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This page is intended to provide an overview of our curriculum materials. For the time being, it will include grade level and content based competencies that have been developed to date, along with any UbD Stage 1 documents that have been created. In time it will also include Stage 2 documents; however, as those are still in development (and will be for some time), that is more of a long term goal. The biggest thing we hope to accomplish with this site is for it to eventually be a public facing site that allows our community to see our curriculum... the "what" of learning. For parents/guardians to see the big ideas presented in Enduring Understandings, and to see the "what students will know" and "what students will be able to do" sections of Stage 1 is important and we want to be transparent in our work.
Competencies & Units of Study
Competencies & Units of Study
Competencies are meant to be the big ideas within a content area. A competency is quite literally what a student knows and is able to demonstrate consistently over a period of time. In Milford, we have competencies that act as "an umbrella" under which more discrete learning standards exist. The purpose of a competency is to break learning down into slightly smaller chunks that can be graded separately so that instruction and intervention can be more specifically targeted based on student needs. Each content area will have roughly 4-6 competencies per grade level.
Our Units of Study are meant to take those competencies and standards and put them into action - to take ideas and make them real for kids. Our "Stage 1 UbD" documents are a guide so that parents and community members know not only what is being taught at each grade level, but to also to give them a sense of how those standards are being addressed. Specifically, those units of study include Enduring Understandings and Essential Questions that are meant to guide teaching toward the standards. Enduring Understandings are the biggest ideas in a content area, presented in a way that is meant to engage students at the grade level. Enduring Understandings likely encompass many competencies and standards and pull them together as ideas that must endure beyond a test, a course or even school. The Essential Questions are meant to further engage students with those ideas and to promote deep inquiry into a content area. Essential Questions should be written to help students explore rather than limit. The answer to a good Essential Question will change as students grow and learn throughout a unit of study. Most importantly, Essential Questions should help uncover a student's thinking and find any potential misunderstandings they may have as learning develops.
Pre-K
Pre-K
Competencies
Competencies
English Language Arts:
Students will understand the concepts of print.
Reading can be used for enjoyment.
Students will understand how to interact and relate to a story.
Students will understand language is made up of sounds.
Students will understand story elements.
Students will understand that stories can be told in many ways.
Students will understand writing is a way to communicate.
Students will understand that spoken words can be written
Mathematics:
Students will understand number concepts and operations up to 10.
Students will understand geometry and spatial relationships within their environment.
Students will understand concepts of measurement.
Students will understand patterns and relationships in their environment.
Students will understand how to collect data and analyze it.
Students will understand the concept of time and sequences.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten
Competencies
Competencies
English Language Arts:
Students will speak effectively to express ideas for a variety of purposes.
Students will examine a topic or text and support a personal opinion with a drawing, dictation, or writing.
Students will draw, dictate, or write to compose narrative texts, describing real or imaginary events or experiences.
Students will draw, dictate, or write to compose informative texts that convey information on specific topics.
Students will make meaning of informational texts and provide text details to explain their thinking.
Students will make meaning of literary print and non-print texts and provide text details to explain their thinking.
Students will be able to read emergent leveled texts with purpose and understanding by applying their knowledge of phonics, phonological awareness, and concepts of print.
Mathematics:
Students will demonstrate an understanding of quantity by counting to 100 from any given whole number by ones and tens, by counting, reading, writing, and recording whole numbers up through 20, comparing numbers between 1 and 10, and by connecting counting to cardinality.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of addition with sums less than or equal to 10 by using a variety of strategies, manipulatives, pictures, and symbols, by making and recording ten pairs, and by understanding that the teen numbers are composed of one group of ten plus some number of ones; fluently add within 5.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of subtraction with minuends to 10 by using a variety of strategies, manipulatives, pictures, and symbols; fluently subtracting within 5.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of sorting and counting objects by identifying and sorting objects based on a variety of attributes such as size, shape, and color; for groups ten or fewer can count the objects in each category and use the quantities to compare categories.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of measurement by describing and comparing informal objects with measurable attributes such as length, weight, and height.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of shapes by identifying them as two- or three-dimensional, by naming them regardless of size or position, by comparing them using informal language, by drawing and modeling using a variety of materials, by finding them in the world, and by understanding that composite shapes are composed of simple shapes.
First Grade
First Grade
Competencies
Competencies
English Language Arts:
Students will know and apply grade level phonics and word analysis skills in decoding words.
Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of phonemes.
Students will be able to read with sufficient accuracy and fluency to support comprehension.
Students will demonstrate ability to write with clarity and understanding for a variety of audiences and purposes.
Mathematics:
Students will demonstrate an understanding of whole numbers by reading, writing, counting on, using place value, and comparing whole numbers to 120.
Students will demonstrate an understanding and application of addition using whole numbers, with fluency within 10, by solving numerical (within 100) and word problems (within 20) using a variety of strategies.
Students will demonstrate an understanding and application of subtraction using whole numbers, with fluency within 10, by solving numerical (within 90) and word problems (within 20) using a variety of strategies.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of shapes by creating 2D and 3D figures, determining if an attribute is defining or non-defining by sorting by attribute, and in creating composite shapes by using standard geometric manipulatives.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of equal shares by dividing circles and rectangles into halves and quarters, understanding that the equal shares created combine back to the whole and that the more shares created, the smaller the size of the share.
Students will be able to analyze and measure in various units of time, distance, and data.
Second Grade
Second Grade
Competencies
Competencies
English Language Arts:
Students will read to make meaning while flexibly using a variety of strategies, demonstrating foundational literacy skills.
Students will understand, analyze and evaluate literary and informational text.
Students will effectively use a variety of writing skills to communicate wants, needs, ideas and knowledge
Students will speak effectively to express ideas for a variety of purposes.
