Grading at STEM School Chattanooga follows a standards-based
grading approach. What that means is
that grades for a student are tied directly to a specific standard required for
learning by the state of Tennessee. For
our school, we use the terminology learning targets for each of these specific
standards.
Student grades come from performance assessments where
students show their level of mastery. We
call these performance assessments our summative assessments and they include
tests/quizzes, projects, and products.
Student mastery levels are broken down as follows, and each number grade
reflects a different level of mastery.
- No Mastery (0): Assessment is missing or incomplete. Score
of 0.
- Below Basic (BB): Student level of understanding is not
acceptable. Score of 50.
- Basic (BA): Student level of understanding shows basic
knowledge of the material. Score of 70.
- Proficient (PR): Student level of understanding shows both
knowledge and comprehension of the material, and student is prepared for
ongoing studies in STEM. Score of 85.
- Advanced (AD): Student level of understanding shows not only
does the student comprehend the material, but the student is able to apply the
content in a real world setting and create new ideas using the content. Score
of 100.
Student grades are posted online only. We do not send home paper copies. All parents and students can access their
grades online through Powerschool. If
you are a student and/or parent and do not have (or have lost) your login information,
please contact the school and we can assist you in this process.
In each individual course, the overall student grade for a
course is made up of individual student grades throughout the year. There will be two categories in the gradebook
for use in 18-19.
Learning Targets (LT) - all learning target grades will go
in this category with a grade of 0, BB, BA, PR, or AD [note: BA grades are
earned from online work in Edgenuity]
PBL - all PBL (project based learning) team grades will go
in this category with a grade of 0, BB, PR, or AD
Again, all students have an overall grade for each
course. This overall grade will
determine student GPA (grade point average) at the end of the school year. Students' grades run the entire year. No GPAs are calculated during the middle of
the school year.
Students have multiple courses listed in Powerschool with
grades. In order to earn credit in each
of these courses, ALL individual learning target grades MUST be at a level of
70 or above. Students have until the end
of the course timeframe to make sure this is the case. A student may have an overall average higher
than a 70, but until all individual learning target grades are at least a 70,
the student will not earn credit for the course. In other words, it is not
acceptable for any learning target grade to stay at Below Basic.
ALL grades are improvable.
If a student earns a grade of Basic on a particular learning target,
that student can improve that grade if they are able to demonstrate a higher
level of mastery. In order to do so, the
student is responsible to seek out the teacher and devise a plan to
improve. Every day, students will have
time each day during an extended lunch time to access any teacher in the
school.
Learning targets for courses at the STEM School are listed
on the next few pages by content area, course, and topics. Learning targets are italicized.
Math
Math content is very dependent on the particular
course. However, when content overlaps,
the complexity of the content is deeper in the higher-level math course. Learning targets in math will have at least
one grade recorded in the PowerSchool gradebook during the school year.
Algebra I (11 learning targets)
- LT1 - Creating Equations:
I can write an equation using given information.
- LT2 - Solving 1-Variable Equations & Inequalities: I can
find solutions of 1-variable equations and inequalities.
- LT3 - Systems of Equations & Inequalities: I can find the solution of a system of
equations/inequalities and explain its meaning.
- LT4 – Function Notation:
I can evaluate functions and interpret them in context.
- LT5 - Analyzing Functions:
I can compare and contrast key features of functions.
- LT6 – Transforming Functions: I can transform functions.
- LT7 – Exponential & Linear Models: I can compare and
contrast Exponential and Linear functions.
- LT8 - Polynomials: I
can perform arithmetic operations and identify zeros of polynomials.
- LT9 - Structure of Expressions: I can rewrite functions to
highlight specific properties.
- LT10 - Sequences: I
can represent patterns using sequences.
- LT11 - Descriptive Statistics: I can use statistics to
describe a set of data.
Geometry (11 learning targets)
- LT1: Coordinate Geometry: I can use coordinate geometry to
write proofs and solve problems.
- LT2 - Transformations: I can perform transformations and use
them to prove congruence and similarity.
- LT3 - Congruence: I can use the properties of congruence to
solve problems.
- LT4 - Lines & Angles: I can use properties of lines
& angles to solve problems.
- LT5 - Triangles: I can use properties of triangles to solve
problems.
