Middle School Curriculum Analysis

As students move from an elementary school setting to a middle school setting, ensuring a smooth transition is a collaborative effort involving teachers, parents, students and school administration. Often parents and students are nervous about the magnitude of this transition and easing those concerns can be handled by hosting a curriculum night. The purpose of Curriculum Night is to acquaint all students and parents with their teachers and administration as well as provide useful information concerning what the student will learn and the environment in which he/she will learn. The Curriculum Night addressed in this paper is specific Exceptional Education students in the 6th grade English Language Arts co-teaching

The Home Front School is an awesome place to attend school. School hours fluctuate with starting time, often between 8:30-9:30 A.M. and ending time around 12:00-12:30 P.M. depending on the amount of work. Occasionally some school may be done after lunch. The school offers student chosen curriculum from a variety of sources and works to stay Biblically grounded. Extracurricular activities include: TNT volleyball every Friday, child care also every Friday, Trout Gallery art classes are offered two or three times a year, and field trips scheduled as available. Our student population consists of one student. We are located at 1121 Pine RD. , Carlisle,

I don’t believe that there is a right or wrong way to deal with sexuality, but I feel it is important to educate youth about sex so that they can make a decision for themselves. I feel the parents are the most important people to do this difficult job. If children feel comfortable discussing these topics with their parents then they are more likely to make appropriate and responsible decisions through this very challenging time in their

I find a lot of value in having a standard curriculum that is implemented statewide. I think it will be difficult to plan a uniform curriculum for a student with a disability. I think individual lesson plans should be developed to best suit the student. I understand that, and agree, that there should be shared expectations for student performance, so that no child is left behind. In my opinion, the objective of Common Core State Standards “to offer rigor and depth to a curriculum to better prepare students in the United States for college and careers for the future” (Vaughn, Bos, & Schumm, 2014, p. 306) is a great idea but has failed to be implemented successfully. When I was a student, I had the option of graduating early, when I arrived in

In 1787, the founding fathers of our country wrote the Constitution of the United States of America, which set forth the nation’s fundamental laws and established the form of national government that defines the rights and liberties of the American people. Men such as James Madison, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson were founding fathers of America who were reasonable politicians rather than combative revolutionaries, and were responsible for the successful Declaration of Independence from Great Britain, which celebrated the democratic form of government established in the U.S. Constitution. Unfortunately, this document was flawed and later James Madison proposed the Bill of Rights on December 15, 1791, which ratified the Constitution

Middle school is said to be one of the most trying times in a student’s life-whether it’s their first year of sixth grade or it’s their last year in eighth, they do not need any extra stress. But unfortunately for them, they may not have been considered when Sherwood Middle School chose the new math curriculum. Why did the school board adopt the new curriculum? How is this affecting the students? Is this a positive change for SMS teachers? New doesn’t always mean improved. Is it possible that the new curriculum isn’t as improved as everyone would have hoped?

Kingstree Middle School is a rural area middle school located in Williamsburg County, South Carolina. The student population is 505 which 43 of those students have been identified as special education (SPED). The SPED department consists of six certified teachers and two paraprofessionals. Students in SPED have 504 plans which educational protects them under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (National Center for Learning Disabilities, 2014). The 504 plan indicates what services the students are eligible to receive under the law. Students who have 504 plans need special care with their education. Schools want to produce productive citizens who are going to assets to their communities.

Abstinence only education has been the most prevalent form of instruction in middle and high school courses for years in the United States. Instead of providing accurate scientific facts, it has been primarily based on ideology and what has been traditionally morally accepted: sexual activity within a heterosexual marriage. As a result, teenagers have been taught through biased information influenced by current heteronormative standards. Consequently, abstinence only education fails to acknowledge the minority populations of teenaged students who are different genders and sexualities other than a heterosexual male. Realistically, it can be inferred that a majority of the student bodies in America are rich in diversity. The classroom is no longer composed of homogenous individuals. Instead, classrooms are full of adolescents of various genders, sexualities, ages, and ethnicities. Abstinence only education strictly instructs through biological and reproductively compatible terms rather than addressing other methods of having sex, specifically pertaining to the LGBTQ community. The current curricula typically teaches that penile-vaginal sex is the “proper” way to have intercourse and that it is customary that sex occurs only between a man and a woman. Thus, emphasizing how genitalia should be used rather than having a more holistic approach towards sex. Ultimately, this disregards all of the possible mechanisms that exist when it comes to physical touch. As a consequence,

