Advanced Content

COOPER MIDDLE SCHOOL

Advanced Content Class -- Students are homogeneously grouped on the basis of academic performance/achievement in a specific academic content area. Classes include gifted and highly-able students who have demonstrated exceptional ability and motivation in a particular content area as determined by local school criteria. Advanced content classes qualify as gifted service only if (a) the maximum size specified for gifted classes by the State Board Rule is observed; (b) the curriculum is differentiated; and, (c) the teacher has the gifted in-field endorsement.

WHAT IS ADVANCED CONTENT?

Content – Complex and challenging subject matter that: Requires intellectual struggle Utilizes primary documents Integrates research skills and methods Incorporates relevant, real-life learning Integrates interdisciplinary connections

DIFFERENTIATION EXPECTATIONS:

Process – Instructional strategies are designed to: Emphasize higher-order thinking, problem-solving,

and communication skills Foster self-initiated and self-directed learning Promote creative application of ideas Model and encourage academic discussion

DIFFERENTIATION EXPECTATIONS:

Environment – Altering the physical setting and work conditions to: Change the actual place where students work Alter the level of expectations Allow flexible time and/or Provide opportunities for independent study and

in-depth research Provide opportunities for mentorship

DIFFERENTIATION EXPECTATIONS:

Product - Gifted student products should demonstrate a developmentally appropriate capacity for: Self-directed learning Meaningful collaboration Effective problem solving of challenging and

complex issues Effective communication Social and emotional understanding of self relative

to community, culture, and physical environment

DIFFERENTIATION EXPECTATIONS:

DIFFERENTIATION EXPECTATIONS:

Assessment – Gifted learners need various methods and opportunities to document mastery of curriculum such as: Pre/post tests Self assessment through rubrics Creation of goal-based checklists Conferencing, commentary and qualitative

feedback

DIFFERENTIATION EXPECTATIONS:

DIFFERENTIATION EXPECTATIONS:

Language Arts Social Studies Science Math

ITBS LA> 90th %ile

ITBS SS> 90th %ile

ITBS Sci> 90th %ile

 

6th Grade AC Math,

 

Math 6/7 Class

5th grade ITBS Math Total

AND

5th grade CRCT Math Total

within 1 SEM

ITBS Reading> 80th %ile

ITBS Reading> 80th %ile

ITBS Math> 80th %ile

 

7th Grade AC Math,

 

Math 7/8 Class

Completion of Math 6/7

AND

6th grade CRCT Math Total within 1 SEM

AND

85% cumulative math test average in Math 6/7

ITBS Reading> 80th %ile

Year End Scholastic Reading

Inventory Score 

6th 10517th 11018th 1151

Year End Scholastic Reading

Inventory Score 

6th 10517th 11018th 1151

Year End Scholastic

Reading Inventory Score

 6th 10517th 11018th 1151

 

8th Grade AC Math,

 

CCGPS Algebra

And CCGPS Algebra/

Geometry

 

Completion of Math 7/8

AND

7th grade CRCT Math Total within 1 SEM

AND

85% cumulative math test average in Math 7/8

 

 

CRCT LA> 830

CRCT SS> 830

CRCT Sci> 830

5th grade Writing Test Score of

Exceeds   

ADVANCED CONTENT SOCIAL STUDIES

COMMON CORE GEORGIA PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

FOR SSCCGPS promotes reading and writing in the subject area in order to prepare students for a life in college and career. • As a reader, students need to be able to analyze, evaluate, and

differentiate primary and secondary sources. This requires acquisition and use of the norms and conventions of the discipline, such as the kinds of evidence used in history; an understanding of domain-specific words and phrases; an attention to precise details; evaluate intricate arguments, synthesize complex information, and follow detailed descriptions of events and concepts.

• Writing is a key means for students to assert and defend claims, to demonstrate what they know about a subject, and to convey what they have experienced, imagined, thought, and felt. Student have to become adept at gathering information, evaluating sources, and citing material accurately, while reporting findings from their research and analysis of sources in a clear and cogent manner. Students must take task, purpose, and audience into careful consideration, choosing words, information, structures, and formats deliberately.

• To meet these goals, students will devote significant time and effort to reading multiple source documents as well as writing and producing numerous pieces over short and long time frames throughout the year.

In sixth grade, students begin the study of major world regions. The four strands of geography, history, civics, and economics are integrated, with history as the central strand. The history strand focuses on historical developments essential to understanding a specific region in the modern world. The geography strand relates the importance of geography to each regional development. The civics strand examines political structures in each region. The economics strand continues to build basic economic concepts and introduces students to the economic development of each region.