- LT6 - Quadrilaterals: I can use properties of quadrilaterals
to solve problems.
- LT7 - Constructions:
I can make formal geometric constructions.
- LT8 - Similarity: I can use similarity to solve problems.
- LT9 - Trigonometry: I can use trigonometric ratios to solve
problems.
- LT10 - Circles: I can use
properties of circles to solve problems
- LT11 - The Third Dimension:
I can expand geometric concepts to three dimensions.
Algebra II (14 learning targets)
- LT1 - Rational Exponents: I can simplify rational exponent
expressions.
- LT2 - Complex Numbers: I can operate with complex numbers.
- LT3 - Creating Equations:
I can write an equation using given information.
- LT4 - Solving 1-Variable Equations: I can find complex
solutions of 1-variable equations and determine if any are extraneous.
- LT5 - Systems of Equations:
I can find the solution of a system of equations and explain its
meaning.
- LT6 - Zeros & Roots:
I can find the x-intercepts of a function.
- LT7 - Analyzing Functions:
I can compare and contrast key features of functions.
- LT8 - Combining, Composing & Transforming: I can operate with functions.
- LT9 - Trigonometry: I can apply algebraic thinking to
trigonometric situations.
- LT10 - Structure of Expressions: I can rewrite functions to
highlight specific properties.
- LT11 - Sequences & Series: I can represent patterns using sequences and
series.
- LT12 - Descriptive Statistics: I can use statistics to
describe a set of data.
- LT13 - Inferential Statistics: I can use statistics to draw
valid conclusions and make appropriate predictions.
- LT14 - Probability: I can use probability to make decisions.
Precalculus (15 learning targets)
- LT 1 - Complex Arithmetic: I can perform complex number
arithmetic and understand the representation on the complex plane
- LT 2 - Complex Solutions: I can use complex numbers in
polynomial identities and equations
- LT 3 - Model With Vectors I can
represent and model with vector quantities
- LT 4 - Vector Manipulations: I can understand the graphic
representation of vectors and vector arithmetic
- LT 5 - Matrices: I can perform operations on matrices and
use matrices in applications
- LT 6 - Sequences and Series: I
can understand and use sequences and series
- LT 7 - Systems of Equations: I can solve systems of
equations and nonlinear inequalities
- LT 8 - Parametric Equations I
can describe and use parametric equations
- LT 9 - Conic Sections: I can understand the properties of
conic sections and apply them to model real-world phenomena
- LT 10 - Unit Circle: I can extend the domain of
trigonometric functions using the unit circle
- LT 11 - Model With Trig: I can model periodic phenomena with
trigonometric functions
- LT 12 - Polar Coordinates: I can
use trigonometry to solve problems
- LT 13 - Trig IdentitiesI can apply trigonometric identities
to rewrite expressions and solve equations
- LT 14 - Polar Coordinates: I can
use Polar coordinates
- LT 15 - Regression Equations: I can model using regression
equations
Science
Science content varies greatly from one science course to
another and does not overlap. Learning
targets in science will have at least one grade recorded in the PowerSchool
gradebook during the school year.
Physical World Concepts (17
learning targets)
- LT1: Model the Internal Structure of the Bohr Atom and apply
it to describe fission, fusion and radioactive decay
- LT2: Using the kinetic molecular theory, analyze data from a
calorimeter to graph and describe phase changes in terms of temperature, heat
and energy
- LT3: Describe, measure, calculate and graph the relationship
between displacement, velocity, acceleration and time
- LT4: Analyze and calculate the relationship between forces
and motion of matter using Newton's 3 Laws of Motion
- LT5: Use Newton's Laws of Motion in 2 dimensions to describe
projectile and orbital motion
- LT6: Use the Law of Universal Gravitation to predict how
gravitational force changes as the distance between the masses changes and distinguish
between mass and weight
- LT7: Draw Force Diagrams for objects in equilibrium and
objects accelerating that include kinetic and static friction.