Students will engage in research/inquiry to investigate topics of interest and to interpret, integrate and present information.
Mathematics:
Students will demonstrate an understanding of evaluating whole numbers up to 1000. Identifying place value patterns and number relationships.
Students will demonstrate the ability to add and subtract two and three digit numbers by recognizing the place value of digits.
Students will use measurement processes in everyday life and organize data to construct meaning.
Students will demonstrate the ability to reason with two and three dimensional shapes in order to compare, identify, draw and partition.
Third Grade
Third Grade
Competencies
Competencies
English Language Arts:
1. Students will compose informative text to examine a topic and clearly convey ideas and information with a specific focus.
2. Students will compose narrative texts, describing real or imaginary events or experiences, using a variety of forms (e.g., stories, legends, plays, poems).
3. Students will compose an opinion piece of writing that clearly states their opinion and is supported with reasons.
4. Students will make meaning of increasingly complex informational print and non-print texts, and provide text details to support interpretations and analyses
5.Students will make meaning of increasingly complex literary print and non-print texts, and provide text details to support interpretations and analysis.
6. Students will read to make meaning while flexibly using a variety of strategies, applying and extending foundational literacy skills.
Mathematics:
Students will demonstrate an understanding of and fluency in facts with multiplication and division within 100 using a variety of strategies, arithmetic properties, equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of measuring, interpreting, and representing data by solving problems involving time, liquid volumes, masses, and lengths, as well as organizing and analyzing data using charts, graphs, and line plots.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of fractions as numbers, representing and comparing fractions, and applying fractions to real-world situations.
Students will recognize, describe, and categorize shapes based on their attributes and partition shapes into equal parts to understand area.
Fourth Grade
Fourth Grade
Competencies
Competencies
English Language Arts:
Students will read to make meaning of fiction and nonfiction texts by applying literacy skills and identifying main ideas and supporting details, to support their interpretations and analysis.
Students will compose narrative, informational, and persuasive texts that are supported with details or evidence.
Students will speak effectively to share their ideas, listen respectfully to what others have to say in order to respond, and engage in group or partner work to investigate, analyze, and present information.
Mathematics:
Students will use place value and math operations to solve multi-digit problems using the standard algorithms for addition and subtraction, visual models and strategies for multiplication and division, multi-step and word problems, and solve for unknown values.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of place values by explaining whole numbers, number names, place values, rounding, and comparing numbers.
Fifth Grade
Fifth Grade
Competencies
Competencies
English Language Arts:
Students will comprehend and draw conclusions about the author’s intent when reading a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print literary texts, citing textual evidence to support their analyses.
Students will comprehend and draw conclusions about the author’s intent in a variety of increasingly complex print and non-print informational texts, citing textual evidence to support their analyses.
By the end of Fifth Grade, students will independently use their learning to read to make meaning while flexibly using a variety of strategies, applying and extending literacy skill with increasing independence.
Students will initiate and participate effectively in speaking-listening for a variety of purposes and audiences (e.g., informal discussions, formal presentations), responding respectfully to diverse perspectives and expressing ideas clearly and purposefully.
Students will produce clear, coherent, and effective narrative writing for a range of types, purposes, and audiences (e.g., blogs, podcasts, and historical fiction/accounts).
Students will produce clear, coherent, and effective opinion/argument writing for a range of text types, purposes, and audiences.
Mathematics:
Students will demonstrate an understanding of volume by using and describing formulas to measure the volume of various rectangular shaped objects.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of measurements and conversions by completing and describing non-metric and metric conversions involving length, mass and volume, time conversions, and solving word problems involving various units of measurement.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of representing and interpreting data by graphing, explaining, and interpreting data sets using line plots.
Demonstrate an understanding of place value for whole numbers and decimals by rounding to a designated place value, comparing decimal numbers, and describing whole numbers, decimals, and powers of ten using appropriate mathematics terms.
Demonstrate an understanding of operations using multi-digit whole numbers and decimals to the hundredths by completing and explaining multiplication and division problems using a variety of strategies, including the standard algorithm in multiplication.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of adding and subtracting fractions by completing and explaining addition and subtraction of fractions and mixed numbers.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of multiplying fractions by completing and explaining the multiplication of fractions and mixed numbers, and comparing size of products involving fractions.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of division of fractions by using and explaining strategies to divide whole numbers by fractions and fractions by whole numbers.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of three and four-sided two-dimensional figures by classifying and distinguishing between various three and four-sided figures.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of graphing points on a coordinate plane by explaining the coordinate plane, interpreting graphs of ordered pairs, and graphing ordered pairs in the first quadrant.
Elementary Unified Arts
Elementary Unified Arts
Competencies
Competencies
Art
Kindergarten and Grade 1:
Students will generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Students will demonstrate the ability to share their work and its meaning in order to express how they met an intended goal.
Students will demonstrate the ability to apply criteria to evaluate artwork as it pertains to the intended goal.
Students will demonstrate the ability to share their work and its meaning in order to express how they met an intended goal.
Grades 2-5:
1. Creating: Students will conceive and develop artistic ideas and work by generating, conceptualizing, organizing, refining and completing artistic ideas.
2. Presenting: Students will convey meaning and communicate ideas by analyzing, interpreting, selecting, realizing, developing and refining artistic works for presentation.
3. Responding: Students will evaluate how artworks convey meaning by perceiving and analyzing artistic works, interpreting intent and meaning, and applying criteria.
4. Connecting: Students will relate personal meaning during art-making by synthesizing and relating knowledge and experience to artistic ideas and artistic work in cultural and historical contexts.
Computers/Technology
Grades 2-5:
1. Students will demonstrate conceptual understanding of the different components of computing devices while identifying the basic structures of computing systems and networks.
