We will cover the standards for Pre-Algebra, Language Arts, US Civics, Middle School Chemistry, Spanish 101, Music Theory & Appreciation 101, and Personal Finance for your student over a full year. (January to December).   

*Social Studies: Middle School US Civics
Key Ideas and Details:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of primary and secondary sources.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of the source distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.3
Identify key steps in a text's description of a process related to history/social studies (e.g., how a bill becomes law, how interest rates are raised or lowered).
Craft and Structure:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.4
Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including vocabulary specific to domains related to history/social studies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.5
Describe how a text presents information (e.g., sequentially, comparatively, causally).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.6
Identify aspects of a text that reveal an author's point of view or purpose (e.g., loaded language, inclusion or avoidance of particular facts).
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.7
Integrate visual information (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) with other information in print and digital texts.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.8
Distinguish among fact, opinion, and reasoned judgment in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.9
Analyze the relationship between a primary and secondary source on the same topic.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RH.6-8.10
By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend history/social studies texts in the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

*Math: Pre-Algebra Overview
- The Number System
Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions.
Multiply and divide multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples.
Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers.
Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.
Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.
- Ratios and Proportional Relationships
Understand ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems.
Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
- Expressions and Equations
Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions.
Reason about and solve one-variable equations and inequalities.
Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.
Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.
Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.
Work with radicals and integer exponents.
Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.
Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
- Functions
Define, evaluate, and compare functions.
Use functions to model relationships between quantities.
- Geometry
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
Draw, construct and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.
Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.
Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones and spheres.
- Statistics and Probability
Develop understanding of statistical variability.
Summarize and describe distributions.
Use random sampling to draw inferences about a population.
Draw informal comparative inferences about two populations.
Investigate chance processes and develop, use, and evaluate probability models.
Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.
- Mathematical Practices
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.
Model with mathematics.
Use appropriate tools strategically.
Attend to precision.
Look for and make use of structure.
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.
 
*Science: Middle School Chemistry
Key Ideas and Details:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.1
Cite specific textual evidence to support analysis of science and technical texts.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.2
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.3
Follow precisely a multistep procedure when carrying out experiments, taking measurements, or performing technical tasks.
Craft and Structure:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.4
Determine the meaning of symbols, key terms, and other domain-specific words and phrases as they are used in a specific scientific or technical context relevant to grades 6-8 texts and topics.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.5
Analyze the structure an author uses to organize a text, including how the major sections contribute to the whole and to an understanding of the topic.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.6
Analyze the author's purpose in providing an explanation, describing a procedure, or discussing an experiment in a text.
Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.7
Integrate quantitative or technical information expressed in words in a text with a version of that information expressed visually (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.8
Distinguish among facts, reasoned judgment based on research findings, and speculation in a text.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.9
Compare and contrast the information gained from experiments, simulations, video, or multimedia sources with that gained from reading a text on the same topic.
Range of Reading and Level of Text Complexity:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RST.6-8.10
By the end of grade 8, read and comprehend science/technical texts in the grades 6-8 text complexity band independently and proficiently.

*Foreign Language: Spanish 1
ACTFL Standards: 
1. Students will communicate in languages other than English. 
1.1. Students engage in conversations, provide and obtain information, express feelings and emotions, and exchange opinions. 
1.2. Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics. 1.3. Students present information, concepts, and ideas to an audience of listeners or readers on a variety of topics. 
2. Students will gain knowledge and understanding of other cultures. 
2.1. Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the cultures studied. 
2.2. Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied. 
3. Students will connect with other disciplines and acquire information. 
3.1 Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language. 
3.2 Students acquire information and recognize the distinctive viewpoints that are only available through the foreign language and its cultures. 
4. Students will develop insight into the nature of language and culture. 
4.1 Students demonstrate understanding of the nature of language through comparisons of the language studied and their own. 
4.2 Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through the comparisons of the cultures studied and their own. 
5. Students will participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world. 
5.1 Students use the language both within and beyond the school setting. 
5.2 Students show evidence of becoming life-long learners by using the language for personal enjoyment and enrichment.