- LT8: Use conservation of momentum to calculate impulse in
elastic equations
- LT9: Use Archimedes, Pascal's and Bernoulli's Principles to
describe the behavior of fluids
- LT10: Define, describe and calculate kinetic energy,
potential energy, work and power
- LT11: Describe how energy is stored in systems and
transferred from one system to another and why it is eventually is lost to heat
- LT12: Use conservation of energy to describe and calculate
transfers of energy within a system
- LT13: Draw both simple circuits and use Ohm's Law to
calculate and describe the quantities of voltage, current and resistance
- LT14: Describe and calculate the wavelength, frequency,
period, amplitude and velocity of both longitudinal and transverse waves and
describe how they propagate through a medium
- LT15: Describe how discrete amounts of energy of electromagnetic waves are absorbed or emitted
by an atom and explore how combinations of those energies change our perception
of color when added or subtracted from a spectrum
- LT16: Experimentally investigate and describe properties of
light including reflection, refraction, diffraction, and interference
- LT17: Explain real world applications of wave properties
such as polarization, Resonance and the Doppler Effect
Chemistry (14 learning targets)
- LT1: Convert laboratory measurements from metric system to
english system and between metric units of measurement.
- LT2: Distinguish among elements, compounds, and mixtures.
Identify properties of matter (e.g., physical: density, boiling point, melting
point, or chemical: ability to rust or tarnish, be sour) or changes in matter
(e.g., physical: phase change, shape, color, or chemical: formation of a gas or
precipitate). Investigate similarities and differences among solids, liquids
and gases in terms of energy and particle spacing.
- LT3: Compare and contrast the major models of the atom
(i.e., Bohr, and the quantum mechanical model). Interpret the periodic table to
describe an element’s atomic makeup. Determine the Lewis electron- dot
structure or number of valence electrons for an atom of any main-group element
from its atomic number or position in the periodic table. Represent an
electron’s location in the quantum mechanical model of an atom in terms of the
shape of electron clouds (s and p orbitals in particular), relative energies of
orbitals, and the number of electrons possible in the s, p, d and f orbitals.
- LT4: Describe the trends found in the periodic table with
respect to atomic size, ionization energy, or electronegativity.
- LT5: Analyze ionic and covalent compounds in terms of their
formation (electron transfer versus sharing), names, chemical formulas, percent
composition, and molar masses.
- LT6: Predict molecular polarity using electronegativity.
Predict molecular geometry using molecular polarity and Lewis electron-dot
structure.
- LT7: Determine the reactants, products, and types of
different chemical reactions: composition, decomposition, double replacement,
single replacement, combustion. Predict the products of a chemical reaction
(e.g., composition and decomposition of binary compounds). Balance a chemical
equation to determine molar ratios.
Determine percent yield, limiting reagents, and excess reagents using
molar calculations. Identify and solve stoichiometry problems which
interconvert volume of gases at STP, moles, and mass. Use stoichiometric
calculations to prove that matter is conserved during chemical processes.
- LT8: Predict how changes in volume, temperature, pressure, and number of moles affect the
behavior of a gas through use of Boyle's Law, Charles's Law, Gay-Lussac's Law,
Avogadro's Law, the combined gas law, the ideal gas equation. Qualitatively
explain the behavior of a gas using kinetic molecular theory.
- LT9: Compare and contrast heat and temperature changes
(endothermic / exothermic) in chemical (e.g., combustion) or physical (e.g.,
phase transformations) processes. Draw and interpret phase diagrams,
heating/cooling curves, and potential energy diagrams including activation
energy. Use the law of conservation of energy to qualitatively conceptualize
calorimetry and quantitatively perform calorimetric calculations.
- LT10: Identify properties of a solution: solute and solvent
in a solid, liquid or gaseous solution; procedure to make or determine the
concentration of a solution in units of ppm, ppb, molarity, percent
composition; factors that affect the rate of solution including temperature,
surface area, and stirring. Classify a solution as saturated, unsaturated, or
supersaturated based on its composition and temperature and a solubility graph.
Use van't Hoff factors to relate solute concentration and vapor pressure. Use
separation techniques such as evaporation, distillation, and chromatography;
conceptually understand when to use each technique.
- LT11: Compare and contrast intermolecular forces including
hydrogen bonding, dipole-dipole bonding, and London dispersion forces. Predict
intermolecular forces' effects on chemical and physical properties including
solubility.
- LT12: Classify substances as acids or bases based on their formulas,
properties, and how they react with litmus and phenolphthalein.