2. Students will demonstrate conceptual understanding of sequential order while creating and enacting simple algorithms to solve problems.
3. Students will demonstrate the ability to use digital tools to create simple artifacts, communicate, and exchange information.
4. Students will demonstrate the ability to create and interpret various types of charts and graphs using spreadsheet software.
5. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the influence that technology can have on themselves and others.
6. Students will demonstrate appropriate use of technology, digital content, and online interactions.
7. Students will demonstrate the ability to calculate and sort data using a spreadsheet.
8. Students will develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions
Library/Media Center
Grades K-1
Students will demonstrate the ability to access digital tools by using hardware and navigating software.
Students will demonstrate the ability to progressively increase typing accuracy and speed by learning the keyboard layout and utilizing proper keyboard form.
Students will demonstrate the ability to access digital tools by using hardware and navigating software.
Students will demonstrate the ability to use the internet to safely and effectively navigate, learn, communicate, and collaborate.
Students will demonstrate the ability to create documents in order to effectively communicate ideas.
Students will demonstrate the ability to create images using graphic software to illustrate and communicate original ideas, designs and art.
Students will demonstrate the ability to access information in order to inquire, think critically and gain knowledge.
Students will demonstrate the ability to share knowledge and participate ethically and productively in order to become contributing members of our democratic society.
Students will demonstrate the ability to respond to text using a variety of informational tools in order to pursue personal and aesthetic growth.
Grades 2-5
Inquire: Students will participate in an ongoing inquiry-based process involving a variety of research and questioning strategies.
Engage: Students will follow ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information.
Curate: Students will gather information appropriate to the task using and evaluating a variety of sources representing diverse perspectives.
Explore: Students will develop and satisfy personal curiosity by reading widely and deeply in multiple formats..
Collaborate: Students will actively participate with others in learning situations involving diverse perspectives in their own inquiry processes.
Music
Grades 2-5
1. Creating: Present- Sharing creative musical work that conveys intent, demonstrates craftsmanship, and exhibits originality.
2. Performing: Select-Select varied musical works to present based on interest, knowledge, technical skill, and context.
3. Responding: Interpret-Support interpretations of musical works that reflect creators’/performers’ expressive intent.
4. Connecting: Relate musical ideas and words with varied context to deeper understanding.
5. Performing: Present: Perform expressively with appropriate interpretation and technical accuracy, and in a manner appropriate to the audience and context.
6. Students will be able to learn different childrens’ songs written for elementary aged students from foreign countries.
Physical Education
Grades K-1
Students will demonstrate basic motor skills and movement patterns in combination.
Students will utilize multiple strategies and tactics during game play.
Students will utilize multiple strategies and tactics during game play.
Students will use learned strategies to show kindness and respect toward peers, adults, and equipment.
Grades 2-5
Students will exhibit a wide variety of motor skills and movement patterns.
Students will use strategies related to movement during game play.
Students will demonstrate ways in which fitness leads to a healthy lifestyle.
Students will utilize strategies to demonstrate kindness and respect toward peers, adults, and equipment.
K-1 Arts Stage 1 Documents
K-1 Arts Stage 1 Documents
2-4 Arts Stage 1 Documents
2-4 Arts Stage 1 Documents
2-5 Computers/Technology Stage 1 Documents
2-5 Computers/Technology Stage 1 Documents
K-1 Library/Media Center Stage 1 Documents
K-1 Library/Media Center Stage 1 Documents
2-5 Library/Media Center Stage 1 Documents
2-5 Library/Media Center Stage 1 Documents
K-1 Music Stage 1 Documents
K-1 Music Stage 1 Documents
2-5 Music Stage 1 Documents
2-5 Music Stage 1 Documents
K-1 Physical Education Stage 1 Documents
K-1 Physical Education Stage 1 Documents
2-5 Physical Education Stage 1 Documents
2-5 Physical Education Stage 1 Documents
Middle School
Middle School
Sixth Grade
Sixth Grade
Competencies
Competencies
English Language Arts:
Students will comprehend and draw conclusions about the author’s intent when reading a variety of increasingly complex print and non print literary texts, citing a range of relevant and compelling textual evidence to support their analysis.
Students will produce clear, coherent, and effective writing for a range of types, purposes and audiences.
Students use spoken word and active listening skills to accomplish a variety of purposes.
Students will engage in group and individual research to investigate, analyze, integrate, and present information, demonstrating an understanding of the use of credible, relevant and reliable sources.
Mathematics:
Students will demonstrate an understanding of area and surface area of geometric figures by solving mathematical and real-world problems using area of polygons and surface areas of prisms and pyramids.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of algebraic expressions by writing, evaluating, and simplifying expressions in computational and real world situations.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of ratios, rates, and percents by applying ratio reasoning to solve mathematical and real-world problems.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of fractions by performing operations of division with fractions and in simplifying fractions with LCM and GCF in order to solve mathematical and real-world problems.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of decimals by performing operations of addition, subtractions, multiplication and division with decimals, rounding decimals, in computational and real world situations.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of linear equations and inequalities by solving one and two steps problems using all four operations in mathematical and real-world situations.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of extending and applying previous understandings of whole numbers to the systems of integers and rational numbers by writing, interpreting and explaining statements of order in real-world contexts; and
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the coordinate plane by identifying and positioning ordered pairs on a coordinate plane to solve mathematical and real-world application problems.
Science:
Nature of Science and Engineering: Students will work collaboratively and individually to generate testable questions or define problems in terms of given constraints and criteria; plan and conduct investigations or apply engineering design practices to analyze and interpret data, and construct and communicate evidence-based explanations or possible optimal solutions.
Patterns: Students will observe, predict, and analyze patterns in order to support evidence based claims about relationships (e.g., cause and effect, structure and function, macroscopic and microscopic).
