Experiences
Podcasts/Broadcasts for Students
· https://www.storyseedspodcast.com/
· https://www.npr.org/podcasts/474377890/but-why-a-podcast-for-curious-kids
· https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/fierce-girls/
Liberty’s Kids
· https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHeaIWvdbER3Ic90BzhPsH2aJ5KI3UtmM
· https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5pJi9mLIy38m2e_u3sboKQ
Student Review Packet with Online Review Resources
Grade 6
ELA
6.L.CSE.2
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1334
https://www.ixl.com/standards/tennessee/ela/grade-6
https://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/colons/
https://www.brainpop.com/english/grammar/semicolons/
6.RI.IKI.8
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1334
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-6/trace-an-argument
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-6/identify-supporting-details-in-informational-texts
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-6/classify-logical-fallacies
Math
6.NS.C.7c
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1339
https://www.brainpop.com/math/numbersandoperations/absolutevalue/
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/understanding-absolute-value
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/absolute-value
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/absolute-value-and-integers-word-problems
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/absolute-value-of-rational-numbers
6.NS.C.7d
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1339
6.NS.C.8
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1339
https://www.brainpop.com/math/dataanalysis/coordinateplane/
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/coordinate-planes-as-maps
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/distance-between-two-points
https://www.ixl.com/math/grade-6/follow-directions-on-a-coordinate-plane
Science
6.ESS2.5
https://www.brainpop.com/science/weather/weather/
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1998
https://www.ixl.com/science/grade-6/how-do-air-masses-form
https://www.ixl.com/science/grade-6/analyze-natural-hazard-maps
Social Studies
Review Civilization Standards 1-4
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/sumerians/
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-6/early-mesopotamia
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-6/mesopotamian-empires
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-6/ancient-egypt-the-old-kingdom
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-6/the-kingdoms-of-kush
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/culture/religion/
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-6/ancient-egyptian-religion
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-6/origins-of-judaism
Student Review Packet One with Online Review Resources
Grade 7
ELA
7.RI.IKI.8
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1335
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-7/trace-an-argument
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-7/identify-supporting-details-in-informational-texts
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-7/classify-logical-fallacies
7.RI.IKI.9
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1335
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-7/compare-information-from-two-texts
https://www.ixl.com/ela/grade-7/compare-two-texts-with-different-genres
Math
7.EE.B.3a
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1341
https://www.ixl.com/standards/tennessee/math/grade-7
https://www.brainpop.com/math/algebra/twostepequations/
7.EE.B.4a
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1341
- Model and solve equations using algebra tiles (7-S.3)
- Solve two-step equations (7-S.6)
- Solve equations: word problems (7-S.7)
- Solve equations involving like terms (7-S.8)
- Solve equations: complete the solution (7-S.9)
- Solve word problems involving two-variable equations (7-U.4)
7.EE.B.4b
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1341
- Solve one-step inequalities (7-T.4)
- Graph solutions to one-step inequalities (7-T.5)
- One-step inequalities: word problems (7-T.)
- Solve two-step inequalities (7-T.6)
- Graph solutions to two-step inequalities (7-T.7)
Science
How and why do organisms interact with their environment and what are the effects of these interactions?
Ecosystems: Interactions, Energy, and Dynamics
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1995
How do Earth’s surface processes and human activities affect each other?
Earth and Human Activity
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1995
https://www.brainpop.com/science/ourfragileenvironment/humansandtheenvironment/
Social Studies
Review Standards 1-4
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/sumerians/
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-7/medieval-japan
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-7/the-mongol-empire
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-7/the-byzantine-empire
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-7/origins-of-islam
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-7/early-islamic-conquests
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-7/early-islamic-caliphates
https://www.brainpop.com/socialstudies/worldhistory/silkroad/
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-7/the-medieval-silk-road
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-7/origins-and-development-of-the-mali-empire
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-7/the-ghana-empire
https://www.ixl.com/social-studies/grade-7/the-songhai-empire
Student Review Packet with Online Review Resources
Grade 8
ELA
8th Grade students are encouraged to begin working on high school skills to prepare for next year. The skills included are crosswalks from 8th grade to high school.
RI.9-10 Informational Text
o RI.9-10.1 Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
§ Trace an argument: set 1 (9-E.3)
§ Trace an argument: set 2 (9-E.4)
§ Identify supporting evidence in a text (9-H.3)
o RI.9-10.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
§ Determine the main idea (9-A.1)
§ Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (9-E.1)
§ Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (9-E.2)
§ Trace an argument: set 1 (9-E.3)
§ Trace an argument: set 2 (9-E.4)
§ Identify thesis statements (9-G.2)
o RI.9-10.3 Analyze how the author unfolds an analysis or series of ideas or events, including the order in which the points are made, how they are introduced and developed, and the connections that are drawn between them.
§ Analyze the development of informational passages: set 1 (9-E.1)
§ Analyze the development of informational passages: set 2 (9-E.2)
§ Trace an argument: set 1 (9-E.3)
§ Trace an argument: set 2 (9-E.4)
PSAT Reading
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=3021
Math
8th Grade Math students are encouraged to begin working on Algebra I skills to prepare for next year. The skills included are crosswalks from 8th grade math to Algebra I.