*Language Arts: Middle School Overview 
Conventions of Standard English:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.A
Explain the function of verbals (gerunds, participles, infinitives) in general and their function in particular sentences.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.B
Form and use verbs in the active and passive voice.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.C
Form and use verbs in the indicative, imperative, interrogative, conditional, and subjunctive mood.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.1.D
Recognize and correct inappropriate shifts in verb voice and mood.*
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2
Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2.A
Use punctuation (comma, ellipsis, dash) to indicate a pause or break.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2.B
Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.2.C
Spell correctly.
Knowledge of Language:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.3
Use knowledge of language and its conventions when writing, speaking, reading, or listening.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.3.A
Use verbs in the active and passive voice and in the conditional and subjunctive mood to achieve particular effects (e.g., emphasizing the actor or the action; expressing uncertainty or describing a state contrary to fact).
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4
Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words or phrases based on grade 8 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of strategies.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.A
Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.B
Use common, grade-appropriate Greek or Latin affixes and roots as clues to the meaning of a word (e.g., precede, recede, secede).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.C
Consult general and specialized reference materials (e.g., dictionaries, glossaries, thesauruses), both print and digital, to find the pronunciation of a word or determine or clarify its precise meaning or its part of speech.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.D
Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships, and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.A
Interpret figures of speech (e.g. verbal irony, puns) in context.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.B
Use the relationship between particular words to better understand each of the words.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.5.C
Distinguish among the connotations (associations) of words with similar denotations (definitions) (e.g., bullheaded, willful, firm, persistent, resolute).
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.6
Acquire and use accurately grade-appropriate general academic and domain-specific words and phrases; gather vocabulary knowledge when considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

*Music: Music Theory and Appreciation 1
MU:Cr1.1.6 - MU:Cr1.1.8
Standard 1: Generate and conceptualize artistic ideas and work.
Standard 2: Organize and develop artistic ideas and work. 
Standard 3: Refine and complete artistic work.
Standard 4: Select, analyze, and interpret artistic work for presentation.

 Standard 5: Develop and refine artistic techniques and work for presentation. 
Standard 6: Convey meaning through the presentation of artistic work.
Standard 7: Perceive and analyze artistic work
 Standard 8: Interpret intent and meaning in artistic work.

Standard 9: Apply criteria to evaluate artistic work.
Standard 10: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen understanding
Standard 11: Synthesize and relate knowledge and personal experiences to make art. 

*Personal Finance: Once a month, project-based lessons for real-life skills
National Standards for Personal Financial Education
EI:1.6-8 Earning Income
EI:2.6-8 Spending
EI:3.6-8 Saving
EI:4.6-8 Investing
EI:5.6-8 Managing Credit
EI:6.6-8 Managing Risk

We have certified educators, college professors, and native speakers of the foreign language to work with you to build the perfect core curriculum for your learners.

Our Social Studies/History teacher has a masters in History and has been teaching AP Civics, AP US Government, AP Psychology, AP World History, and more for over 30 years.

Our Spanish teacher is a native Spanish speaking teacher and has their Bachelor degree in Anthropology of Latin America along with a minor in English, they have been teaching for about 5 years now. 

Our Math and Science teacher is a certified middle school teacher who has taught for 10+ years. 

Our music teacher has been teaching for 10+ years and is an accomplished musician who loves to share music with others. 

Since we have multiple teachers we will focusing on one class a day, sometimes two classes in a day depending on the depth of the lessons.  A calendar will be posted in the classroom to detail which class will be when. 

Homework Offered
With this being core curriculum, there is the expectation that homework will be completed and submitted so that our teachers can assess and ensure we are getting our students to mastery level of these standards.
Google Classroom will only be used during live class time, this is a place where learners can turn in work, get feedback from papers, etc. 
2 - 4 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Assessments are a mixture of informal and formal, giving out letter grades from work turned in. If work is not turned in then letter grades can not be given or it is marked as a zero. Grading will be scaled depending on the age, grade of the learner, or individual learning goals made from discussions between parent and teacher(s).
Grades Offered

We will use source text such as:
the "Bill of Rights", "Magna Carta", the "US Constitution", "Icivics" curriculum (founded by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor - the first women to serve on the United States Supreme Court), "American History" by McDougal Littell with Robert Dallek, Jesus Garcia, Donna M Ogle, and C Frederick Risinger. "The Americans: Reconstruction to 21st Century" by Gerald A Danzer, J Jorge Klor de Alva, Larry S Krieger, Louis E Wilson, and Nancy Woloch. 

"American Chemical Society" by Jerry Cell, PhD, Patti Galvan, Jim Kessler, and Adam Boyd
"DC" and "Marvel" Comic Books, Shakespeare, and 
Passages From: The Summer of the Swans, Storm Surprises Maine Students, An Inca City, Lost City: The Discovery of Machu Picchu, Empire in the Andes, TIME for Kids Magazine, and more.
Scientific articles like: Sleep is good for your brain, Protecting the Clouded Leopard, and others. 

For Spanish we will be covering the basic terms and general culture, the focus of the Spanish class is learn to speak basic Spanish. This is taught from a native Spanish speaker.