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Pocantico HillsMiddle School Staff English Language Arts:

6thGrade: Mrs. MaureenTucker

7th& 8thGrade: Mrs.

Stephanie DiMartino

Social Studies:

6thGrade: Mrs. MaureenTucker

7th& 8thGrade: Mrs. Mary

Flannery

Mathematics:

6thGrade: Mr. Al Sancton

7thGrade: Mr. Joseph Stutz

8thGrade: Mr. Al Sancton,Mr. Joseph Stutz

Science:

6thGrade: Mr. Al Sancton

7th& 8thGrade: Mr. VinceCook

Foreign Language:

Spanish: Mrs. Ann Mancini

French: Ms. Marilyn Sable

Special Education Staff:Mrs. Madeline McDougal

Ms. Loretta McCarthy

Ms. Felicia Peterson

Mrs. Barbara Quinn

Mrs. Karen Smith

Mrs. Eileen Vail


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PocanticoHillsMiddle SchoolMissionStatement


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The Pocantico Hills Middle School staff believes

that each student is a complex and unique

individual. We are committed to helping all our

children realize their complete personal

potentialsacademic, creative, emotional. We

will ask all our students to stretch themselves

and we will help them to discover the rewards of

working hard.

We will establish a learning community built on

mutual respect and compassion. We will

encourage all students in our care to becomeproductive, empathetic members of this

community and of society at large and so, we

will help them develop into educated, honest,

fair, kind and self-disciplined young adults.


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CURRICULUM MAPPINGGOALS/OBJECTIVES Re-examination of New York State English Language

Arts learning standards and existing Pocantico HillsMiddle School content area curriculum

Creation of draft documents that visually align currentmiddle school content area instruction with establishedstate ELA learning standards

Establish criteria for future curriculum development thatwill build on existing instructional structures


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MAPPINGPROCEDURES Examination and outline of existing curriculum and

instructional practices in all content areas

Alignment of content area curriculum and instructionwith established state ELA learning standards

Creation of draft documents highlighting the specificways in which middle school instruction andassessment instruments incorporate state ELA learningstandards


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CURRICULUMMAPPINGOUTCOMES/FINDINGS Middle school content area instruction is currently aligned with the

established state ELA learning standards through reading, writing,listening and speaking across the curriculum

Middle school content area instruction incorporates a range of reading,writing, speaking and listening instructional strategies designed to meetthe needs of all students by creating a community of active learners

Middle school content area instruction encourages academic and

individual growth within this community through a variety of learningexperiences

Middle school content area instruction across the curriculum providesPocantico Hills students with solid preparation for high school level work


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STANDARD I Students will read, write, listen and speak for

information and understanding

As listeners and readers, students will collect data, facts,

and ideas, discover relationships, concepts and

generalizations; and use knowledge generated from

oral, written, and electronically produced texts. As

speakers and writers, they will use oral and writtenlanguage to acquire, interpret, apply and transmit

information.


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Students read, write and listen for

information in mathematics.

Student generated

geometry posters

demonstrate ELAlearning standards

as applied to

middle school

mathematics


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Reading and writing for information in

sixth grade science.

Using a range of

sources, students

created andpresented research

posters.


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Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking for

Information in 6thGrade ELA.


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Seventh grade scientists research and

report on their favorite animals.


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STANDARD 2 Students will read, write, listen and speak for literary

response and expression.

Students will read and listen to oral, written, andelectronically produced texts and performances, relatetexts and performances to their own lives, and developan understanding of the diverse social, historical, andcultural dimensions the texts and performances

represent. As speakers and writers, students will useoral and written language for self-expression andartistic creation.


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Addressing ELA Standard 2 in Spanish

class.

Seventh graders

composed odes in

Spanish, using the

work of Chilean poet,

Pablo Neruda


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In foreign language, students flex their

creative muscles.


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Students create primary source documents

in Social Studies 7 & 8


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Students write creatively in English 7.

A variety of weekly

Writers Notebook

assignments allows

students to

experiment with

written language for

self-expression


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STANDARD 3 Students will read, write, listen and speak for critical

analysis and evaluation.

As listeners and readers, students will analyze

experiences, ideas, information and issues presented

by others using a variety of established criteria. As

speakers and writers, students will present, in oral and

written language and from a variety of perspectives,their opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas,

information and issues.


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Meeting Standard 3 in English 8: the

critical lens essay and a personal essay


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Social Studies students analyze and

respond critically to issues via examination

of editorial cartoons


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Laboratory work demands critical analysis

Through

experimentation and

direct observation,

students record data

and draw valid

conclusions


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Sixth graders make a pitch at Stone

Barns


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STANDARD 4 Students will read, write, listen and speak for social

interaction.

Students will use oral and written language for effective

social communication with a wide variety of people. As

readers and listeners, they will use the social

communications of others to enrich their understanding

of people and their lives.


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In both Social Studies 7 and English 8,

students effectively use language for social

interaction, as debaters and letter writers.


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Response to scientific content in popular cinema

as an example of listening, speaking and writing

for social interaction in Mr. Cooks science class.

Students watched

the video Lornenzos

Oil

Students took notes

and responded to the

scientific content and

social issues raisedby the film


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Role of Special Education To provide strategies that help students

meet the standards

To accommodate different learning styles To work as a team member in adapting

curriculum

To employ best practices in meeting theneeds of all children


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Meeting the StandardsBest Practices

AssistiveTechnology/

Quickpads

Study Skills/

Ellis Outlines/Graphic Organizers/

Inspiration software

Multi-modal

Instruction/addressing

Different learning

styles


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New York StateMathematics

Standards/Assessments


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Content Strands Number Sense Operations

Geometry

Measurement

Statistics/Probability

Algebra


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General Observations Content is generally less varied in topics

in grades Pre K-4 than in the current

Core Curriculum Content in grades 5-8 has significantly

more Algebra and Geometry than in the

current core Curriculum


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Assessment InformationGrades 3-8 Assessments will be scheduled for March

of each school year

The assessment test will cover contentfrom the April of the prior year.

Each grades curriculum is organized into

a Pre-March/Post-March list


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High School Algebra, Geometry, Algebra 2 Trig

Three math credits required for

graduation Algebra regents scheduled for June 07

Algebra receives a maximum of 2 credits

Geometry regents scheduled for June 08

Graduation requirement - one regents

exam in math


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Things to do Familiarize teachers with the new math

standards

coordinate curriculum across gradelevels

establish a math steering committee

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