El Sausal Middle School

Focus is on the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) as measured by the Smarter Balanced Assessment System. Each class studies the core literary and informational texts chosen. Reading, writing, speaking and listening, and language skills are taught through the texts studied. Students learn critical thinking and the academic English needed to be successful.

Students are given the opportunity to participate in an elective class in middle school. Each middle school develops its own unique configuration of electives. You will recieve a detailed description of the electives offered at your school from the counselors at the time of "Pre-Registration". Courses may vary in length from one quarter to a semester to a full year. Quarter courses are part of the middle school "exploratory" offering. Exploratory classes provide students with an introduction to three or four different courses during the school year. Students who then desire to pursue a particular area of study may do so later in high school. 

 

Courses may be offered in the following areas:

All grade 7 students will transition to the Integrated Math program in alignment with the Common Core State Standards. The entry point is the Common Core Math (CC7) course that will prepare students for the progression towards college and career readiness in mathematics. The CC7 course will integrate the 8 Mathematical Practices within the following areas: ratios and proportional relationships, the number system, expressions and equations, geometry and statistics and probaility. 

 

 COMMON CORE MATH 8

This second course in the Integrated Common Core middle school sequence will build on mastery of the following CC7 course concepts: the number system, expressions and equations, geometry, and statistics and probability. This course will also introduce students students to functions for the first time. Throughout the course students will continue to apply the 8 Mathematical Practices.