784-1Brooklyn College

Sarah KessarJuly 16, 2009

Agenda

Science Social Studies Math English Language Arts Grading Policy Homework

Science

Science is hands-on learning Students will learn about

Physical science Earth Science Life Science

NYS Science Test May 2010

Science Learning Standards

Physical Sciences Concepts  a. Demonstrates understanding

of properties of objects and materials. 

b. Demonstrates understanding of position and motion of objects. 

c. Demonstrates understanding of light, heat, electricity, and magnetism. Life Sciences

Science Learning Standards

Life Science Concepts  a. Demonstrates understanding

of characteristics of organisms.  b. Demonstrates understanding

of life cycles of organisms.  c. Demonstrates understanding

of organisms and environments d. Demonstrates understanding

of change over time.

Science Learning Standards

Earth and Space Sciences Concepts 

a. Demonstrates understanding of properties of Earth materials.  b. Demonstrates understanding of objects in the sky. 

c. Demonstrates understanding of changes in Earth and sky.

Science Learning Standards

Scientific Connections and Applications 

a. Demonstrates understanding of big ideas and unifying concepts. 

b. Demonstrates understanding of the designed world. 

c. Demonstrates understanding of personal health. 

d. Demonstrates understanding of science as a human endeavor.

Science Learning Standards

Scientific Thinking  a. Asks questions about natural

phenomena; objects and organisms; and events and discoveries. 

b. Uses concepts from Science Standards 1 to 4 to explain a variety of observations and phenomena. 

c. Uses evidence from reliable sources to construct explanations. 

d. Evaluates different points of view using relevant experiences, observations, and knowledge; and distinguishes between fact and opinion. e. Identifies problems; proposes and implements solutions; and evaluates the accuracy, design, and outcomes of investigations.  f. Works individually and in teams to collect and share information and ideas.

Science Learning Standards

Scientific Tools and Technologies  a. Uses technology and tools to gather data and extend the senses.  b. Collects and analyzes data using concepts and techniques in Mathematics Standard 4.  c. Acquires information from multiple sources, such as experimentation and print and non-print sources.

Science Learning Standards

Scientific Communication  a. Represents data and results in multiple ways.  b. Uses facts to support conclusions.  c. Communicates in a form suited to the purpose and the audience.  d. Critiques written and oral explanations, and uses data to resolve disagreements.

Science Learning Standards

Scientific Investigation  a. Demonstrates scientific competence by completing an experiment.  b. Demonstrates scientific competence by completing a systematic observation.  c. Demonstrates scientific competence by completing a design.  d. Demonstrates scientific competence by completing non-experimental research using print and electronic information.

Social Studies

Part 1 Math Essentials Countries Around the World

Social Studies Learning Standards

History of the United States and New York

use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New York.

Social Studies Learning Standards

World History use a variety of intellectual skills

to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives.

Social Studies Learning Standards

Geographyuse a variety of intellectual skills

to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live—local, national, and global—including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth’s surface.

Social Studies Learning Standards

Economicsuse a variety of intellectual skills to

demonstrate their understanding of how the United States and other societies develop economic systems and associated institutions to allocate scarce resources, how major decision-making units function in the U.S. and other national economies, and how an economy solves the scarcity problem through market and nonmarket mechanisms.

Social Studies Learning Standards

Civics, Citizenship, and Governmentuse a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the necessity for establishing governments; the governmental system of the U.S. and other nations; the U.S. Constitution; the basic civic values of American constitutional democracy; and the roles, rights, and responsibilities of citizenship, including avenues of participation.

Math

Everyday Mathematics Math Messages Table Home Reference Book

Differentiated Instruction Parent’s Help

Mathematics State Standards

State Standards Students will understand mathematics

and become mathematically confidant be communicating and reasoning mathematically, by applying mathematics in real-world settings, and by solving problems through the integrated study of number systems, geometry, algebra, data analyses, probability and trigonometry.

English Language Arts

Strategies and Skills Note taking and Listening

Writer’s Workshop Responses to literature

English language Arts Learning Standards

Students will read, write, listen, and speak for information and understanding.

Students will read, write, listen, and speak for literary response and expression.

Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation.

Students will read, write, listen, and speak for social interaction.

Grading Rubric

4- Above the Standards 3- Meeting Standards\ 2- Approaching Standards 1- Below Standards

Homework

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