Special Education
SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHER RECOMMENDATION REQUIRED FOR ALL COURSES
CONSUMER AND CAREER MATH 3345/3346 (One or more terms)
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course Description: This course is designed for those students who are functioning at a low math level and/or are unable to benefit from instruction in the general educational setting. Emphasis will be placed on understanding money, time, and measurement. Students will use fractions, decimals, and percentages while working with financial and other daily living skills.
BASIC MATH 3316/3317 (Two Terms)
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course Description: This course will cover operations and the relationship between decimals, fractions, equations, ratios, proportions and percents. Other topics will cover factorization, prime & composite numbers, customary measurement, graphs and basic geometry. Successful completion of this course will provide credit towards the math requirement for graduation and enable the student to enroll in Basic Algebra.
BASIC ALGEBRA 3302/3303 (Two Terms)
Grades 9, 10, 11
Course Description: Topics covered: variables, equations, word problems, factors, fractions, graphs, integers, decimals, metric measurement and formulas, percents, statistics, proportions, solving equations, solving inequalities. This class is not intended to fulfill the Algebra I requirement for college.
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ENGLISH 3144/3145 (Two Terms)
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course Description: Writing and reading comprehension skills are emphasized. The students write paragraphs and short essays. A variety of fiction and nonfiction literature is read for basic comprehension and analysis. The class curriculum is aligned with the state standards, so in the IEP, the course is listed as regular curriculum (I-12), but not in the regular program (I-14). The short literature used is sometimes different from the literature used in the regular classroom, but parallels the regular curricular language arts skills.
SOCIAL STUDIES 3230/3231 (Two Terms)
Grades 9, 10, 11, 12
Course Description: This class may cover a variety of topics depending on the student need. US History, World History, and US Government are the three main areas. The course will parallel the general education curriculum as much as possible. US History focus is on the 20th Century. World History will study the world from its beginnings in Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece, and Rome, through the 20th century. Government will study the three major branches of government.
SCIENCE 3432/3433 (Two Terms)
Grades: 9, 10, 11, 12
Course Description: These courses are designed specifically for SE students. Physical Science, Life Science and Environmental Science are offered on an alternating basis and are not lab oriented classes. Physical Science: The student will improve his/her understanding of how science applies to life, how humans fit into the world of science and technology, and how a study of science can enhance the quality of a person’s life. The course will also cover basic Earth Science and Physics. Life Science: By undertaking a study of the modern concepts of biology, the students will be shown the unity of all organisms and their interdependence by nature. During the first term, students will study the basic life processes and develop an understanding of how biologists classify living things into groups based on their similarities. During the second term, the students will study the world of plants, reproduction, heredity, and the human organism. The concepts of ecosystems will also be introduced. Environmental Science: Topics to be studied are ecosystems, human population, production of food, pests and pest control, the water cycle, pollution, atmospheric changes, wild species protection and alternative energy sources. Research on specific environmental topics will be done by literature search and use of the Internet.