Reading:

·    Reads twenty five or more books or book equivalents (850L–1100L)

·    Reads and comprehends 4 books about 1 issue or by 1 author or in 1 genre

·    Reads and comprehends informational materials

·    Demonstrates familiarity with a variety of public documents

·    Demonstrates familiarity with a variety of functional documents

Writing:

·    Produces a report

·    Writes a response to literature

·    Creates a narrative account

·    Writes a narrative procedure

·    Writes a persuasive essay

Speaking, Listening, and Viewing:

·    Participates in one-to-one conferences

·    Participates in group meetings

·    Prepares and delivers an individual presentation

·    Makes informed judgments about television, radio, and film productions

Conventions, Grammar, and Usage of the English Language:

·    Demonstrates a basic understanding of the rules of the English language

·    Analyzes and revises written work

Literature:

·    Responds to non-fiction, fiction, poetry and drama

·    Produces work in at least one literary genre

Number and Operations

·    Understands numbers and number systems

·    Understands meanings/relationships of operations

·    Computes fluently and makes estimates

Algebra

·    Understands patterns, relations, and functions

·    Analyzes mathematical situations and structures

·    Uses models to understand quantitative relationships

Geometry

·    Describes spatial relationships using coordinate geometry

·    Uses symmetry to analyze mathematical situations

·    Uses spatial reasoning and geometric modeling to solve problems

Measurement

·    Understands measurement attributes/processes

·    Applies appropriate measurement techniques

Data Analysis and Probability

·    Formulates questions

·    Collects, organizes, and displays relevant data

·    Evaluates inferences and predictions based on data

·    Applies basic concepts of probability

The process strands, problem solving, reasoning and proof, communications, connections, and representation, are interwoven and interdependent with the content strands.

Scientific Inquiry

·    Develops research questions that can be answered through scientific investigations

·    Accesses, evaluates and uses information from a variety of reliable sources

·    Designs, conducts, and records scientific investigations following scientific inquiry

·    Applies  tools and techniques to collect, record, analyze, interpret and present data

·    Develops logical descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence

·    Recognizes and analyzes interpretations, conclusions, and predictions

·    Communicates scientific procedures

History and Nature of Science

·    Recognizes that scientists are from diverse backgrounds, but that all use scientific habits of mind

·    Explains how scientists formulate and test their explanations, revising when necessary

·    Investigates and identifies how scientists communicate their results and ideas

·    Examines the effects between scientific innovation and human history

Science in Personal and Social Perspectives

·    Demonstrates personal and group safety and resource conservation

·    Thinks critically about risks and benefits of natural, chemical, biological, and personal hazards

·    Explains environmental degradation on a global scale

Science and Technology

·    Explains how societal challenges may impact scientific research

·    Tests a design or invention and evaluates its effectiveness

·    Compares the intended benefits and consequences of technology

·    Describes how technology responds to societal needs

Physical Science

·    Investigates how substances combine to form homogeneous mixtures

·    Compares chemical and physical properties of matter and groups

·    Investigates sequences of energy transformations in circuits

·    Investigates the relationships among force, mass, and motion

Life Science

·    Multi-cellular organisms including humans

·    Assesses similarities and differences among internal structures in diverse organisms

·    Analyzes mechanisms for disease at the cellular, tissue, organ, and system levels

·    Explains the influence of genes and the environment on trait expression in organisms

·    Describes growth processes

Earth and Space Sciences

·    Recognizes how the movement of earth’s lithospheric plates causes changes in earth’s surface

·    Analyzes the constructive and destructive forces that impact earth

·    Compares and contrasts the motion, properties and characteristics of objects in the solar system

World Geography

Citizenship

·    Identifies sources and examples of citizens’ rights & responsibilities

·    Defines and demonstrates the attributes of a global citizen

Culture

·    Describes the concept of civilization and its key components

·    Identifies commonalities and differences among cultures

Time, Continuity, and Change

·    Uses key concepts to explain, analyze and show connections among patterns of historical change

Space and Place

·    Uses geographic tools to collect, analyze and interpret data

·    Analyzes the distribution and migration of populations

Individual Development and Identity

·    Identifies influences on individuals’ daily lives

·    Explains influences on personal identity

Individuals, Groups, and Institutions

·    Explains influence of groups and institutions on values and beliefs

·    Describes roles of international and multinational organizations

Production, Distribution, and Consumption

·    Identifies factors that contribute to economic development

·    Analyzes impact of unequal distribution of wealth

Power, Authority, and Governance

·    Analyzes roles and functions of political systems and organizations

·    Evaluates responses to economic instability and political problems

Science, Technology, and Society

·    Describes influence of culture on scientific and technological advancements

·    Uses appropriate software for geographic data and simulations

Global Connections

·    Shows how technology affects global interdependence

·    Explores the causes and consequences of global issues

Health Literacy Skills

·    Accesses valid health information

·    Practices health-enhancing behaviors

·    Analyzes influences on health

·    Uses interpersonal communications skills to enhance health

·    Uses goal-setting and decision-making skills to enhance health

·    Advocates for health

Personal and Community Health

·    Analyzes the impact of internal and external; factors on the incidence and prevalence of non communicable diseases