- LT13: Describe radioactivity through a balanced nuclear
equation and through an analysis of the half-life concept using graphs. Create
models that portray radioactive stability and decay. Differentiate between
fission and fusion reactions. Identify and compare properties and practical
uses of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.
- LT14: Explain why elements absorb and emit characteristic
frequencies of light, and identify scientific applications of this property.
Biology (18 learning targets)
- LT1: I can distinguish between living and nonliving things,
including viruses, by using accepted characteristics of life as evidence.
- LT 2: I can describe the connection between the structure
and function of cellular organelles, intercellular relationships, and living
systems.
- LT 3: I can identify
the relationship between chemistry and biology in regards to macromolecules,
specifically proteins and enzymes.
- LT 4: I can evaluate the types of cellular transport in
relation to the structure and function of the plasma membrane, its
macromolecule components, and the maintenance of homeostasis.
- LT 5: I can compare and contrast energy transformations that
take place during photosynthesis and cellular respiration (including aerobic
and anaerobic respiration).
- LT 6: I can identify the stages of the cell cycle, including
mitosis, and the events necessary for creation of identical daughter cells.
- LT 7: I can describe how gametes are produced through
meiosis and how genetic variations in populations are determined by sexual
reproduction.
- LT 8: I can predict genotypes and phenotypes of offspring
based on mode of inheritance and parental data while utilizing Punnett squares,
pedigrees, and karyotypes.
- LT 9: I can identify the structure and function of DNA/RNA,
as well as the steps of DNA replication.
- LT10: I can determine the role(s) DNA and RNA play in the
process of protein synthesis and explain how the production of proteins is
linked to the derivation of genetic traits/mutations.
- LT11: I can use evidence-based research to evaluate the pros
and cons of ethical or controversial issues in biotechnology such as stem cell
research, in-vitro fertilization, and GMOs.
- LT 12: I can use the modern classification system of living
things to determine the phylogeny and relatedness of organisms based on DNA
structure, amino acid sequences, comparative anatomy, and the fossil record and
as evidence of the theory of evolution.
- LT 13: I can predict
the change in population genetics of an ecosystem in relation to natural
selection, random modification, isolation, allele frequencies, and natural
disasters.
- LT 14: I can evaluate population dynamics of an ecosystem by
analyzing competing factors, affecting factors, and disturbances.
- LT 15: I can describe the 4 biogeochemical cycles (water,
nitrogen, carbon/oxygen, phosphorus) how the elements involved are converted
into usable forms for humans, and how changes in the cycles would alter
ecosystems.
- LT 16: I can trace the flow of biomass and energy in an
ecosystem and determine the amount of energy transfer from one trophic level to
another in a food chain/web.
- LT 17: I can determine the dynamic equilibrium of an
ecosystem through phases of ecological succession.
- LT 18: I can describe what impact I, and other humans, have
on the environment in relation to climate change and biodiversity and make
appropriate decisions to lower my carbon footprint.
Scientific Research – Physics (13
learning targets)
- LT1: Interactions & Forces – I can accurately describe
how objects and forces interact in the physical world.
- LT2: Velocity, Acceleration & Force – I can calculate
velocity, acceleration, and force in order to evaluate the relationships
between each of these values.
- LT3: Kinematics – I can describe an object’s motion through
kinematics or the geometry of motion.
- LT4: Force Combinations – I can make decisions about how
forces combine to have an overall net force on an object.
- LT5: Frictional Forces – I can determine what forces of
friction exist between objects on Earth.
- LT6: Force & Momentum – I can evaluate how the
calculated momentum of an object is related to the forces applied to the
object.
- LT7: Work & Energy – I can describe how to calculate
work given a scenario and how it relates to energy expenditure.
- LT8: Force & Motion – I can evaluate the connectedness
between forces and motion.
- LT9: Circular Motion – I can compare and contrast motion
versus circular motion and provide real-life applications of each type of
motion.
- LT10: Equilibrium – I can identify whether a system is in a
state of equilibrium or not and justify my claim.
- Process Skills
- LT11: Collaboration
- LT12: Problem Solving / Critical Thinking
- LT13: Time Management
Language Arts
Language Arts content has the same learning targets from one
grade level to the next. However, the
complexity of the content is deeper and requirements for proficiency increase
each time in the higher-level language arts course. Learning targets in language arts will have
at least one grade recorded in the PowerSchool gradebook during the school
year.