Cause and Effect: Students will investigate, explain, and evaluate potential causal relationships, using evidence to support claims and predictions about the mechanisms that drive those relationships
Scale, Proportion, and Quantity: Students will apply reasoning and modeling to determine the proportional relationships in observable and non-observable phenomena in terms of relative scale and quantity.
Energy and Matter in Systems: Students will analyze evidence (e.g., investigations, models, theories, scenarios) to predict and track changes in the cycling of matter and flow of energy within and between systems in order to identify their possibilities and limitations.
Stability and Change of Systems: Students will analyze and evaluate the stability of natural and human designed systems in order to develop evidence-based explanations and predictions of changes over time.
Systems and System Models: Students will investigate and analyze a natural or human designed system in order to develop and justify a model that accurately represents the system or aspects of the system (e.g., boundaries, inputs, outputs, interactions, and behaviors).
Social Studies:
Students will analyze primary and secondary sources in order to develop arguments and draw conclusions.
Students will be able to analyze the ways in which historical events and people have shaped the global society, by considering causation, cultural change, and comparison across time or cultures. [History]
Students will demonstrate the ways in which different political situations affect the individuals within that nation, as well as the global implications. [Civics]
Students will analyze geographic patterns, relationships, and outcomes to consider how and why societies settle and move. [Geography]
Students will explore various economic systems, how they are applied globally, and the implications for individuals and societies. [Economics]
6th Grade English Language Arts Stage 1 Documents
6th Grade English Language Arts Stage 1 Documents
6th Grade Mathematics Stage 1 Documents
6th Grade Mathematics Stage 1 Documents
6th Grade Science Stage 1 Documents
6th Grade Science Stage 1 Documents
6th Grade Social Studies Stage 1 Documents
6th Grade Social Studies Stage 1 Documents
Seventh Grade
Seventh Grade
Competencies
Competencies
English Language Arts:
Students will comprehend and draw conclusions about the author’s intent when reading a variety of increasingly complex print and non print literary texts, citing a range of relevant and compelling textual evidence to support their analysis.
Students will produce clear, coherent, and effective writing for a range of types, purposes and audiences.
Students use spoken word and active listening skills to accomplish a variety of purposes.
Students will engage in group and individual research to investigate, analyze, integrate, and present information, demonstrating an understanding of the use of credible, relevant and reliable sources.
Mathematics:
Seeing Structure in Geometric Relationships Use algebraic and geometric properties to define, identify, and classify various geometrical relationships.
Working with Geometric Shapes Use geometric properties to construct and prove congruence and similarity, and to solve problems.
Modeling and Problem Solving Interpret and analyze the mathematical structures of a problem situation, including real-world scenarios, and apply appropriate tools.
Communicating Mathematically: Communicate concepts and processes through my mathematical work and through oral and written explanations.
Science:
Nature of Science and Engineering: Students will work collaboratively and individually to generate testable questions or define problems in terms of given constraints and criteria; plan and conduct investigations or apply engineering design practices to analyze and interpret data, and construct and communicate evidence-based explanations or possible optimal solutions.
Patterns: Students will observe, predict, and analyze patterns in order to support evidence based claims about relationships (e.g., cause and effect, structure and function, macroscopic and microscopic).
Cause and Effect: Students will investigate, explain, and evaluate potential causal relationships, using evidence to support claims and predictions about the mechanisms that drive those relationships.
Scale, Proportion, and Quantity: Students will apply reasoning and modeling to determine the proportional relationships in observable and non-observable phenomena in terms of relative scale and quantity.
Energy and Matter in Systems: Students will analyze evidence (e.g., investigations, models, theories, scenarios) to predict and track changes in the cycling of matter and flow of energy within and between systems in order to identify their possibilities and limitations.
Stability and Change of Systems: Students will analyze and evaluate the stability of natural and human designed systems in order to develop evidence-based explanations and predictions of changes over time.
Systems and System Models: Students will investigate and analyze a natural or human designed system in order to develop and justify a model that accurately represents the system or aspects of the system (e.g., boundaries, inputs, outputs, interactions, and behaviors).
Social Studies:
Students will analyze primary and secondary sources in order to develop arguments and draw conclusions.
Students will be able to analyze the ways in which historical events and people have shaped the global society, by considering causation, cultural change, and comparison across time or cultures. [History]
Students will demonstrate the ways in which different political situations affect the individuals within that nation, as well as the global implications. [Civics]
Students will analyze geographic patterns, relationships, and outcomes to consider how and why societies settle and move. [Geography]
Students will explore various economic systems, how they are applied globally, and the implications for individuals and societies. [Economics]
7th Grade English Language Arts Stage 1 Documents
7th Grade English Language Arts Stage 1 Documents
7th Grade Mathematics Stage 1 Documents
7th Grade Mathematics Stage 1 Documents
7th Grade Science Stage 1 Documents
7th Grade Science Stage 1 Documents
7th Grade Social Studies Stage 1 Documents
7th Grade Social Studies Stage 1 Documents
8th Grade
8th Grade
Competencies
Competencies
English Language Arts:
1. Students will comprehend and draw conclusions about the author’s intent when reading a variety of increasingly complex print and non print literary texts, citing a range of relevant and compelling textual evidence to support their analysis.
2. Students will produce clear, coherent, and effective writing for a range of types, purposes and audiences.
3. Students use spoken word and active listening skills to accomplish a variety of purposes.
4. Students will engage in group and individual research to investigate, analyze, integrate, and present information, demonstrating an understanding of the use of credible, relevant and reliable sources.
Mathematics (Pre-Algebra):
Seeing Structure in Geometric Relationships Use algebraic and geometric properties to define, identify, and classify various geometrical relationships.
