Grade 8
This alternate course provides instruction for acquiring prerequisite skills and functional math for everyday living. These skills include problem solving, calculator usage, money/time/measurement skills and concepts, and basic computational skills. Access to this course is determined by the ARD committee and is based on a student’s IEP.
Read More about AC Math.This alternate course teaches prerequisite skills in the area of social studies. Access to this course is determined by the ARD committee and is based on a student’s IEP.
Read More about AC Social Studies.This course integrates oral and written conventions, listening and speaking skills, and composition, and integrates the study of literature, reading analysis and response, vocabulary development, media literacy, listening and speaking skills and research. It develops and strengthens speaking and writing skills through both oral and written practice, including the integration of grammar and spelling skills…
Read More about English Language Arts & Reading.Advanced English & Reading 8 will focus on the same TEKS prescribed by the State of Texas for the grade level but will emphasize the advanced application of reading and writing skills in increasingly complex texts across a variety of genres as well as in various original compositions and responses to text. Students will be…
Read More about Advanced English Language Arts & Reading.Objectives and expectations mirror those of English Grade 8 with the addition of foundational language development expectations. Course content is adapted and scaffolded as appropriate for English learners (ELLs) proficiency levels using the ELLA TEKS. The course focuses on the interconnected nature of listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking through the seven integrated strands of…
Read More about English Learners Language Arts Grade.The primary focal points at Grade 8 are proportionality; expressions, equations, relationships, and foundations of functions; and measurement and data. Students use concepts, algorithms, and properties of real numbers to explore mathematical relationships and to describe increasingly complex situations, while the concepts of proportionality are used to explore, develop, and communicate mathematical relationships. Students use…
Read More about Mathematics.This course may be required on some campuses for students who have not passed the math portion of the STAAR test. STAAR Math 8 will be offered at some campuses as a one-semester class (MA8281).
Read More about Double Blocked Mathematics.This advanced Algebra I class will be taken in eighth grade by students working above grade level. It is designed for the student who has participated in the Advanced Placement Mathematics program and/or is prepared to study Algebra in the eighth grade. In this course, students will build on the knowledge and skills from Grade…
Read More about Pre-AP Algebra I.Grade 8 Science is organized into recurring strands. Concepts build on prior knowledge and prepare students for the next grade level and establish a foundation for high school courses. Topics include; matter and energy; force, motion, and energy; Earth and space and; organisms and environments. The student, for at least 40% of instructional time, asks…
Read More about Science.Advanced science will focus on the same TEKS prescribed by the State of Texas for the grade level but will emphasize advanced application and science skills. Students will be challenged to become critical thinkers through analysis, synthesis and evaluation of higher order thinking with instruction designed at a greater depth in order to prepare for…
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