Algebra I
Equations and Inequalities
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1784
PSAT Mathematics
https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=3030
Student Review Packet One with Online Review Resources
Algebra I
ALGEBRA I
Statistics and Probability
· https://www.usatestprep.com/states/states.php?testid=1784 (Activities 19-26)
- Create bar graphs, line graphs, and histograms (A1-N.2)
- Mean, median, mode, and range (A1-KK.2)
- Quartiles (A1-KK.3)
- Mean absolute deviation (A1-KK.6)
- Variance and standard deviation (A1-KK.7)
- Interpret box-and-whisker plots (A1-N.5)
- Identify an outlier (A1-KK.4)
- Identify an outlier and describe the effect of removing it (A1-KK.5)
- Find probabilities using two-way frequency tables (A1-JJ.)
- Find conditional probabilities using two-way frequency tables (A1-JJ.)
- Find the equation of a regression line (A1-KK.13)
- Interpret regression lines (A1-KK.14)
- Analyze a regression line of a data set (A1-KK.15)
- Interpret a scatter plot (A1-KK.8)
- Scatter plots: line of best fit (A1-KK.12)
- Interpret regression lines (A1-KK.14)
- Analyze a regression line of a data set (A1-KK.15)
- Match correlation coefficients to scatter plots (A1-KK.10)
- Calculate correlation coefficients (A1-KK.11)
Math Nation is offering free services through August 2020 in the following states: Alabama, Florida, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, South Carolina and Tennessee. This learning program uses printed workbooks and online activities, including videos, to cover Algebra 1. Teachers can assign explanatory videos to students based on their learning needs; the study experts in the videos cover the same material at different speeds and with different styles. A practice test tool at the end of each section of content quizzes students and provides instant results and personalized feedback to identify gaps in understanding. Students can also get feedback from teachers, tutors and peers on the "Algebra Wall." And a "Teacher Wall" helps educators from within a given state engage with each other. For free access, contact mailto:access@mathnation.com.
Instructional Strategies Playlists for Teachers
TNREADY SUPPORT
TCAP Released Practice Items
The Tennessee Department of Education has provided PDF versions of practice test in preparation for TN Ready via the Assessment Development LiveBinder. Please utilize these resources in order to spiral standards via Do Nows and/or exit tickets as noted in our zone 11 expectations.
https://www.livebinders.com/play/play/2426642?tabid=0af5770d-ca37-eae7-f91a-8aa347920064#anchor
TN Department of Education: Assessment Development
TN educators can have access to assessment development resources including item releases, blueprints, and practice tests.
Test Bank Questions Links
Here is an additional resource that you can use to support your teachers around test prep for Do Nows, Exit Tickets, and additional weekly assessments.
https://ms.nextera.questarai.com/tds/#practice
https://ny.nextera.questarai.com/tds/#practice
http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/OSA/PT
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/questar-assessments-for-students/id922508524?mt=8
http://www.questarai.com/assessments/end-of-course-assessments/
2019-20 TCAP English Language Arts
Grades 6-8 Assessment Fact Sheet
English Language Arts (ELA) Assessment Overview
The Grades 6-8 Assessment Fact Sheet is an informative document released by the state of Tennessee to support an in-depth understanding of our state's standardized test. This resource includes: the administered times for each test subpart, the number of operational assessment items and the number of embedded field test assessment items, assessment scale scores, and score point distribution percentage ranges of total score points by sub-score category.
2019-20 TCAP English Language Arts
2019-20 TCAP English Language Arts . Grades 6-8 Assessment Fact Sheet. English Language Arts (ELA) Assessment Overview This fact sheet provides information about the English language arts grades 6-8 assessments.
2019-20 TCAP Math
Grades 6-8 Assessment Fact Sheet
Mathematics Assessment Overview
This fact sheet provides information about the TCAP mathematics grades 6-8 assessments. The mathematics assessments will assess the Tennessee Academic Standards through measurement of student mastery and will require students to demonstrate a deep conceptual understanding of mathematics, number sense, fluency, problem-solving, and understanding of the grade-level horizontal coherence embedded within the standards.
Mathematics Assessment Overview
Mathematics Assessment Overview This fact sheet provides information about the TCAP mathematics grades 6-8 assessments. The mathematics assessments will assess the Tennessee Academic Standards through measurement
TNReady Writing Support
In order to provide targeted support for our 7th grade students, the use of the Tennessee Argument Writing Rubric during instruction for the latter lessons of unit 1 is vital. Below you'll find two documents that will support teachers with the use of the rubric. The first document is a TN Writing Scoring Rubric that teachers can use to grade their students' End of Unit 1 Assessments. It is also highly recommended that teachers highlight specific characteristics for each writing category based on student's essays, then allow students to revise/rewrite their essays based on their specific areas of needed improvement. A TNArgument Writing Scoring Example is also provided below to support teachers with the scoring and revision process. Remember, as illustrated below, the written expression subcategory is worth 25-29% of possible total score points on the TNReady Test.
Science Resource
Instructional Leadership Director, Middle Schools
Corey D. Williams | Instructional Leadership Director
Office of Schools & Leadership
Coe Central Office Bldg. Suite 256
Email: Williamscd@scsk12.org