Working with Geometric Shapes Use geometric properties to construct and prove congruence and similarity, and to solve problems.
Modeling and Problem Solving Interpret and analyze the mathematical structures of a problem situation, including real-world scenarios, and apply appropriate tools.
Communicating Mathematically: Communicate concepts and processes through my mathematical work and through oral and written explanations.
Science:
Scale, Proportion, and Quantity - Students will apply reasoning and modeling to determine the proportional relationships in observable and non-observable phenomena in terms of relative scale and quantity.
Cause & Effect - Students will observe, predict, and analyze patterns in order to support evidence based claims about relationships (e.g., cause and effect, structure and function, macroscopic and microscopic).
Stability and Change of Systems - Students will analyze and evaluate the stability of natural and human designed systems in order to develop evidence-based explanations and predictions of changes over time.
Nature of Science and Engineering - Students will work collaboratively and individually to generate testable questions or define problems in terms of given constraints and criteria; plan and conduct investigations or apply engineering design practices to analyze and interpret data, and construct and communicate evidence-based explanations or possible optimal solutions.
Energy and Matter in Systems - Students will analyze evidence (e.g., investigations, models, theories, scenarios) to predict and track changes in the cycling of matter and flow of energy within and between systems in order to identify their possibilities and limitations.
Systems and System Models: Students will investigate and analyze a natural or human designed system in order to develop and justify a model that accurately represents the system or aspects of the system (e.g., boundaries, inputs, outputs, interactions, and behaviors).
Students will observe, predict, and analyze patterns in order to support evidence based claims about relationships (e.g., cause and effect, structure and function, macroscopic and microscopic).
Structure and Function - Students will analyze the relationship among structure and function of natural or human designed objects, using evidence to redesign or support claims about survival and/or improved performance.
Social Studies:
Students will analyze primary and secondary sources in order to develop arguments and draw conclusions.
Students will be able to analyze the ways in which historical events and people have shaped the global society, by considering causation, cultural change, and comparison across time or cultures. [History]
Students will demonstrate the ways in which different political situations affect the individuals within that nation, as well as the global implications. [Civics]
Students will analyze geographic patterns, relationships, and outcomes to consider how and why societies settle and move. [Geography]
Students will explore various economic systems, how they are applied globally, and the implications for individuals and societies. [Economics]
8th Grade English Language Arts Stage 1 Documents
8th Grade English Language Arts Stage 1 Documents
8th Grade Mathematics Stage 1 Documents
8th Grade Mathematics Stage 1 Documents
8th Grade Science Stage 1 Documents
8th Grade Science Stage 1 Documents
8th Grade Social Studies Stage 1 Documents
8th Grade Social Studies Stage 1 Documents
Middle School Unified Arts
Middle School Unified Arts
Competencies
Competencies
Art:
Creating: Students will conceive and develop artistic ideas and work by generating, conceptualizing, organizing, refining, and completing artistic ideas.
Presenting: Students will convey meaning and communicate ideas by analyzing, interpreting, selecting, realizing, developing, and refining artistic works for presentation.
Responding: Students will evaluate how artworks convey meaning by perceiving and analyzing artistic works, interpreting intent and meaning, and applying criteria.
Connecting: Students will relate personal meaning during art-making by synthesizing and relating knowledge and experience to artistic ideas and artistic work in cultural and historical contexts.
Family and Consumer Science:
Students will obtain a broad understanding of the considerations needed to become a responsible caregiver.
Students will be able to independently use their learning to create a project with fabric and thread with the right equipment.
Students will develop a deep understanding of basic food baking concepts and food safety principles to ensure the preparation of safe and delicious baked goods.
Health/Physical Education:
Innovation Lab:
Creative Communicator: Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats and digital media appropriate for their goals.
Computational Thinker: Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.
Innovative Designer: Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful or imaginative solutions.
Empowered Learner: Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals informed by the learning sciences.
Knowledge Constructor: Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
Global Collaborator: Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.
Digital Citizen: Students recognize the responsibilities and opportunities for contributing to their digital communities.
Library Science:
Inquire: Students will participate in an ongoing inquiry-based process involving a variety of research and questioning strategies
Curate: Students will gather information appropriate to the task using and evaluating a variety of sources representing diverse perspectives.
Engage: Students will follow ethical and legal guidelines for gathering and using information.
Music:
Technology Education (CTE):
Understand the basic concepts and terminology associated with the construction industry.
Demonstrate the proper use of common hand tools (e.g., hammers, screwdrivers, tape measures).
Identify and describe power tools used in construction (e.g., drills, saws, sanders), including their safety precautions.
Understand the importance of tool maintenance and storage practices.
Recognize the importance of safety protocols and personal protective equipment (PPE) in construction work.
Demonstrate basic construction techniques such as measuring, cutting, and assembling simple structures.
Develop communication skills necessary for discussing plans, progress, and troubleshooting within construction teams.
Understand the basic skills and qualities needed for success in the construction trades, including punctuality, responsibility, and a strong work ethic.
Understand the function of each component in the operation of a small engine, including how they work together to power the engine.
Demonstrate proper safety protocols when working with small engines, including the use of personal protective equipment (PPE) and handling tools safely.
Work collaboratively with peers in small groups to complete engine-related tasks, demonstrating effective communication and cooperation.
Learn how to properly clean and maintain these systems to ensure optimal engine performance.
Understand the educational and skill requirements for pursuing a career in the field of small engine technology.
Understand the fundamental concepts of manufacturing and engineering, including the role of engineers in designing and creating products.
Recognize the importance of manufacturing in everyday life and how it supports global economies.
Learn and apply the engineering design process to solve real-world problems: defining a problem, brainstorming solutions, designing prototypes, testing, and improving designs.