English I, English II, English
III, and English IV (20 learning targets)
Reading, Key Ideas
- LT1: Inference and Evidence
- LT2: Central Idea and Development
- LT3: Theme, Characterization, Development
- Craft and Structure
- LT4: Author’s Word Choice and Tone
- LT5: Author’s Choices, Purpose, Rhetoric
Integration of Knowledge
- LT6: Evaluate Topics/Arguments
- LT7: Analyze Variety of Texts
Writing, Text Types
- LT8: Writing Arguments
- LT9: Writing Expository/Informative
- LT10: Writing Narratives
- LT11: Writing Process
Research
- LT12: Research Process/MLA
- LT13: Using Evidence
Speaking and Listening, Comprehension and Collaboration
- LT14: Preparation for Collaboration
- LT15: Collaboration in Discussions
Presenting Knowledge and Information
- LT16: Present Info Clearly
Language, Conventions of Standard English
- LT17: Grammar (Structure)
- LT18: Mechanics (Spelling, Punctuation, Caps)
Knowledge of Language
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use
- LT20: Understanding Word Meanings
Social Studies
Social Studies content varies from one social studies course
to another for the content learning targets.
However, the process learning targets required for social studies,
regardless of topic focus, are the same.
The complexity of these process skills required is deeper in the
higher-level social studies course. All
learning targets will have at least one grade recorded in the PowerSchool
gradebook during the school year.
World History and Geography (13
learning targets)
Content
- LT 1: Age of Revolution (1750-1850) - Evaluate the social
and political revolutions in England, Spain, France, and the United States.
- LT2: The Industrial Revolution (1750-1914) - Analyze the
emergence and effects of the Industrial Revolution in Europe, Asia, and North
America.
- LT 3 Unification and Imperialism (1850-1914) - Analyze the
independence efforts of former European colonies with special attention to
power struggles, armed revolutions, and cultural clashes.
- LT 4: The World Wars (1914-1945) - Analyze the causes of WWI
and evaluate it’s role in leading the world into a second world war. We will
also consider the global depression of the Global Economy, the rise of fascist
and totalitarian nations, and the plight of ethnic and religious minorities
during this time.
- LT 5: The Cold War (1945-1989) - Evaluate the objectives and
both wins and loses during the Cold War between the United States and the
Soviet Union. Special attention will be placed on the results of the cold war
upon the Middle East, Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
- LT 6: The Contemporary World (Since 1989) - Analyze and investigate
major world events since the end of the Cold War with special attention to
Globalization.
Process
- LT 7: Controlling Idea - Presents and maintains a precise,
substantive controlling idea that takes into account the complexity of the
topic and, where appropriate, acknowledges gaps in evidence or information.
- LT 8: Selection & Citation of Evidence - Includes
well-chosen details, examples, and/or quotations from sources that fully
support the controlling and supporting ideas. Consistently cites sources using
appropriate format.
- LT 9: Development/Explanation of Sources - Thoroughly and
accurately explains source material to support and develop the controlling
idea.
- LT 10: Organization - Groups and sequences ideas in a
logical progression in which ideas build to create a unified whole. Uses varied
transitions to clarify the precise relationships among complex ideas, concepts,
and information.
- LT 11: Conventions - Consistently applies standard English
conventions, with few errors. Demonstrates
varied syntax and precise word choice. Consistently uses language and tone
appropriate to the audience and purpose.
- LT 12: Task Conventions - Varied throughout the year to
measure the quality produced Assessment.
- LT 13: Disciplinary Content Understanding - Writing or
project uses historical content effectively. Shows understanding and ability to
evaluate the historical content.
US History (15 learning targets)
Content
- LT 1: The Rise of Industrial America - Analyze the various
causes of the Industrial Revolution, the transformation of the American
economy, and the changing social and political conditions in the United States
in response to the Industrial Revolution. Students will also examine the
relationship among the rise of industrialization, large-scale rural-to-urban
migration, and massive immigration from Southern and Eastern Europe and Asia.
- LT 2: The Progressive Era - 1890- 1920 - Analyze the
changing landscape, including the growth of cities and the demand for
political, economic, and social reforms. Students trace the rise of the United
States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century.
