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Thoreau Middle School 2021-2022 Rising 7th Grade Curriculum Night
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Thoreau Middle School
2021-2022 Rising 7th Grade Curriculum Night
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Sharamaine WilliamsRebecca AguilarFran FurrBuck CondillErin LynchColleen Taylor
Thoreau Administration
Scott AldridgeEric FishmanJill GallagherFrangca LeeKerrie Turner
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Thoreau Counselors
Cary Seago
Nick Renfrew
Department Chairs
2021-2022Bell
Schedule
7:30 AMto
2:15 PM
Note that ALL schedules are
pending return to school plans and
school board approval
2021-2022 Course
Enrollment
Course Registration Procedures
Congratulations!Course
Enrollment in SISElementary School Visits
Thoreau Counselors Meet with Elementary Schools
Course enrollment
via Google Form
Curriculum
Night
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Course Selection Google Form
Student Schedules
All Students will have a total of 8 classes:● English 7 (Gen Ed or HN)● Investigating Environmental Science HN● US History 7 HN● Mathematics (Math 7, Math 7 HN, Algebra 1 HN)● Health & Physical Education 7 (2 semesters)● Elective #1 (Full Year or Semester)● Elective #2 (Full Year or Semester)● Eagle Time (shows as TA/Activity Grade 7 in SIS)
Note: You will also see “Team Desig 7th Grade” in SIS. This is NOT a course, but rather a code that helps us assign students to teams.
Student
Schedules
Middle School Scheduling Vocabulary
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What is a Middle School Team?
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What Does Middle School Grading Look Like??
Steps to SuccessPositivity ProjectTeacher SupportIntervention
What is Eagle Time?
Technology @TMS
Away for
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Away for
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Core Class Information
English 7
ReadingFiction, Nonfiction, Poetry, Drama, Literary Analysis
WritingNarrative, Expository, Research, Persuasive, Poetry
Grammar & SpellingParts of Speech, Punctuation, Sentence Variety, Paragraphing
Word AnalysisGreek & Latin Roots, Connotation, Figurative Language, Analogies
Media LiteracyFact vs. Opinion, Evidence vs. Inference, Bias, Plagiarism
Oral CommunicationAudience, Topic, Purpose, Oral Presentations
English 7
Workshop Model
Project-Based Learning
Concept-Based Units
2020-2021 English 7 Teachers
History 7 Units of Study● US Reconstruction● The Expense of Expansion
● The Gilded Age● US Imperialism● World War I● The 1920s● The Great Depression● World War II● The Cold War● Civil Rights
The History 7 Staff work hard to engage
your student, building their understanding of
US History through collaboration, critical
and creative thinking in order for them to see themselves and their
place in history.
History 7
Investigating Environmental Science will...
Be interactive and engaging.
Be the class students want to tell someone else about at the end of the
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FACT 3Be an opportunity to
build deep and enduring knowledge about the world around them.
Spark curiosity in students that is relevant
to their world
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Investigating Environmental Science
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Mathematics
7th Grade Math Team#1
Mathematics
Math 7 curriculum NOT taught
Math 7 Curriculum
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Health & Physical Education
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Health & Physical Education
FACT 1 FACT 2
FACT 3 FACT 4
Elective Programs
Electives
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Check out our Curriculum Site for more course descriptions, elective videos, photos and more!
After School Programs
TMS After School Specialist
Colleen Taylor
What In-Person After School Looks Like
After School Clubs Currently Being Offered
Where To Find After School
Info:After School Page on
Eagle’s Landing Student Website
Orientation Activities
Summer 2021
Orientation Activities and Programs
Excellence in Action
New Student
Orientation
Open House
July 2021
August 2021
August 2021
Slidesgo FlaticonFreepik
Do you have questions that were not yet answered?
Counselor Office Hours
THANK YOU for JOINING US!
Open until 2/15/2021