Identify and demonstrate the safe use of basic hand tools and machinery commonly used in manufacturing (e.g., drills, saws,
ceramics, composites) and their properties.
Understand how material properties influence design decisions and the manufacturing process.
Develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills by tackling design challenges that require creative and practical solutions.
Collaborate effectively in teams, sharing ideas, dividing tasks, and working together to complete engineering and manufacturing projects.
Learn about the education and skills needed to pursue careers in engineering and manufacturing fields.
Art Stage 1 Documents
Art Stage 1 Documents
Family and Consumer Science Stage 1 Documents
Family and Consumer Science Stage 1 Documents
Innovation Lab Stage 1 Documents
Innovation Lab Stage 1 Documents
Health/Physical Education Stage 1 Documents
Health/Physical Education Stage 1 Documents
Library Science Stage 1 Documents
Library Science Stage 1 Documents
Music Stage 1 Documents
Music Stage 1 Documents
Technology Education (CTE) Stage 1 Documents
Technology Education (CTE) Stage 1 Documents
High School
High School
Please Note - High school is organized by content area rather than grade level.
English
English
Content Competencies
Content Competencies
Reading - Students will read a wide range of age and ability-appropriate print and non-print texts for various purposes.
Writing - Students will use a wide range of strategies to write fluently for a variety of purposes and audiences.
Speaking/Listening - Students use spoken word and active listening skills to accomplish a variety of purposes.
Research - Students will conduct research/inquiry and communicate their findings to suit purpose and audience.
Mathematics
Mathematics
Content Competencies
Content Competencies
Math Competencies Categories
Seeing Structure in Expressions (or Geometric Relationships)
Creating Equations and Inequalities (or Using Geometric Relationships)
Graphing and Analyzing Functions (or Working with Geometric Shapes)
Modeling and Problem Solving
Communicating Mathematically
Algebra 1
Seeing Structure in Expressions: Use algebraic skills to simplify expressions, perform operations, and create equivalent forms.
Creating Equations and Inequalities: Use algebraic skills to create and solve equations and inequalities.
Graphing and Analyzing Functions: Graph and analyze linear functions.
Modeling and Problem Solving: Interpret and analyze the mathematical structures of a problem situation, including real-world scenarios, and apply appropriate tools.
Communicating Mathematically: Communicate concepts and processes through my mathematical work and through oral and written explanations.
Geometry
Seeing Structure in Geometric Relationships: Use algebraic properties and geometrical theorems/postulates to define, identify, and classify various geometrical relationships.
Creating Equations and Inequalities Using Geometric Relationships: Use algebraic properties and geometrical theorems/postulates to support my solutions when finding missing geometric parts (lengths, angles) and solving problems.
Working with Geometric Shapes: Use algebraic properties and geometrical theorems/postulates to construct and prove congruence and similarity, and to solve problems.
Modeling and Problem Solving: Interpret and analyze the mathematical structures of a problem situation, including real-world scenarios, and apply appropriate tools.
Communicating Mathematically: Communicate various geometric concepts and processes through my mathematical work and through oral and written explanations.
Algebra 2
Seeing Structure in Expressions: Use algebraic skills to simplify expressions, perform operations, and create equivalent forms.
Creating Equations and Inequalities: Use algebraic skills to create and solve equations and inequalities.
Graphing and Analyzing Functions: Graph and analyze linear and non-linear functions.
Modeling and Problem Solving: Interpret and analyze the mathematical structures of a problem situation, including real-world scenarios, and apply appropriate tools.
Communicating Mathematically: Communicate concepts and processes through my mathematical work and through oral and written explanations.
Algebra 3 with Trigonometry
Seeing Structure in Expressions or in Geometric Relationships: Use algebraic skills to simplify expressions, perform operations, and create equivalent forms including equivalent trigonometric forms.
Creating Equations and Inequalities: Use algebraic skills to create and solve equations and inequalities and use algebraic properties and geometric theorems to support solutions when finding missing geometric parts.
Graphing and Analyzing Functions: Graph and analyze non-linear functions.
Modeling and Problem Solving: Interpret and analyze the mathematical structures of a problem situation, including real-world scenarios, and apply appropriate tools.
Communicating Mathematically: Communicate concepts and processes through my mathematical work and through oral and written explanations.
PreCalculus
Seeing Structure in Expressions: Use algebraic skills to simplify expressions, perform operations, and create equivalent forms including equivalent trigonometric forms and sequences and series.
Creating Equations and Inequalities or Using Geometric Relationships: Use algebraic skills to create and solve equations and inequalities and use algebraic properties and trigonometric identities to support solutions.
Graphing and Analyzing Functions: Graph and analyze non-linear functions.
Modeling and Problem Solving: Interpret and analyze the mathematical structures of a problem situation, including real-world scenarios, and apply appropriate tools.
Communicating MathematicallyCommunicate concepts and processes through my mathematical work and through oral and written explanations.