LT 3:
The 1920s - Describe how the battle between traditionalism and modernism
manifested itself in the major historical trends and events after World War I
and throughout the 1920s.
- LT 4: The Great Depression - Analyze the causes and effects
of the Great Depression and how the New Deal fundamentally changed the role of
the federal government.
- LT 5: Between the Wars and WWII - Analyze the inter-war
years and America’s participation in World War II.
LT 6: Cold War - Analyze
the response of the United States to communism after World War II.
- LT 7: Modern United States 1945-1979 - Analyze the economic
boom and social transformation of post–World War II America. Students examine
the origins, goals, key events, and accomplishments of Civil Rights movement in
the United States, and important events and trends in the 1960s and 1970s.
- LT 8: Contemporary United States Today - Describe important
events and trends since 1980. Students analyze the important foreign policies
of and events that took place during the administrations of Presidents Ronald
Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush, and Barack Obama.
Process
- LT 9: Controlling Idea - Presents and maintains a precise,
substantive controlling idea that takes into account the complexity of the
topic and, where appropriate, acknowledges gaps in evidence or information.
- LT 10: Selection & Citation of Evidence - Includes
well-chosen details, examples, and/or quotations from sources that fully
support the controlling and supporting ideas. Consistently cites sources using
appropriate format.
- LT 11: Development/Explanation of Sources - Thoroughly and
accurately explains source material to support and develop the controlling
idea.
- LT 12: Organization - Groups and sequences ideas in a
logical progression in which ideas build to create a unified whole. Uses varied
transitions to clarify the precise relationships among complex ideas, concepts,
and information.
- LT 13: Conventions - Consistently applies standard English
conventions, with few errors.
Demonstrates varied syntax and precise word choice. Consistently uses
language and tone appropriate to the audience and purpose.
- LT 14: Task Conventions - Varied throughout the year to
measure the quality produced Assessment.
- LT 15: Disciplinary Content Understanding - Writing or
project uses historical content effectively. Shows understanding and ability to
evaluate the historical content.
Economics (12 learning targets)
Reading
- LT1: I will identify key ideas and details through engaging
with text.
- LT2: I will integrate knowledge and ideas from texts.
Writing
- LT3: I will demonstrate a wide range of writing, including
persuasive, informative/explanatory, narrative, and formal writing.
Critical Thinking - Expert Knowledge:
- LT4: I will access and utilize expert knowledge, weighing it
against other experts to understand individual issues.
Collaboration - Networking:
- LT5: I will establish two way communication with experts and
present final products to them for review. Innovation - Invent:
- LT6: I will invent a product that will cause a law to
change, rewrite the law, and analyze the political and economic impact.
Content:
- LT7: I will differentiate market structures , identify
organization and role of business firms, and trade goods and services.
- LT8: I will understand the role supply and demand forces
play in micro and macroeconomics – How scarcity, prices, and profits play into
determining production and distribution of goods and services.
- LT9: I will recognize the force of innovation on Markets –
The market forces of supply and demand produce innovations to bringing projects
to scale.
- LT10: I will define my ethical position on – the cost of
hacking, corporate espionage and theft, bribery, collusion, conspiracy, white
collar/blue collar crimes, price gouging, military industrial complex, money in
politics/Citizens United, economic aid, US AID, AMFAR, PEPFAR, OBAMA CARE.
- LT11: I will identify the role of government in the economy
- Federal Reserve Banking System, Taxation, Budgets, and Regulations;
copyright, trademark, and patents.
- LT12: I will analyze the economic reasoning contained in the
writings of economists and innovators including but not limited to Adam Smith,
John Maynard Keynes, Karl Marx, Milton Friedman, Ester Duflo, Paul Krugman,
Steve Jobs, Christine Lagarde, Steven Levitt, and Steven Dubner, Thomas
Friedman, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Burt Rutan, Larry Page, Sergey
Brin, Carmen Reinhart, Mark Zuckerberg, Blake Mycoskie, Jeff Bezos, Barack
Obama, Richard Branson, (Local Innovators) Sheldon Grizzle, Mike Bradshaw,
Allan Davis, Barry Large, Shelley Prevost, and Miller Welborne.
