Promotion from 7 th Grade: (Except for students with handicapping conditions) * Pass minimum standards as identified by the Texas Education Agency on each of the Reading, Writing, and Math portions of the STAAR (State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness). A student who fails a portion of the STAAR test, or fails the other academic requirements for the year, will be required to attend summer school. If the student meets all of the summer school requirements, including attendance (90%) he/she may be promoted. * If a student misses any portion of the STAAR test, a committee will be organized consisting of the student s teacher, counselor, and principal. Any and all pertinent records for that student will be reviewed, including: daily grades, test grades, homework grades, participation in class, attendance, etc. Input from appropriate sources will be solicited. The committee will make a decision regarding promotion, retention, and summer school. * Student must have 70 or above in Math and Reading * Student must have 70 or above in 2 of 3(ELA, Science, Social Studies) Reading: A. Read on grade level B. Demonstrate a basic meaning of a variety of written genres by 1) Determining the meanings of unfamiliar or multiple-meaning words 2) Summarizing a text and/or determining the main idea and supporting details 3) Use a dictionary/thesaurus to determine meanings, syllabication, pronunciation, alternate word choices, and parts of speech. C. Applying knowledge of literary elements to understand a variety of passages by 1) Analyzing character traits, relationships, and changes 2) Analyzing story plot, setting, and problem resolution 3) Understanding figurative language 4) Understanding theme D. Use a variety of strategies to analyze various written passages, which may include 1) Finding cause and effect relationships 2) Using sequence to locate information 3) Finding similarities and differences across texts 4) Representing text information in outlines, timelines, or graphic organizers 5) Judging the logic of passages, i.e. Does this make sense here? 6) Identifying the purpose, such as to inform, influence, express, or entertain 7) Comparing and contrasting two passages 8) Describing the author s point of view and its effect on the passage E. Apply critical thinking skills to analyze passages, which may include 1) Drawing Conclusions
2) Making Generalizations 3) Distinguishing fact and opinion 4) Using his/her own experiences to support answers 5) Recognizing an author s organizational plan 6) Recognizing textual evidence ELA: 1. Students will use the writing process to: A. Plan a first draft developing a thesis and organization. B. Revise drafts to ensure precise word choice and effective transitions. C. Edit for grammar, mechanics, spelling D. Revise final draft in response to feedback from peers and teachers 2. Students write a variety of literary texts: A. Write an imaginative story that includes plot line, setting, develops characters, and uses literary devices to enhance style and tone. B. Write poems using rhyme scheme, personification, idioms, and focusing on word position. C. Write a narrative that has a clearly defined focus that communicates the importance or reasons for actions and/or consequences. D. Create multi-paragraph expository essays that includes: introduction, conclusion, thesis, using examples, logically organized, uses a variety of sentence structure, transitions, and using several sources. E. Write a letter that reflects an opinion F. Write an essay responding to text providing text evidence using quotations. G. Produce multi-media presentation H. Write a persuasive essay with claim, including evidence in logical organization, and using counter-arguments. 3. Students use and understand the function of the following parts of speech: A. Verbs (perfect and progressive tenses) and participles B. Appositive phrases C. Predicate adjectives (comparative and superlative forms) D. Conjunctive adverbs (consequently, furthermore, indeed) E. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases F. Relative pronouns G. Subordinating conjunctions H. Transitional words and phrases I. Differentiate between active and passive voice J. Correct subject-verb agreement K. Adverbial and Adjectival phrases and clauses L. Differentiate between main vs. subordinate clauses M. Properly placed modifiers, correctly identified antecedents, parallel structure, and consistent tenses. 4. Students use appropriate capitalization and punctuation. A. Commas after introductory words, phrases, and clauses B. Semicolons, colons, and hyphen
5. Spelling: A. Use spelling patterns and rules and print resources (electronic) to determine correct spelling Math: A. Mathematical Process Standards 1.) Apply mathematics to problems arising in everyday life 2.) Use problem-solving to analyze given information, formulating a plan or strategy, determining a solution, justifying the solution, and evaluating the solution for reasonableness 3.) Create and use representations to organize, record, and communicate mathematical ideas through various diagrams and graphs B. Numbers and Operations 1.) Describe relationships between sets of rational numbers. 2.) Add, subtract, multiply and divide rational numbers 3.) Solve problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication and division of rational numbers C. Proportionality 1.) Represent constant rates of change in mathematical and real-world problems given pictorial, tabular, verbal, numeric, graphical, and algebraic representations, including d=rt 2.) Calculate unit rates 3.) Determine the constant of proportionality k =!! 