Science
Science
Content Competencies
Content Competencies
Science:
Patterns Students will demonstrate the ability to observe and describe patterns in natural and human designed phenomena and use those patterns to support claims about the observed or predicted relationships among phenomena. PHYSICAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY
Cause and Effect Students will demonstrate the ability to investigate, explain, and evaluate potential causal relationships by using evidence to support claims and predictions about the mechanisms that drive those relationships. PHYSICAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, PHYSICS
Scale, Proportion, and Quantity Students will demonstrate the ability to describe and represent the significance of changes in observable and non-observable phenomena in terms of relative scale, proportion, and quantity. CHEMISTRY
Systems and System Models Students will demonstrate the ability to investigate and analyze a natural or human designed system in terms of its boundaries, inputs, outputs, interactions, and behaviors and use this information to develop a system model that can be used to understand and empirically evaluate the accuracy of models in terms of representing the underlying system. CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS
Energy and Matter in Systems Students will demonstrate the ability to analyze evidence from a variety of sources (investigations, models) to predict, connect and/or evaluate the cycling of matter and flow of energy within and between systems in order to understand, describe, or predict possibilities and limitations of systems. PHYSICAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS
Structure and Function Students will demonstrate the ability to use evidence to support claims about the relationship among structure and function of natural and human designed objects. BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY
Stability and Change of Systems Students will demonstrate the ability to investigate and analyze static and dynamic conditions of natural and human designed systems in order to explain and predict changes over time. PHYSICAL SCIENCE, BIOLOGY, PHYSICS
Nature of Science Student will demonstrate the ability to work collaboratively and individually to generate testable questions or define problems, plan and conduct investigations using a variety of research methods in a various settings, analyze and interpret data, reason with evidence to construct explanations in light of existing theory and previous research, and effectively communicate the research processes and conclusions. PHYSICAL SCIENCE, CHEMISTRY, PHYSICS
Social Studies
Social Studies
Content Competencies
Content Competencies
Social Studies:
Critical Thinking: Students will be able to critically analyze and evaluate information, arguments, and perspectives from various sources. This includes identifying biases, assessing reliability, and synthesizing diverse viewpoints to form well-reasoned judgments.
Research Skills: Students will be able to conduct research using primary and secondary sources, including digital and traditional resources. This competency encompasses skills such as locating relevant information, evaluating sources for credibility, and synthesizing information to support arguments or conclusions.
Communication: Students will be able to effectively communicate ideas, findings, and arguments through various mediums, including writing, speaking, and visual representation. This competency involves articulating thoughts clearly, organizing information coherently, and adapting communication styles for different audiences.
Global Awareness: Students will be able to understand global interconnectedness, including socio-cultural, economic, political, and environmental dynamics. This competency involves recognizing global patterns and trends, appreciating diverse perspectives and cultures, and understanding the implications of global issues on local contexts.
Civic Engagement: Students will be able to use the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for active participation in civic life and democratic processes. This competency encompasses understanding civic rights and responsibilities, engaging in civil discourse, advocating for social justice, and contributing to positive societal change.
Health and Wellness
Health and Wellness
Content Competencies
Content Competencies
Health/Wellness:
Students will independently use their learning to make informed decisions in order to lead a healthy lifestyle.
Students will demonstrate the ability to advocate for family and community health.
Students will demonstrate the ability to access valid information, products and services to enhance health.
Students will demonstrate the ability to use interpersonal communication skills to enhance health and avoid or reduce health risk.
Students will compare the influence of family, peers, culture, media, technology, and other factors on health behavior.
Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention.
Students will determine how health-enhancing behaviors and risk factors impact personal wellness.
Students will demonstrate the ability to use goal-setting skills to enhance health.
Art and Music
Art and Music
Content Competencies
Content Competencies
Art:
Creating: Students will conceive and develop artistic ideas and work by generating, conceptualizing, organizing, refining, and completing artistic ideas.
Presenting: Students will convey meaning and communicate ideas by analyzing, interpreting, selecting, realizing, developing, and refining artistic works for presentation.
Responding: Students will evaluate how artworks convey meaning by perceiving and analyzing artistic works, interpreting intent and meaning, and applying criteria.
Connecting: Students will relate personal meaning during art-making by synthesizing and relating knowledge and experience to artistic ideas and artistic work in cultural and historical contexts.
Music:
Creating- Conceiving and developing new artistic ideas and work.
Performing- Realizing artistic ideas and work through interpretation and presentation.
Presenting- Interpreting and sharing artistic work.
Producing- Realizing and presenting artistic ideas and work.
Responding- Understanding and evaluating how the arts convey meaning.
Connecting- Relating artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.
World Language
World Language
Content Competencies
Content Competencies
World Language:
French (Under Construction)
Latin
Students read, understand, and interpret Latin.
Students use orally, listen to, and write Latin as part of the language learning process.
Students demonstrate an understanding of the perspectives of Roman culture as revealed in the practices of the Roman.
Students recognize and use elements of the Latin language to increase knowledge of their own language.
Students compare and contrast their own culture with that of the Greco-Roman world.
Spanish
Students will continue their journey in acquiring Spanish
Interact at survival level in some familiar everyday contexts.
Be understanding, interpreting, and analyzing what is heard, read, or viewed on a variety of topics.
Be Interacting and negotiating meaning in spoken, signed, or written conversations to share information, reactions, feelings, and opinions.
Be Presenting information, concepts, and ideas to inform, explain, persuade, and narrate on a variety of topics using appropriate media and adapting to various audiences of listeners, readers, or viewers.
Career and Technical Education
Career and Technical Education
Content Competencies
Content Competencies
Career and Technical Education
Business Technologies:
Entrepreneurship - The concepts, processes, and skills associated with identifying new ideas, opportunities, and methods (including starting a new project or venture).
Business Ethics - Ethical standards that govern business operations and transactions, and employee behavior.
Finance - The tools, strategies, and systems used to maintain, monitor, control, and plan the use of financial resources.
Management - Leadership, management and teamwork concepts and principles along with a working understanding of the tools, strategies, and systems needed to access, process, maintain, evaluate, and disseminate information to assist business decision-making.
Marketing and Sales - The techniques and strategies used to foster positive, ongoing relationships with customers while learning the skills required to maintain an exchange relationship for goods and services.
Construction Trades:
Describe various types of construction documents, including their fundamental components and features and use construction drawings to determine location, placement, size, and specifications of elements of a construction project.
Apply techniques and strategies used to best demonstrate the relationships between the overall composition and individual components of a construction project, and explain how each component functions.