ADVANCED CONTENTSOCIAL STUDIES

What should I expect from ACSS:• Students are thinking and doing• Self Directed learning• Learn to work in groups• Expected to do more than the average class,

go deeper into material; • Product expectations above and beyond those

of• Expect to use technology• Assessments based on CRCT type format as

well as Document based questioning

ADVANCED CONTENT LANGUAGE ARTS

ADVANCED CONTENT LANGUAGE-ARTS

The objective of the Language-Arts program is to empower students to become excellent readers, writers,

speakers, listeners, and interpreters of communication.

COMMON CORE STANDARDS

Integration of themes and big questions in units of study, that pull in all other content areas

Global knowledge

CORE: Reading, Writing,

Speaking/Listening ,and Language

Reading: A progressive development of reading comprehension. Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. Students will be able to interpret, evaluate, and make

connections…. to various types of folklore.

COMMON CORE GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE AND

APPLICATION

Writing: • Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard

English grammar and usage when writing or speaking. • Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard

English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing

• Demonstrate understanding of the writing process and write a compare/contrast essay

• Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather Vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression

Language: • Demonstrate command of the conventions of

standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.

Speaking/Listening: • Engage effectively in a range of collaborative

discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher led)with diverse partners on grade 6 topics, texts, and issues, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.

COMMON CORE GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE AND

APPLICATION

GRADING CATEGORIES

• Readings and questioning, note-taking• Discussions, Responses, textual analysis• Outlines, Drafts, Drafts with revisions• Journals and Publish writings• Writing & Grammar, Spelling and

Vocabulary Exercises• Formal Assessments

SUPPLIES

• Binder (1-2 inches), pocket-dividers, loose-leaf paper, loose-leaf paper reinforcements

• Blue or black ink pens, Colored inks pens, Highlighters

• Composition book 3 pocket portfolios• Post-it notes (2x2), • Clean flash drive 4GB• Novel for independent reading• Hand sanitizer and tissues

AGENDA

• EQ: Immigration: (theme)What is the American Dream?(writing)

• Warm-up: Skills Practice Chapter 2 (nouns)• EQ: How do I determine the author’s tone, style and

mood ?• Critical Analysis: Read, Mark, and Analyze p. 69

“The All-American Slurp”( Pair – Read- Share )discussion collaboration and reading)

• HW: Unit 8 Vocabulary (language) “Choosing the Right Word”

• Reflections due tomorrow

ADVANCED CONTENT MATH

Content standards for Grade 6 are arranged within the following domains and clusters:

Ratios and Proportional Relationships • Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.

The Number System • Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions. • Compute fluently with multi‐digit numbers and find common factors and multiples. • Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.

Expressions and Equations • Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions. • Reason about and solve one‐variable equations and inequalities.

• Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.

Geometry • Solve real‐world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.

Statistics and Probability • Develop understanding of statistical variability. • Summarize and describe distributions.

GIFTED & HIGHLY-ABLE STUDENTSIN MATH

• Exhibit ingenuity• Intellectual curiosity• Creative talent• Ability to assimilate and generalize• High level of mathematical achievement

“Off the beaten path”

Posamentier, A.; Smith, B. & Stepelman, J. “Teaching Secondary Mathematics Techniques and Enrichment Units”. Pearson, New York, 2010.

ACCELERATIONmoving along at a faster

pace.

EXPANSIONform of enrichment that allows students to delve more deeply into topics

DIGRESSION

consider another topic that is related to and generally an outgrowth of the first topic

CCGPS MATH 6-75th grade

ITBSMath Total

> 97%AND

5th grade CRCT Math

Total > 870

ADVANCED CONTENT SCIENCE

ADVANCED CONTENTSCIENCE

What should I expect from AC Science:• Investigating the world around them• Provided Investigative Questions to Solve for

Each Unit• Collaborating in Groups to Find Answers• Data Collection & Research Based• Unit Projects to Demonstrate

Understanding of Topic• Variety of Delivery Methods including

Technology• Students will Collect Evidence of their

Learning

TOPICS INCLUDE:• ROCKS & MINERALS• PLATE TECTONICS• EARTHQUAKES &

VOLCANOES• WATER CYCLE & THE

HYDROSPHERE• ATMOSPHERE & WEATHER• OCEAN ENVIRONMENT• PLANETS & ORBITAL

OBJECTS• PHASES OF THE MOON &

ECLIPSES

ADVANCED CONTENTSCIENCE

ADVANCED CONTENT SCIENCE

To provide a hands on collaborative learning environment that fosters

research & problem solving skills that will assist your students to become

more successful adults in high school and beyond.