Lake Braddock
Secondary School
MS Curriculum Night
January 5, 2017
Agenda
Objective:
To learn more about Lake Braddock and the courses available to students for
the 2017-2018 school year.
Agenda:
Welcome
People to Know
Lake Braddock Summer Programs
Course Offerings
Next Steps
People to Know
Counselors:
Administration:
Mrs. Kristin Girardin
Mr. Dave Thomas
Principal
Mrs. Laura Waterman
Associate Principal
Mr. Lance Jackson
AP Subschool 2
Ms. Josie Rodriguez Walhout
AP Subschool 1
Ms. Anne Polino
Director of Student Services
Ms. Alex Bryan
After School Specialist
Blue Dolphins
Mr. Ian Brodie
Purple Piranhas
Mrs. Tracey Butler-Johnson
Ms. Sylvia Coleman
Mr. Josh Miles
Golden Knights
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Neon Roadrunners
Lake Braddock Programs Summer 2017
Jump Start (August 15-18)
One-day summer program to help students become more familiar with Lake Braddock
There will be a fee for the program, which includes lunch and a Class of 2023 t-shirt
Transportation will not be provided
Registration will open April 18, 2017
Bruin Blast (August 24)
This provides you with an opportunity to turn in all required forms and receive your student’s
schedule and locker information
You will also be able to purchase a pe uniform, tour the building, set up your student’s locker,
and add money to your lunch account
New Student Orientation (August 25)
All middle school students who are new to Lake Braddock will follow a shortened schedule and
visit each of their seven classes
Transportation will be provided for this event
Course Information
2017 - 2018 School Year
Lake Braddock
Middle School
Course Catalog
PDF Available Online at:
http://www2.fcps.edu/LakeBraddockSS
/ms_counsel/pdfs/2017-18CourseSelec
tionBook.pdf
ONLINE CATALOG:
https://insys.fcps.edu/CourseCatOnli
ne/#/frontPanel/412/nocourselist/0/1
/0
Student Schedules
All middle school students will
take the following courses:
Mathematics
English
Science
History
Health/PE
Electives
Three Possible Elective
Combinations:
2 Yearlong Electives
1 Yearlong, 2 Semester
Electives
4 Semester Electives
Comparing AAC and Honors
Advanced Academic Center
Middle School Resources:
https://www.fcps.edu/registr
ation/advanced-academics-id
entification-and-placement/
middle-school
Advanced Academic Center
Deferral Form:
https://www.fcps.edu/sites/d
efault/files/media/forms/MS
CenterDeferralForm.pdf
Open Enrollment
Any student may elect to take an honors level course.
Things to Think About:
Grades
Study Habits
Work Ethic
Motivation
Other Activities
Develop an understanding of your student’s strengths and interests to give
them a rigorous and balanced schedule that challenges them but does not
overwhelm them.
English 7 Course Offerings
Areas of Study:
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Persuasion
Research
Poetry
English 7 Comparison: Fiction Unit
English 7
In Class
English 7 AAC
Elements of plot explicitly taught
Elements of plot reviewed
Elements of plot applied
Seventh grade/leveled short stories
and novels
Grade level and above short
stories and novels
Above grade level/classic short stories
and novels
Paired passages
Critical analysis of paired
passages
Critical analysis of paired passages
Reinforce/extend skills taught
in class
Apply and expand skills taught in class
Reinforcing skills taught in class
At Home
(Practice)
English 7 Honors
Guided projects with multiple steps
Reading
Independent projects with
multiple steps
Accelerated pace and increased depth
Independent projects with multiple
steps
Reading
Reading
Assessment
of Student
Learning
Ecart
Ecart
Ecart
Narrative writing with multiple
steps
Narrative writing
Extensive narrative writing
Apply elements of fiction
Multiple choice/free response
Apply and analyze elements of fiction
Identify elements of fiction
Word bank/multiple choice
Multiple choice/free
response/synthesis
US History Course Offerings
Areas of Study:
US Geography
Reconstruction
Westward Expansion
Industrialization
Immigration
Urbanization
Progressives
Imperialism
WWI
1920s
Great Depression
WWII
Cold War
Civil Rights Movement
Globalism & Contemporary Issues
All students begin their FCPS middle
school 15-hours community service
learning commitment, which will
continue through the end of 8th grade.
Five hours of service must be completed
by the end of the 7th grade year.
US History Comparison: Immigration Unit
US History 7
In Class
At Home
(Practice)
Assessment
of Student
Learning
(1870s-1920s)
US History 7 Honors
US History 7 AAC
Teacher led instruction,
collaborative work, guided
practice, independent
practice, problem or
project-based approach
Teacher led instruction,
collaborative work, student led
discussion, guided and
independent practice, problem or
project-based approach
Teacher led instruction,
collaborative work, student led
discussion, independent practice,
problem or project-based approach
Students get a guided
reading worksheet with
questions that go along
with an assigned text
reading
Students get a guided reading
worksheet based on an assigned
text. Questions are more
open-ended, writing intensive
and require interpretation.
Students research facts about
immigration, including pros and
cons, using an assigned text and
outside sources of the student’s
choice
Students take a test that
consists of multiple choice,
matching, short answer and
primary source analysis.
Students take a test that consists
of multiple choice, short answer
and primary source analysis.
