Grade 7Integrated Studies

What is it?

▪ Class designed around the key philosophies of the International Baccalaureate (I.B.) program and Common Core State Standards.– Student-centered, project-based– Development of the whole child (intellectual,

personal, emotional, and social skills)– Self-reflective and globally minded students– Robust, relevant standards and skills– Critical analysis and communication– College and career readiness

What will be studied?

Built around a series of themes:

▪1st Trimester– How do I persevere through adversity to adapt

and achieve growth?

▪2nd Trimester– How does reflection contribute to change and

growth?

▪3rd Trimester– Who am I as an individual, and where do I want

to go?

What will be studied?

▪ Collection of texts and media will be used.

▪ Units, lessons, and activities will cut across all disciplines/content areas—not a singular subject.

Staying Up-to-Date with Your Child’s Academic Progress

▪ PowerSchool– URL: http://powerschool.op97.org– Fee balance, email notification, attendance,

teacher comments, grade history– View the grade/score your child received on

assignments, quizzes, tests, etc.

– If letters or numbers are blue, there is a teacher comment.

– If there are two hyphens (--) instead of a score, the teacher has not entered a score yet.

Staying Up-to-Date with Your Child’s Academic Progress

▪ Team Site– URL: http://www.op97.org/julian/team7-1– Team and teacher information– Links to individual teacher pages– Team news, upcoming events, field trip

information, electronic copies of documents and forms

– Student of the Month winners

Staying Up-to-Date with Your Child’s Academic Progress

▪ Weekly Syllabus– Found on individual teacher pages– More comprehensive, accurate understanding

of each week’s lessons and assignments– Assignments and due dates– Upcoming assessments, units of study, etc.– Announcements

Late Work Procedure

▪ If a student does not complete his or her homework, s/he will be given a missing homework slip.– Slip must be signed by parent.– Late work must be completed and turned in the

next day with the signed slip.– If the above does not happen, student will need

to attend the Friday homework detention.

Flexible Grouping

▪ Students are in placed in groups.

▪ Groups may change daily, weekly, or by unit depending on the following:– Concept mastery– Interest– Learning style– Brain dominance– Personal choice.

▪ Assignments and tasks will meet the unique needs of each student.