Curriculum: Kelly Program

Types of Courses

CORE classes consist of traditional academic courses.

RELATED ARTS classes rotate between P.E., Spanish and Technology. Students in Yujin Gakuen attend Japanese Immersion classes during this time. These classes are ongoing all year.

FLEX classes are electives that vary in length, but most of them last nine weeks. Students choose an area of interest to pursue.

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Core Classes

Science

One of the strengths of our science program is the hands-on learning our teachers provide. Here students have created their own cricket environments. They study the effects of water, food, shelter, light, then record and compare their findings. No wonder our science scores are some of the highest in the district!

Social Studies

Project-based learning experiences designed to connect student explorations throughout the day often begin in social studies and extend into, science, math, Spanish and language arts classes. Geography, history, civics, and social science analysis skills and content fill three years of study and span the centuries for our students. Teachers create learning units that provide student with opportunities to form questions, seek answers and present findings to audiences beyond the classroom.

Ancient civilizations inspire student projects in sixth grade.
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The five themes of geography take students around the world in seventh grade.
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U.S. History brings them back to the states in eighth grade.
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Language Arts

The ability to communicate clearly and effectively in today’s culture of information provides the context for building students’ skills and abilities in reading, writing, listening and speaking. Applying these skills to gain knowledge, to express understanding, to form opinions and to interact with people in our community happens throughout the year in our language arts classroom.

Frequent writing opportunities in expository, persuasive, and narrative writing; along with grammar and vocabulary building activities, encourage students to refine skills through the writing process. Traditional short stories, young adult fiction, newspaper articles, and other readings encourage students to develop skills that support individual learning across the curriculum.

Math

Students explore and apply math skills using the Connected Mathematics program that provides investigations and skills practice in each of the grade-level programs. Teachers build understanding of math concepts in algebra, geometry/measurement, probability and statistics and numerical operations. Students also use Accelerated Math at each grade level to practice and refine math skills. Daily feedback on attempted problems allows students to work through exercises at an individually appropriate pace to master math skills.

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• View the 8th grade math scope and sequence

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Related Arts

Fitness and Lifestyles Classes

Fitness and Lifestyles is a wellness approach to physical education which blends games, sport, dance, and skill activities with a comprehensive fitness/wellness curriculum. The goal of this unique program is to develop motor skills for a lifetime of leisure activity while also providing students with the concepts, problem solving, and critical thinking skills necessary to adopt a healthy lifestyle both now and in the future as lifelong learners. The Fitness and Lifestyles program strikes an equal balance between the traditional and contemporary gym activities of physical education.

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Spanish

Spanish language instruction is provided to students at each grade level. During our three-year program, students develop and practice writing, speaking and listening skills. Sixth-grade students start with basic vocabulary and grammar lessons that help them begin to speak the language. In seventh grade, verb conjugation and writing skills activities help students communicate more clearly in Spanish. Eighth-grade students are expected to produce accurate and fluent, oral and written presentations that will show they are well prepared for high school Spanish instruction.

Introduction to Japanese

Kelly Middle School offers Japanese as one of the two choices for foriegn language. All students are requred to take either Japanese or Spanish for all three years of middle school. Classes are 45 minutes each and are held every other day during part of the Related Arts rotation. The classes are designed to give students an introduction to learning foriegn languages through good study habbits, repeated use of the language and enjoying another language and culture. Students who perform well throughout their three years of study in middle school Japanese will be ready to enter into second year Japanese at the High School Level.

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