Grade 9 Course Choices for 2015-2016
Welcome to the Class of 2019!
What will the world be like in 2019? ! Any Predictions?
What you see
What we see
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What is Our Goal? Northwestern University University of British Columbia McGill University of University Colorado at Boulder
Welcome to High School ! Academic Opportunities ! Athletic Opportunities ! Service Activities ! College Preparatory Programs
Course Choices ! High School Diploma ! IB Diploma ! College Applications ! Future Careers ! Develop Interests ! Challenges
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme Mission ! The International Baccalaureate aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect. ! To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment. ! These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right.
What is an IB Education? ! Informed by the IB Learner Profile values, an IB education ! Is learner centered ! Develops effective approaches to teaching and learning ! Works within a global context ! Explores significant content (IBO, 2012)
Approaches to Teaching ! Methods that teachers will use with students: ! Inquiry Based ! Conceptually focused ! Contextualized ! Collaborative ! Differentiated ! Informed by Assessment
Approaches to Learning ! Students should be able to practice the following skills: ! Thinking skills ! Social Skills ! Research Skills ! Communication Skills ! Self-Management Skills
IB Learner Profile ! Inquirers ! Knowledgeable ! Thinkers ! Communicators ! Principled ! Open-Minded ! Caring ! Risk-Takers ! Balanced ! Reflective
Inquirers
Knowledgeable
Thinkers
Communicators
Principled
Open Minded
Caring
Risk Takers
Balanced
Reflective
High School Diploma ! Each course counts toward your overall credits in high school. ! Universities see your progress for grade 9-12 ! Each semester counts as 0.5 credit, one year is 1 credit ! SCIS Diploma = 25 credits
SCIS Diploma Credits ! By June 2018 you must have these minimum credits below to graduate. Language Arts 4 credits World Language 3 credits Social Studies 3 credits PE/Dance 2 credits Science 3 credits Visual and 2 credits Performing Arts Math 3 credits Theory of 1 credit Knowledge Other Successful Other Electives 4 credits completion of CAS/EE Total to graduate 25 credits required
Four Year Plan
Grade 9 Course Choices ! English ! Social Studies ! Science ! Math ! Physical Education (PE) ! Visual / Performing Art* ! World Language ! Elective
Grade 9 Courses ! Differentiated instruction within each class ! Approaches to teaching and learning encourage inquiry and concept based learning ! Students encouraged to manage their time, develop appropriate thinking and research skills, and become independent learners.
Grade 9 English
English ! Grade 9 English A ! The primary learning objective in ninth grade is to broaden and deepen student expression and critical ability, as applicable to Language Arts. Students learn to express their ideas in clear, creative, and correct English. They become skilled at a variety of written forms—formal and informal, critical and creative—and gain comfort as articulate speakers. Through studies of vocabulary, literary conventions, and composition, students gain skills that will help them in all subject areas. Students increase their understanding and appreciation of written texts, chosen from a wide variety of genres, time periods, and cultures, as well as learn to adapt the fundamental aspects of writing process to a variety of tasks and to respond actively and critically to written, spoken, and non-verbal messages.
English ! Grade 9 English B ! The primary learning objective in ninth grade is to broaden and deepen student expression and critical ability, as applicable to Language Arts. Students learn to express their ideas in clear, creative, and correct English. They become skilled at a variety of written forms—formal and informal, critical and creative—and gain comfort as articulate speakers. Through studies of vocabulary, literary conventions, and composition, students gain skills that will help them in all subject areas. Students increase their understanding and appreciation of written texts, chosen from a wide variety of genres, time periods, and cultures, as well as learn to adapt the fundamental aspects of writing process to a variety of tasks and to respond actively and critically to written, spoken, and non-verbal messages. While the outcomes are the same as the English 9 A course, the pace of material covered will be in keeping with the students’ interests and abilities.
Grade 9 Social Studies
Social Studies ! Grade 9 Social Studies ! Grade 9 Social studies encourages students to think historically, globally, geopolitically, economically, and environmentally. The class will address topics including location, space, human interactions, and movement. Geographic situations will be analyzed and connected to world history. Students will employ spatial concepts, landscape analysis, and historical understanding to examine human social organization and its environmental consequences. Students will analyze maps and data sets; implications of historical associations; recognize and interpret the relationships and patterns among regions and peoples; and characterize and analyze changing interconnections among places and time periods.
Grade 9 Science
Science ! Grade9 Science ! The 9th grade science curriculum is designed to give students a strong understanding of basic concepts in biology, chemistry and physics. Through the use of lab experiments, group projects and activities, critical thinking, problem solving, data collection and analysis, students will learn basic principles and concepts in the three major disciplines of science. The topics and objectives taught coincide with the 8th and 10th grade science curriculums. These curricula have been designed to prepare our students for entrance into any of the IB Group 4 (Science) courses. ! Topics including scientific inquiry, scientific method and lab safety will be integrated throughout the curriculum. The following is a more specific list of the topics covered in the course. ! Grade 9 Science will focus on applied sciences with the big ideas of : ! Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, Physics ! Fundamental concepts explored include : ! Matter, Energy, Structure and Form, Sustainability and Stewardship, Change and Continuity
Science ! Grade 9 Science will focus on applied sciences with the big ideas of : ! Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, Physics ! Fundamental concepts explored include : ! Matter, Energy, Structure and Form, Sustainability and Stewardship, Change and Continuity ! Biology -- Sustainable Ecosystems and Human Activity ! Chemistry – Exploring Matter ! Earth and Space Science – Space Exploration ! Physics – Electrical Applications
Mathematics ! Grade 9 Mathematics ! Mathematics 9 addresses the development of skills and concepts in the areas of statistics algebra, and geometry. The course works to integrate algebra theory and application within an applied geometry. Learning opportunities focus on concept comprehension, practical and theoretical application, and reliable use of skills. Students are expected to recognize applications of mathematical concepts and processes in contexts beginning with familiar routine context and then progressing to unfamiliar contexts.
Mathematics ! Grade 9 Mathematics Advanced ! Mathematics 9 addresses the development of skills and concepts in the areas of statistics algebra, and geometry. The course works to integrate algebra theory and application within an applied geometry. Learning opportunities focus on concept comprehension, practical and theoretical application, and reliable use of skills. Students are expected to recognize applications of mathematical concepts and processes in contexts beginning with familiar routine context and then progressing to unfamiliar contexts. ! While students follow the same curriculum as grade 9 Math, they will do so at a faster pace than the other class. Furthermore, the students will apply the math through extended activities and connections to real world applications in order to develop and extend their understanding of the math concepts.
Physical Education ! Health / Physical Education ! Sports ! Health / Fitness ! Team Building ! Assessment ! Dance 1 or 2 ! Technical Skills ! Healthy work habits ! Anatomy ! Choreography
Visual or Performing Art ! Each student should take at least 1 year of Performing Art. Visual Arts Performing Arts Visual Art 9 Band Photography Choir Dance (1 or 2) Drama (1 or 2) Percussion Strings (1 or 2)
Grade 9 Visual Arts
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