4.) Solve problems involving ratios, rates, and percents, including multi-step problems involving percent increase and percent decrease 5.) Convert between measurement systems 6.) Know the attributes of similarity and solve problems involving similar shapes and scale drawings 7.) Describe Π as the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter 8.) Represent sample spaces for simple and compound events using lists and tree diagrams 9.) Make predictions and determine solutions using experimental and theoretical probability for simple and compound events 10.) Find the probabilities of a simple event and its complement 11.) Use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population 12.) Solve problems using data represented in bar graphs, dot plots, and circle graphs, including part-to-whole and part-to-part comparisons and equivalents D. Expressions, equations and relationships 1.) Represent linear relationships using verbal descriptions, tables, graphs, and equations that simplify to the form y=mx + b 2.) Explain verbally and symbolically the relationship between the volume of a triangular prism and a triangular pyramid having both congruent bases and heights and connect that relationship to the formulas
3.) Solve problems involving the volume of rectangular prisms, triangular prisms, rectangular pyramids and triangular pyramids 4.) Determine the circumference and area of circles 5.) Determine the area of composite figures containing combinations of rectangles, squares, parallelograms, trapezoids, triangles, semicircles, and quarter circles 6.) Solve problems involving the lateral and total surface area of a rectangular prism, rectangular pyramid, triangular prism, and triangular pyramid by determining the area of the shape s net 7.) Write one-variable, two-step equations and inequalities 8.) Model and solve one-variable, two-step equations and inequalities and represent on a number line 9.) Determine if the given values makes one-variable, two-step equations and inequalities true 10.) Write and solve equations using geometry concepts, including the sum of the angles in a triangle, and angle relationships E. Measurement and data 1.) Compare two groups of numeric data using comparative dot plots or box plots by comparing their shapes, centers, and spreads 2.) Use data from a random sample to make inferences about a population 3.) Compare two populations based on data in random samples from these populations, including informal comparative inferences about differences between the two populations F. Personal financial literacy 1.) Calculate the sales tax for a given purchase and calculate income tax for earned wages 2.) Identify the components of a personal budget, including income; planned savings for college, retirement, and emergencies; taxes; and fixed and variable expenses, and calculate what percentage each category comprises of the total budget 3.) Create and organize a financial assets and liabilities record and construct a net worth statement 4.) Use a family budget estimator to determine the minimum household budget and average hourly wage needed for a family 5.) Calculate and compare simple interest and compound interest earnings 6.) Compare monetary incentives, including sales, rebates, and coupons Social Studies: History The Student understands how individuals, events, and issues shaped the history of Texas from the discovery and exploration age to the 20 th and 21 st centuries. Geography The student understands the location and characteristics of places and regions of Texas.
Economics The student understands factors that have changed the Texas economy and the relationship of the Texas economy in the United States and the world. Government The student identifies the basic principles as well as the government created by the Texas constitution. Technology The student understands the impact of scientific discoveries and technological innovations on the political, economic, and social development of Texas. Citizenship The student understands the rights and responsibilities of Texas citizens and the importance of effective leadership in a democratic society. Culture The student understands the diversity of culture in Texas. Social studies skills The student uses social studies terminology correctly and applies different social studies skills to analyze information. Science: 1. Students will follow safety procedures while conducting investigations. 2. Uses scientific method and a variety of tools when conducting investigations. 3. Student knows that interactions occur between matter and energy. 4. Student knows that matter has physical and chemical properties and undergo changes. 5. Student knows the relationship among force, motion, and energy. 6. Student knows natural and human events that could impact the Earth systems. 7. Students know components of our solar system. 8. Student knows the relationship between organisms and the environment. 9. Student knows the process of inheriting traits over many generations. 10. Student knows that living systems demonstrate the complementary nature of structure and function. 11. Student knows that living organisms must maintain balance in response to external and internal stimuli.
12. Student knows that reproduction is a characteristic of living organisms and genetic material contains instructions for traits.