thoreau middle school

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

(aka...what is that??)

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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

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Student Laptops

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

day.

Fact 1 FACT 2

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

Math 7 Honors Curriculum➔

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Health & Physical Education

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Health & Physical Education

FACT 1 FACT 2

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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

cmtaylor1@fcps.edu

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