Explain the fasteners, anchors and adhesives used in construction work and demonstrate their uses in various construction occupations.
Demonstrate personal growth and community leadership by developing a career plan outlining opportunities in the construction career pathway.
Computer Sciences:
Algorithms and Programming - Create meaningful and efficient programs including choosing which information to use and how to process and store it, breaking apart large problems into smaller ones, recombining existing solutions, and analyzing different solutions.
Networks and the Internet - Apply networking concepts, using various models to implement protocols and standards when moving data. Design systems with working switching and routing "packets" to ensure data flows to the correct destination. Ensure data traffic flows through the internet effectively.
Computing Systems - Apply concepts of physical components and software that make up a computing system, which communicate and process information in digital form, along with practices and methodology for troubleshooting issues in those systems.
Data and Analysis - Synthesize concepts, practices and processes of data collection, resource management, and techniques to different types of data in order to discover useful information that can communicate storytelling and to inform decision-making.
Cybersecurity - Detect, prevent and mitigate threats in order to secure a computing system or network in an ethical manner, and in accordance with international, federal, state, local and cyber laws and regulations.
Culinary Arts:
a.= Indicators related to food production
b.= Indicators related to hospitality and guest service
Career Cluster related technical skills and abilities including but not limited to items such as:
a. Demonstrate a variety of cooking/baking skills and techniques in appropriate dining and foodservice settings.
b. Demonstrate and implement customer service styles, techniques, and management practices in a variety of foodservice and hospitality settings.
Career exploration and career cluster legacy and history such as:
a. Identify, understand and explain key people and developments within the hospitality and tourism industry including food, lodging, travel and tourism in addition to the evolution of dining and lodging in New Hampshire.
b. Take part in a variety of experiences and explore a range of occupations and career pathways within the hospitality and tourism industry, including the culinary arts and lodging/guest services.
Stewardship and sustainable practices such as:
a. Identify and select ingredients, employ techniques, and implement production strategies that are environmentally sustainable and energy efficient.
b. Identify and adopt procedures, practices, and techniques to best navigate the facilitation of and encourage guest participation in a variety of sustainable and energy efficient services and maintenance practices in the hospitality and lodging industry.
Professionalism: (Attire, Behavior, Culture, Etiquette, Teamwork, Collaboration) such as:
a. Dress, speak, and behave in simulated and authentic settings in a manner that is respectful, collaborative and models the professional standards of the hospitality and tourism industry and its many related pathways.
b. Develop requisite soft skills (to produce and perform both as an individual or collaboratively in a team or group setting.
Graphic Arts and Video Production:
Develop and plan for story AND/OR project concepts for various media projects.
Transfer knowledge and skills with various production tools and techniques to create various media projects.
Apply ethical standards and practices throughout the media process.
Demonstrate design standards as it pertains to media projects.
Transfer knowledge and skills with various software techniques to finish media productions.
Explore careers within the cluster to include developing individual career documents.
Health Science Occupations:
Academic Foundation - Students will demonstrate understanding of anatomy, physiology, common diseases and disorders, and principles of medical math applications as they understand the importance of becoming lifelong learners in healthcare.
Communication (Leadership and Teamwork) - Students will be able to identify roles and responsibilities of individual members as part of the healthcare team. Students will learn the importance of making human connections by demonstrating methods of delivering and obtaining information while communicating effectively to diverse populations. Students will understand accepted ethical practices with respect to cultural, social, and ethnic differences within the healthcare environment.
Professional Behavior and Practices - Students will understand, utilize, and model employability skills to enhance employment opportunities and job satisfaction. Students will understand and describe legal and ethical responsibilities, limitations, and implications on healthcare worker actions.
Safety and Health Practices - Students will understand and identify existing and potential hazards to clients, co-workers, and self. Students will employ and model safe work practices and healthy behaviors. They will follow health and safety policies and procedures to prevent illness and injury. Students will be able to differentiate between wellness and disease while promoting disease prevention.
Technology Skills, Systems, and Information Applications - Students will understand, identify, and appropriately apply skills and knowledge of how key systems operate that are commonly required across all health career specialties, and how they affect quality of care and services performed.
Engineering:
Workplace Readiness Skills - Students will effectively apply good work practices and communication skills necessary to a traditional engineering work environment.
Career Knowledge and Planning - Students will demonstrate an understanding of different engineering disciplines, their applications, and the professional/educational requirements necessary for their pursuit.
Critical Thinking and Analysis - Students will apply observational and analytical skills to the engineering design process.
Engineering Design & Solid Modeling for Technological Solutions - Students will understand the application of design for industry with understanding of how it is used in manufacturing solutions. Students will demonstrate the practical application of design elements, principles, and technology in the development of engineered solutions.
Precision Machining:
Manufacturing Processes and Production - The principles and practices specific to workplace manufacturing processes in order to continuously improve and meet the needs of a manufacturing organization and its customers.
Design/Technical Drawings - The methodologies used to interpret, create, and prototype by using blueprints, drawings, and new technologies including but not limited to 3D printing, laser cutting, solid modeling, and/or AR/VR.
Automation & Mechatronic Processes - The variety of automation resources such as but not limited to smart manufacturing, robotics, automation, pneumatics and hydraulic systems found within industry and be able to identify and relate their impact to manufacturing.
Quality Control/Quality Assurance - The tools and techniques associated with the quality control, processes, and standards associated with the manufacturing industry.
Software & Numerical Control - The methodologies and practices associated with pre-programmed software within industry, and apply those processes in a manufacturing environment.
Lean Processing - Lean philosophies in ways to positively impact the manufacturing process and environment
9-12 Career and Technical Education Departments Stage 1 Documents
9-12 Career and Technical Education Departments Stage 1 Documents
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