U.S. Government (11 learning
targets)
Reading
- LT1: I will identify key ideas and details through engaging
with text.
- LT2: I will integrate knowledge and ideas from texts.
Writing
- LT3: I will demonstrate a wide range of writing, including
persuasive, informative/explanatory, narrative, and formal writing.
Critical Thinking - Expert Knowledge:
- LT4: I will access and utilize expert knowledge, weighing it
against other experts to understand individual issues.
Collaboration - Networking:
- LT5: I will establish two way communication with experts and
present final products to them for review.
- Innovation - Invent:
- LT6: I will invent a product that will cause a law to
change, rewrite the law, and analyze the political and economic impact.
Content
- LT7: I will compare and contrast political thinkers
including ancient Greek, Roman, and European political thinkers including
Plato, Cicero, John Locke, Montesquieu, Rousseau, Niccolo Machiavelli, Alexis
de Tocqueville, and Marx.
- LT8: I will read and apply the themes of the U.S.
Constitution including the Preamble, Bill of Rights, Separation of Powers, Independent
Judiciary, Enumerated/Shared/Implied Powers, and issues of today. I will
understand checks and balances and direct and implied powers in articles 1-3 of
the Constitution outlining the legislative, executive, and judicial powers.
- LT9: I will identify the differences between the levels of
TN government including county, city, metro, and state government. I will
identify current representatives in TN General Assembly, and identify a public
policy issue in my community, gather information about issue, evaluate points
of view, produce an innovative solution. I will locate laws and explore the
Tennessee Code Annotated.
- LT10: I will describe how money is collected and spent in
federal government through looking at taxing and spending bills, national debt,
and budget process. I will differentiate between supply side and trickle down
economics.
- LT11: I will explore and explain the civil rights movement ,
including Title 9, Americans with Disabilities Act, 13th, 14th, 15th
Amendment, 19th Amendment, Plessy V. Furguson, Brown V. Board of Education,
Miranda V. Arizona, Voting Rights Act 1965, Civil Rights Act 1957/1960/1964,
Obergefell v. Hodges .
Visual Arts
Visual Arts content has one set of learning targets. Learning targets in visual arts will have
multiple grades recorded in the PowerSchool gradebook during the school
year.
Visual Art (5 learning targets)
Media, Techniques, and Processes
- LT 1: Create-Generate and conceptualize various artistic
problem based issues in an organized and refined manner using technology,
media, techniques, and processes to discover artistic solutions.
Evaluation
- LT 2: Present-Analyze, develop and convey meaning through
the production and presentation of various art forms
Reflecting and Assessing
- LT 3: Respond-Perceive, interpret and evaluate the meaning
and effectiveness of the application of media, techniques, and processes used
to discover artistic solutions
Historical and Cultural
- LT 4: Connect-Synthesizing knowledge and personal
experiences to relate ideas to social, cultural and historical context
Interdisciplinary Connections
- LT 5: Plan and produce a work of art combining technologies,
media, and processes of visual art with those of another discipline
Personal Finance
Personal Finance content has one set of learning
targets. Learning targets in personal
finance will have at least one grade recorded in the PowerSchool gradebook
during the school year.
Personal Finance (9 learning
targets)
- LT1: Personal financial planning
- LT2: Income
- LT3: Budgeting and wise spending
- LT4: Banking
- LT5: Paying taxes
- LT6: Importance of insurance
- LT7: Long term investing
- LT8: Consumer loans
- LT9: Consumer credit
Spanish
Spanish content has one set of learning targets for Spanish
I and II. Learning targets in Spanish
courses will have at least one grade recorded in the PowerSchool gradebook
during the school year.
Spanish I (9 learning targets)
- LT1: Los saludos. Los mandatos. Los países hispanohablantes.
El Alfabeto. Use appropriate greeting and goodbye expressions. Become
familiar with basic commands. Identify all 21 Spanish-speaking countries and
their capitals. Become familiar with the Spanish alphabet. Count and use
numbers 0-100.
- LT2: Las matematicas básicas. La hora. El calendario. Las
reglas gramaticales. El Cuerpo. Las palabras interrogativas. Ask and tell time. Identify the days of the week, months,
years, and seasons. Gain understanding of Spanish grammar rules, including nouns
and adjectives. Use singular and plural forms of nouns and adjectives.
