Stepping Up Night: Transitioning from 7 th to 8 th -grade -- Ernest - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Stepping Up Night: Transitioning from 7 th to 8 th -grade -- Ernest Everett Just Middle School Principal, Dr. Maryam Thomas Website: https://www.pgcps.org/ernesteverettjust/

Presenters Mrs. Greer Curry Instructional Lead Teacher Greer.Curry@pgcps.org Dr. Mykia Cadet Assistant Principal Mykia.Cadet@pgcps.org

Ernest Everett Just Middle School’s Vision and Mission Vision : EEJMS, in collaboration with all stakeholders, will provide a safe and supportive learning environment that fosters the socio-emotional well being of all students while promoting academic success, creativity, and social responsibility. Mission : We aim to create a nurturing and respectful environment that provides a rigorous and relevant education that equips students for high school success.

Agenda q Transitioning Overview q Curriculum Shifts q Testing Schedule q PSAT Preparation q CTE Programs q Specialty Programs q How Can I Support…?

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Transitioning Overview: CURRICULUM TESTING PROGRAM SHIFTS OFFERINGS What’s the deal with 8th- “The ability to read, write, and analyze; the confidence to stand up and demand justice and grade? equality; the qualifications and connections to get your foot in that door and take your seat at that table – all of that starts with education” - Former First Lady, Michelle Obama

Curriculum Shifts

Curriculum Shifts – English/Language Arts CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.8 - CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.8 Trace and evaluate [and delineate] the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims [and recognize when irrelevant evidence is introduced].

Curriculum Shifts – Science NGSS – Physical, Life, Life/Environmental, and Earth Science 7 th -Grade: The Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) include: structure and properties of matter, and chemical reactions. 8 th -Grade: The Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCIs) include: definitions of energy, conservation of energy and energy transfer, the relationship between energy and forces, energy in chemical process and everyday life and forces and motion, and types of interactions.

Curriculum Shifts – Math • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.7.NS.A.1 Apply and extend previous understandings of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers; represent addition and subtraction on a horizontal or vertical number line diagram. versus • CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.8.NS.A.1 Know that numbers that are not rational are called irrational. Understand informally that every number has a decimal expansion; for rational numbers show that the decimal expansion repeats eventually, and convert a decimal expansion which repeats eventually into a rational number.

Testing

8 th -Grade Testing Schedule

PSAT 8/9 – Specialty Programs Entrance Exam All PGCPS EEJMS 8 th -grade students will participate in the PSAT 8/9 test administration.

8 th and 9 th -grade students Who? Baseline of college What? readiness – reading, writing and language, math PSAT 8/9 Online or in person Where? Logistics (TBD) When? December 2 hours and 25 minutes: How? Studying, accessing resources Additional Information : psat.org/8-9

Maryland Integrated Science Assessment (MISA) WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? WHAT IS IT? • MISA consists of four ‘units’. • Science assessments given to 8th • Units 1 - 3 contain 3 tasks per unit, graders in the spring. which are based on scientific • Assessments that provide parents, phenomena; six questions per unit -- 1 educators, and others with data on constructed response and 5 other types student progress towards science of questions. literacy. • Unit 4 contains 1 task similar to units 1 • Assessments that test students on - 3 and one extended construction concepts covered in the Next problem, which may contain a simulation. Generation Science Standards (NGSS)

Program Offerings

Practical skills, technical knowledge, academic foundation, and real-world experiences ???? • Arts, Media, and Communications • Business Management and Finance • Construction and Development • Consumer Services, Hospitality and Tourism • Environmental, Agricultural, and Natural Resources • Fire Cadet Program • Health and Biosciences • Human Resource Services • Information Technology • Manufacturing, Engineering, and Technology • Transportation Technologies

Check Out PGCPS’ CTE Programs!

Specialty Programs • Academy of Health Sciences @ PGCC • Aerospace Engineering & Aviation Technology @ DuVal High School • Science & Technology • 3D Scholars Program • P-Tech@ Frederick Douglass • Visual and Performing Arts@ Suitland High School

How Can I Support…

Curriculum Shifts • Have your child access his/her/their PGCPS clever account PARENTAL to utilize the academic resources for building content skills. • Access KhanAcademy.com to practice content related skills. SUPPORT: Testing How can I • Be sure to check the school-wide testing calendar that will be available in the fall. support my • Access KhanAcademy.com to practice for the PSAT. • Building your child’s testing stamina. child during Program Offerings this transition? • Summer research: Access the specialty program website and the CTE website to begin identifying programs that peak your child’s interest.

STUDENT INITIATED SUPPORT: PBIS and AVID • Cornell Notes • JUST Bucks • Socratic Seminars • Peace Week • Organizational Skills • JUST Playing activities While the AVID Elective EEJMS Students are Class is for selected JUST Amazing! They students, all students at show their school pride EEJMS will receive and enjoy making good AVID based instruction decisions. and strategies!

SCHOOL-BASED SOCIAL SUPPORT: After-School Clubs Art Club ASL Band Basketball Baseball National Junior Cheerleading & Chorus Drama Club Math Club Honor Society Dance (NJHS) Student Government Orchestra Soccer STEM Association (SGA)

PGCPS AND NATIONAL SUPPORTS: Resources and Websites RESOURCE: WEBSITE/URL: https://www.khanacademy.org/sat PSAT Practice via Khan Academy Content Resources https://clever.pgcps.org https://www.pgcps.org/career-technical-education/ CTE program resources https://www.pgcps.org/specialty-public-charters- Specialty program resources applications/ Check our website for announcements Parent Academy ( https://www.pgcps.org/ernesteverettjust/)

THANK YOU ! -- See you (whether virtually or in- person) in the fall