AGRICULTURE (7) Course Objectives/CLE's In this nine weeks class, students will learn the concepts and skills necessary for agricultural literacy. Skills and concepts in class will involve the importance of agriculture, growing plants, Care for animals, agricultural and non-food agricultural products, and communication skills. AGRICULTURE (8) Course Objectives/CLE's In this class, students will learn the concepts and skills necessary for agricultural literacy. Skills and concepts in class will involve environment and resource conservation, small animals, aquaculture, agricultural careers, agricultural leadership, and the FFA. ALGEBRA I (8, 9, 10) Course Objectives/CLE's The student is expected to work out daily assigned problems and exercises. The content of this course includes modern mathematics, terminology, making and using formulas, simple equations, directed or signed numbers, computing with polynomials, problems solved by equations, irrational numbers, real numbers, inequalities, lines and their slopes, systems of linear equations, factoring, algebraic fractions and fractional equations, square roots, quadratic equations, and complex numbers. ART (7) Course Objectives/CLE's This course introduces the student to the various art media, tools and techniques with both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional projects. Activities include problems in drawing, painting, ceramics, printmaking, design, art history and art appreciation. An overview of careers in art is provided through homework assignments. ART (8) Course Objectives/CLE's This course encourages further exploration of the basic concepts, materials and techniques encountered in seventh grade art. These areas include drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, design, art history and art appreciation. An overview of careers in art is provided through homework assignments. BAND (7, 8) Course Objectives/CLE's During their two years in Junior High Band, third year and level three objectives are CAREERS (7) Course Objectives/CLE's This semester class meets 2-3 times a week and is focused exploring careers. They learn about the sixteen career clusters and understand how foundation knowledge and skills apply to each cluster; students get a chance to apply the foundation knowledge and skills to individual and group assignments and projects throughout the semester. Students also investigate the education and training required for various careers and the entrance requirements for a wide variety of postsecondary options. Last, they will develop Personal Learning Plans which will serve as flexible and relevant plans of study for high school graduation and for seamless transition to postsecondary options. Textbook: Nebraska Middle School Career Curriculum, 2007. CAREERS (8) Course Objectives/CLE's This semester class meets 2-3 times a week and is focused exploring careers. They learn about the sixteen career clusters and understand how foundation knowledge and skills apply to each cluster; students get a chance to apply the foundation knowledge and skills to individual and group assignments and projects throughout the semester. Students also investigate the education and training required for various careers and the entrance requirements for a wide variety of postsecondary options. Last, they will develop Personal Learning Plans which will serve as flexible and relevant plans of study for high school graduation and for seamless transition to postsecondary options. Textbook: Nebraska Middle School Career Curriculum, 2007. Course Objectives/CLE's In the seventh grade, the curriculum focuses on vocabulary and writing skills, applied grammar and literature. Literature consists of poetry, plays, short stories, and novels. The vocabulary study is taken from the literature read in class, and novels. The second semester vocabulary is taken from Wordskills and utilizes a weekly lesson and quiz. One quarter is devoted to writing and applied grammar. Students may utilize the computer lab for this quarter and use process writing to write on a variety of topics. ENGLISH (8) Course Objectives/CLE's Course Objectives/CLE's This semester class meets 2-3 times a week and is focused on financial literacy. Students learn about values and goal setting, spending plans/budgets, applying for a job and getting a paycheck, financial institutions and services, saving, and the use of credit. Textbook: Supplemental materials from Family Economics and Financial Education and other web based financial literacy sources. FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCE (8) Course Objectives/CLE's This semester class meets 2-3 times a week and is focused on an introduction to foods and nutrition. The semester starts with students learning about MyPyramid and the nutrients. Then students get to step into the kitchen to learn about food safety, kitchen safety, kitchen equipment, grocery shopping, lab planning, and basic etiquette. Foods labs will be interspersed throughout the semester. Textbooks: INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (7) Course Objectives/CLE's This class has a nine week introduction course of beginning drafting. Some of the areas that are covered at this level are: basic techniques of drafting, tool skills, basic knowledge of lines, multi-view drawings, history of drafting and why it is important. This provides students with an introduction into training and experience to meet these needs in a expanding industrial society. INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY (8) Course Objectives/CLE's This is a 9 week course dealing with mass production. The student will issue stock, buy raw material and form their own company. Area's of study include job interview, drafting, man's history of industry, product design and many other area's that relate to industry. KEYBOARDING (7) Course Objectives/CLE's The students are taught to operate the microcomputer using proper techniques and to plan and organize typewritten material in an orderly and acceptable business-like format. The typewritten materials include one-lines sentences and paragraphs using the alphabetical and numerical keys. Students will compose sentences and paragraphs while reviewing grammar rules. PowerPoint will also be introduced. Students will compete a small project using it. KEYBOARDING (8) Course Objectives/CLE's The students complete a check-writing packet that teaches the skills necessary to maintain a personal checking account--from opening an account to making deposits, writing checks and reconciling the bank statements. The students are taught to operate the microcomputer using proper techniques and to plan and organize typewritten material in an orderly and acceptable business-like format. The typewritten material includes: memo’s, letters, and reports. Students will also be introduced to spreadsheets. They will practice writing formulas and produce charts. LIFE SCIENCE (7) Course Objectives/CLE's Course Objectives/CLE's Math 7 is designed to continue to build understanding of the fundamental concepts of mathematics. The content of this course includes problem and equation solving, computation with whole numbers, decimals, and fractions. Number theory, geometry, measurement with customary and Metric conversion, probability, statistics, ratios, and Pre-Algebra concepts are also introduced, developed and reinforced in preparation for high school mathematics. Textbooks: MATH (8) Course Objectives/CLE's Math 8 is required of all 8th graders not taking Pre-Algebra or Algebra I. The content of this course includes the basic operations using whole numbers, decimals, integers, and fractions. Other concepts that are covered are in the areas of problem solving, solving equations, estimating, geometry, classifying angles, perimeter, area, ratios, probabillity, percents, statistics, and graphing equations all in preparation for high school math. Textbooks: Course Objectives/CLE's Course Objectives/CLE's All-important Pre-Algebra concepts and skills are presented to prepare students for success in Algebra I. This rigorous course introduces variables, expressions, equations, inequalities, graphing, and polynomials as well as various problem-solving strategies to help students apply mathematical concepts. It also includes some review of statistics and probability. SPANISH (7) Course Objectives/CLE's Seventh and eighth grade students take 9 weeks of Spanish. During the class students will be introduced to the Spanish language. Basic Spanish grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills are emphasized. SPANISH (8) Course Objectives/CLE's Seventh and eighth grade students take 9 weeks of Spanish. During the class students will be introduced to the Spanish language. Basic Spanish grammar, vocabulary, reading, writing, listening, and speaking skills are emphasized. SOCIAL STUDIES (8) Course Objectives/CLE's The curriculum for eighth grade social studies is based on United States history. Students will examine the history of the U.S. and learn how it grew into a powerful nation. Students will study significant events focusing on the Colonial Period, Revolutionary War, forming of the Constitution, and the Civil War. Textbook: United States History, Holt, Rienhart, Winston, 2007. VOCAL MUSIC (7, 8) Course Objectives/CLE's Junior High Vocal Music is a class for 7th and 8th grade students. The focus of the group is on performance. Students will learn basic knowledge of healthy singing, confidence in the ability to perform, and an appreciation of various forms of music. The group will perform at concerts, clinics, and various other scheduled events.
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