·    Explains components of wellness and relationship to total health

·    Compares various personal and community health related careers

Safety and Injury Prevention

·    Investigates resources in school and in the community that address safety issues

·    Predicts outcomes of risk-taking behaviors for the student’s age group

·    Judges the consequences of gang involvement

·    Examines careers in safety and injury prevention

Nutrition and Physical Activity

·    Identifies relationship between food intake and chronic disease

·    Analyzes a personal nutritional assessment to determine healthful and less healthful nutritional practices

·    Formulates a plan for daily physical activity

·    Examines careers in nutrition and physical activity

Mental Health

·    Describes healthful ways to express and manage strong emotions

·    Describes situations requiring professional health services

·    Compares and contrasts careers in mental health

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs

·    Describes intervention and treatment services related to drug dependence, abuse and addiction

·    Identifies careers related to pharmaceutical fields and the prevention, intervention, and treatment of chemical dependency

Family Life and Human Sexuality

·    Applies information about the structure and function of the human reproductive system to varied rates and stages of adolescent development

·    Analyzes routes of transmission and strategies for prevention of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)

·    Examines careers in family life and human sexuality

Musical Performance

·    Performs alone and/or with others various styles of music through singing, dance/movement, or instrument playing

·    Reads, writes, and understands music language

·    Listens to music and uses musical terms to tell about the musical construction and emotional effect

History and Culture

·    Understands music reflects traits, values, and past history of various peoples

Assessment of Music

·    Evaluates/assesses musical traits in own and performances of others

Connections to Other Disciplines

·    Makes links between music and other curricular areas

Technology Integration

·    Creates and applies musical knowledge through technology

Media, Techniques, and Processes

·    Expresses experiences and ideas, and reflects craftsmanship and competency in artwork

Structures and Functions

·    Demonstrates how elements of art and principles of design fulfill a particular purpose

·    Applies elements of art and principles of design to communicate ideas

Subject Matter, Symbols, and Ideas

·    Examines artwork in progress and revises for clarity

·    Uses variety of sources for subject matter, symbols, and ideas in artwork

History and Culture

·    Compares and contrasts social, cultural, ecological, religious, and political conditions in artwork

·    Describes cultural and historical fundtion and meaning

·    Recognizes significant cultural and artistic heritages

Characteristics and Merits of Work

·    Uses terminology in describing artwork

·    Responds to and interprets identified artwork

·    Evaluates artwork using a formal system

Connections to Other Disciplines

·    Describes ways visual arts relate to other disciplines

·    Identifies potential career and leisure pursuits in the arts

·    Explores the idea that art and other disciplines use problem-solving techniques

Technology Integration

·    Creates original artwork by using a variety of technological tools

·    Uses technological tools to access information and resource materials

Personal & Social Development Skills

·    Participates fully and communicates cooperatively with others

·    Follows rules of etiquette and ethical behavior

·    Displays age-appropriate self-control and discipline

·    Displays willingness to receive and use feedback

·    Accepts decisions of and responds positively and cheerfully to teachers or officials in charge of games/activities

·    Chooses physical activity to experience fun, challenge, self-expression, and/or social interaction

·    Displays interest in assisting and encouraging others’ efforts

·    Self-initiates behaviors that contribute to partner/group effort

·    Adjusts behavior to prevent/reconcile conflicts

Motor Skills & Movement Patterns

·    Demonstrates critical elements in specialized sports skills

·    Performs selected folk, country, square, line, creative, rhythmic gymnastics, and/or aerobic dances

·    Uses correct terminology associated with modified sports and cooperative/challenge activities

·    Monitors change in development of movement skills in order to improve performance

·    Takes responsibility for monitoring practice and progress

·    Demonstrates and articulates importance of following rules and safety procedures

·    Selects and uses appropriate protective equipment

Physical Activity & Fitness

·    Analyzes personal data on moderate-to-vigorous physical activity

·    Participates regularly in physical activity opportunities

·    Analyzes personal health-related fitness based on results of participation in IIS Physical Fitness Assessment Program

·    Sets personal health-related fitness goals based on assessment results

·    Monitors heart rate during aerobic activities

·    Demonstrates appropriate individual stretching techniques