Sexual education is an important topic which as to be addressed due to the growing debates as to weather it should be implemented within the school system. The Canadian Guidelines for Sexual Health Education states that sexual education curriculums addresses a range of topics including “puberty, effective contraceptive methods, prevention of STI/HIV, communication skills, sexual orientation, interpersonal relationships, and media literacy” (Public Health Agency of Canada). Children need to address such issues early in order to protect them from early initiation of sexual activity, sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy. The issue is then weather or not parents support such a program.

As a student entering middle school, there are myriads of changes that can actually happen with the academics. Some students begin to rebel and care less about education when they reach middle school. I was the complete opposite. I had a plan to always get good grades and to participate in clubs and specific organizations, which meant that I had to get good grades. My academics have and will always be the most important to me. When I reached the seventh grade I was given the opportunity to go into eighth grade math and skip seventh grade math. I thought that it was a mix up because I thought that was not possible, how could a course be skipped? The counselor then explained the concept to me, my teacher had recommended me to take a test and

I believe that all schools should teach an inclusive form of sexual education. I believe that teaching abstinence is not working in the slightest because the rate of teenagers who are sexually active is gradually increasing. Since teens are participating in sexual intercourse, we need to teach them how to have sex safely. Schools need to teach a form of sexual education that will fully cover how to prevent teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases and infections. The abstinence-only-until-marriage programs need to be replaced because they contain inaccuracies and flaws, the popular opinion of the American society differs from our state policies, and the government and taxpayer’s money could be better

I found an article on edweek.org. The article mainly talked about the curriculum in some middle schools. I found this article to be very interesting. The reason I find this article interesting is because student’s assignments were reviewed by The Education Trust. From the finding they found that assignments had very little challenge to them, instead they were “broken down into bite-size chunks, and much of the work was actually done for the students rather than by them.” This is a major issue because children are not being given proper education like we all like to believe. Without proper education, these children will not be prepared for the future. As future educators it’s our job to prepare children with the best education we have to offer.

Sexuality is a part of human life. Throughout this time from birth to death it is guaranteed it will occur for someone. During adolescence, a person is exposed to sexuality and needs to know what messages they are receiving are positive, and which negative. As of 2011, “Eighty-two percent of parents have talked to their children about topics relating to sexuality” (Planned Parenthood). But, schools have to take into account the parents that did not adequately educate their children and ones that didn’t even discuss it at all. “Parents overwhelmingly support sex education programs in high school and middle school” (Planned Parenthood). School districts have goals. Their main one being that students “truly enjoy their life and their work” (Littkey, Grabelle). For students to benefit from their being, they need to be educated on reproductive health. “A 2011 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) survey indicates that more than 47 percent of all high school students say they have had sex, and 15 percent of high school students have had sex with four or more partners during their lifetime” (CDC). So it is crucial for everyone to learn the risks involved, consequences, how to be safe, and to know when they are ready. The best way to accomplish this is through abstinence-only sex-ed programs.

Imagine you are a parent of teen who is attending middle or high school and one day they came home, and you over heard them having a conversation on the telephone about the sexual education class that the school will be offering. Your heart starts racing because this is the conversation that you have been trying to avoid ever since your teen confided in you that they have a school crush. Could your child be wondering about sexual health? Could he or she be interested in the anatomy of how their bodies function? You wonder how much does your child already know. These are just some of the various questions that pop up in your head as you think of what to do next. Well sexual education should be taught in school and should not be tailored

I know in all schools, people are teaching about sex and sexuality to the children, and there is nothing wrong with that; they actually teach sexuality in schools because for many parents is just impossible to explain their own kids or sometimes they don’t seem to care. I believe parents should teach their children because they are the role models to those children. To me the house is the first school, and is the place where you grow and learn many things from your parents. In my opinion, it will be better for the kids to learn about this topic from their parents than strangers in the school. My parents never told me anything about sex; I learned from school, but I would it like them to teach me because they were closer to me, and I would it feet more comfortable with