They are also required to write an
analytical essay on immigration
Students participate in a Socratic
Seminar that revolves around the
positives and negatives of
immigration both in the 1800s and
today while citing information
from their sources
Science Course Offerings
Areas of Study:
The Environment
Chesapeake Bay Watershed
Microscopes
Cells
Genetics
DNA
Science 7 Comparison: Nutrient Nuisance
Science 7
In Class
At Home
(Practice)
Assessment of
Student
Learning
Science 7 Honors
Science 7 AAC
Jigsaw nutrient pollution reading
Independent reading
Independent reading
Sentence prompts for sequencing
Eutrophication includes word prompts
(scaffold)
Sentence prompts for sequencing
Eutrophication is w/o prompts
Students able to explain
Eutrophication in paragraph form
Complete any classwork that was not
finished
Complete any classwork that was not
finished
Complete any classwork that was not
finished
The steps of Eutrophication illustrated
by the student
Scaffold provided: Graphic organizer
with the stages already listed
Students choose to create a
paragraph, cartoon, or illustration to
describe the process of
eutrophication that occurs in the
CBay from the input of excess
nutrients to the formation of a dead
zone.
Students choose to create a
paragraph, cartoon, or illustration to
describe the process of
eutrophication that occurs in the
CBay from the input of excess
nutrients to the formation of a dead
zone.
Explain how eutrophication impacts
the Bay’s ecosystem and the actions
being taken to reduce it? Which are
most beneficial and why? (May use
the Chesapeake bay Program)
Mathematics Course Offerings
Mathematics 7/Math 7 Double Block
Mathematics 7 Honors
Areas of Study:
Areas of Study:
Number and Number Sense
Computation and Estimation
Geometry and Measurement
Probability and Statistics
Patterns, Functions, and
Algebra
Students will take the Mathematics
7 SOL test at the end of the year.
Equations and Inequalities
Statistical Data
Geometric Measurement
Characteristics of Linear Functions.
Exponents
Properties of the Real Number System
This course is based on the Mathematics 8
curriculum and includes extensions and
enrichment.
Students will take the Mathematics 8 SOL at the end
of the year.
Mathematics Course Offerings Continued
Algebra I Honors
(Students Can Earn 1.0 High School Credit)
Areas of Study:
Real Number System
Equation & Functions
Linear Function
Quadratics and Factoring
Statistics
Standard Deviation & Z-score
To Qualify for Algebra I Honors
Students Must Meet the Following
Criteria:
Advanced Mathematics 6 or a year long
accelerated mathematics course
Iowa Algebra Aptitude Test (IAAT) Score at
or above the 91st percentile
A score of Pass Advanced (500 or above) on
the Mathematics 7 SOL test
System of Equations
Students will take the Algebra I SOL
at the end of the year.
Placement Letter will be
mailed home in July.
Mathematics Comparison: Equations
Math 7
In Class
At Home
(Practice)
Assessment
of Student
Learning
Math 7 Honors
Algebra I Honors
One & Two Step
Equations
2x + 5 = 25
Multi-step equations with
variables on both sides
2(x-30) = -4x + 2
Literal equations and
inequalities
ax + bx = c solve for x
Approximately 10-15
problems
Approximately 15-20
problems
Approximately 15 - 20
problems
Formative & Summative
by Unit
Formative & Summative
by Unit
Formative & Summative
by Unit
Math 7 SOL
Math 8 SOL
Algebra SOL
Support/Intervention Course Offerings
Reading Support:
Read 180
Action Literacy 7
Responsive Writing
Reading 7 (SPED Only)
English Language Development
(ESOL Only)
Academic Language (ESOL Only)
Math Support:
Double Block Math
FAST Math (ESOL Only)
Additional Support:
Strategies for Success: Bruin Prep
AVID
Strategies for SUccess (SPED Only)
Personal Development (SPED Only)
Life Skills (SPED Only)
Elective Courses: World Languages
French 1 Part A
German 1 Part A
German 1*
Japanese 1 Part A
Latin 1 Part A
Spanish 1 Part A
Spanish Immersion 1*
Spanish for Fluent Speakers 1*
Please Note:
German 1 is a high school credit course. Only students
who are currently enrolled in a German Immersion
program should be enrolled in this course.
Spanish Immersion 1 is a high school credit course. Only
students who are currently enrolled in an Immersion
program in elementary school should be enrolled in this
course. Students enrolled in a FLES program do not
qualify for enrollment in Spanish Immersion 1.
Spanish for Fluent Speakers 1 is a high school credit
course. Students enrolled in this course should be able to
speak fluently in Spanish; however, students are not
required to be able to read and write in Spanish.
Elective Course Offerings
Yearlong Electives:
Band:
Beginning
Percussion
Brass
Woodwind
Orchestra
Beginning
Primo
Concert
String Ensemble
Chamber
Chorus
Basso
Treble
Guitar
AVID (application required)
Semester Electives:
Family and Consumer Science 7
Engineering Design & Modeling
Art Foundations
Computers in Art
Chorus
Theatre Arts Appreciation
Speech Arts Appreciation: Broadcast
Literary Arts: Journalism
Creative Writing
Computer Solutions
Coding & Innovative Technologies
7th Grade Course Selection Sheet:
Required Courses
7th Grade Course Selection Sheet: Electives
Next Steps
January 10-19:
Counselors will visit elementary schools to review course
offerings
May:
Course Verification Letters Mailed Home
April 18:
Jump Start Registration Opens
June 1:
Rising 7th Grade Parent Night
Last Day to Request Changes to Course Requests
July:
Algebra I Honors Placement Letters Mailed Home
August 15-18:
Jump Start
August 24:
Bruin Blast
August 25:
New Student Orientation
Curriculum Fair Layout