Distinguish between definite and indefinite articles. Identify body parts in
Spanish. Be familiar with National Hispanic Heritage month. Identify and learn
interrogative words.
- LT3: La cultura de los países hispanohablantes. In-depth explorations of the culture of various
Spanish-speaking countries.
- LT4: Las preferencias. Los pronombres personales. Ser. Mis
amigos y yo. Express likes and dislikes. Become familiar with all subject
pronouns. Use all conjugations of the verb ser appropriately in the present
tense. Ask and tell who someone is and what they are like. Apply knowledge of
Spanish adjectives with nouns to formulate complete, coherent sentences.
- LT5: Las Conjugaciones de los verbos AR, ER, IR. Estar. La
casa. Ser vs. Estar. Recognize and conjugate –AR, -ER, and -IR verbs in the
present tense. The verb estar and its conjugations and uses in the present
tense. House-related chores and vocabulary. Apply “al” and “del” to show direction and
possession. Distinguishing the verbs ser and estar in the present tense.
- LT6: Tener. La familia. Stem-Changing Verbs. Ir. La escuela.
Los pasatiempos. El horario. Los verbos reflexivos. The verb tener and “tener que” in present tense and use it
in context. Understand idioms in general and idioms with the verb tener.
Identify and use the possessive
adjectives. Become familiar with family-related Spanish vocabulary. Identify
and conjugate present-tense stem-changing verbs. Use vocabulary related to
hobbies/pastimes. Talk about going to school. Identify objects found in school
and talk about some activities that take place there. Reflexive verbs.
Conjugate the verb “ir” in the present tense and use it in context. Apply “al” and “del” to show direction and
possession.
- LT7: iQue delicioso! La ropa. Identify and describe articles of clothing. Use numbers
101-500. Identify some different food and beverages sold at restaurants or
markets and shop for them. Order food in Spanish and express different
courtesies. Shopping at a clothing store. Superlatives.
- LT8: Saber y Conocer.
Los pronombres directos y indirectos. La salud. Conjugate and distinguish the present-tense verbs saber and
conocer, which both mean ‘to know.’ Direct and indirect object pronouns.
Describe some feelings, characteristics and conditions. Explain minor illness
to a doctor.
- LT9:El pretérito.
Viajes por avión, tren y las excursiones. Use vocabulary associated with traveling by airplane or
train. Talk about daily routines, backpacking trips. Conjugate and use regular
and irregular verbs in the preterite.
Spanish II (5 learning targets)
- LT1: Los pronombres personales. Las Conjugaciones de los
verbos AR, ER, IR. Estar. La casa. Ser vs. Estar. Recognize and conjugate –AR, -ER, and -IR verbs in the
present tense. The verb estar and its conjugations and uses in the present
tense. House-related chores and vocabulary. Apply “al” and “del” to show direction and
possession. Distinguishing the verbs ser and estar in the present tense.
- LT2: La cultura de los países hispanohablantes. In-depth explorations of the culture of various
Spanish-speaking countries.
- LT3: Tener. La familia. Stem-Changing Verbs. Ir. La escuela.
Los pasatiempos. El horario. Los verbos reflexivos. The verb tener and “tener que” in present tense and use it
in context. Understand idioms in general and idioms with the verb tener.
Identify and use the possessive
adjectives. Become familiar with family-related Spanish vocabulary. Identify
and conjugate present-tense stem-changing verbs. Use vocabulary related to
hobbies/pastimes. Talk about going to school. Identify objects found in school
and talk about some activities that take place there. Reflexive verbs.
Conjugate the verb “ir” in the present tense and use it in context. Apply “al” and “del” to show direction and
possession.
- LT4: iQue delicioso! La ropa. Identify and describe articles of clothing. Use numbers
101-500. Identify some different food and beverages sold at restaurants or
markets and shop for them. Order food in Spanish and express different
courtesies. Shopping at a clothing store. Superlatives.
- LT5: Los pronombres directos y indirectos. La salud. Conjugate and distinguish the present-tense verbs saber and
conocer, which both mean ‘to know.’ Direct and indirect object pronouns.
Describe some feelings, characteristics and conditions. Explain minor illness
to a doctor. Conjugate and use regular and irregular verbs in the preterite.