Specific Course Objectives: General Math To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for: Grades 3 Students will master the content standards including:

• Whole Numbers
• Geometry
• Measurement
• Graphs / Tables / Maps
• Word Problems
• Fractions

Grades 4 Students will master the content standards including::

• Measurement
• Graphs / Tables / Maps
• Fractions
• Decimals

Grades 5 Students will master the content standards including:

• Multiply any whole number by any two digit number.
• Recognize congruent shapes and their corresponding parts.
• Choose an appropriate unit weight for a given common object.
• Interpret data from maps and tables.
• Select correct operation for problem solving.
• Add and subtract common fractions with like denominators.
• Add and subtract decimals through thousandths..
• Multiply a whole number by a decimal.

Grades 6 Students will master the content standards including::

• Percents
• Algebra

Grades 7 Students will master the content standards including::

• Algebra
• Ratio Proportions

Grades 8 Students will master the content standards including::

• Graphs / Tables / Maps
• Identify and graph points in all four quadrants of the coordinate plane.
• Given a number in scientific notation, convert to standard form.
• Find the square root of a whole number using tables and calculators.
• Use a ratio and proportion to solve problems.
• Find decimal, fractional, mixed numeral, and percent equivalents.
• Percents
• Geometry
• Ratio Proportions

Specific Course Objectives: Algebra I To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 1-8 Students will master the content standards including:

• Identify and use the arithmetic properties of subsets of integers and rational / irrational
• Finding the reciprocal and using the rules of exponents.
• Solve equations involving absolute values.
• Simplify expressions.
• Solve multistep problems.
• Graph a linear equation.
• Be able to find the equation of a line perpendicular.
• Solve a system of two linear equations in two variables algebraically.
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide monomials and polynomials.
• Apply basic factoring techniques to second -and simple third-degree polynomials.
• Simplify fractions with polynomials.
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide rational expressions.
• Solve a quadratic equation.
• Apply algebraic techniques to solve rate problems.

Specific Course Objectives: Geometry To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 8-12 Students will master the content standards including:

• Basic constructions with a straightedge and compass, such as angle bisectors, perpendicular bisectors, and the line parallel to a given line through a point off the line.
• Prove theorems by suing coordinate geometry, including the midpoint of a line segment, the formula, and various forms of equations of lines and circles.
• Know and be able to use angle and side relationships in problems with special right triangle, such as 30°, 60°, and 90° triangles and 45°, 45°, and 90° triangles.

Specific Course Objectives: Consumer Math To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 1-8 Students will master the content standards including:

• Recognize coins.
• Identify coin combinations to $1.00.
• Identify coin and bill combinations to $10.00.
• Estimate and make change using the count back method.
• Calculate the amount of discount given the discount expressed as ¼, ⅓, or ½ off.
• Find the amount of sales tax using a tax chart.
• Compute simple interest.
• Compute sales tax, expressed as a percent.
• Find the cost of credit, given the amount of monthly payments and the cash price of an item.

Specific Course Objectives: Algebra II To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 8-12 Students will master the content standards including:

• This discipline complements and students expand the mathematical content and concepts of algebra I and geometry, master algebra II and gain experience with algebraic solutions of problems in various content areas, including solution of systems of quadratic equations, logarithmic and exponential functions, the binomial theorem, and the complex number system.
• Add, subtract, multiply and divide complex numbers.
• Add, subtract, multiply, divide, reduce, and evaluate rational expressions with monomial and polynomial denominators and simplify complicated rational expressions, including those with negative exponents in the denominator.
• The laws of fractional exponents, understand exponential functions, and use these functions in problems involving exponential growth and decay.
• Solve problems involving functional concepts, such as composition defining the inverse function and performing arithmetic operations on functions.

Specific Course Objectives: English – Language Arts To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 9-10 Students will master the content standards including: READING: Apply their knowledge of word origins to determine the meaning of new words and use those words accurately. Reading comprehension (Focus on Informational Materials)

• Read and understand grade-level-appropriate material. In addition, by grade twelve, students read a wide variety of classic and contemporary literature, magazines, newspapers and online information. In grades nine and ten, students make substantial progress toward this goal.
• Read and respond to historically or culturally significant works of literature
• Compare and contrast the presentation of a similar theme or topic across genres.
• Determine characters’ traits by what the characters say about themselves.
• Recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices
• Explain how voice, persona, and the choice of a narrator affect characterization and the tone, plot and a text.
• Analyze the way in which a work of literature is related to the themes and issues.

WRITING STRATEGIES:

• Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifier, and the active rather than the passive voice.
• Use precise language, action verbs, sensory details, appropriate modifier, and the active rather than the voice.
• Develop the main ideas within the body of the composition through supporting evidence (held beliefs, hypotheses, definitions)
• Synthesize information from multiple sources.
• Integrate quotations and citations into a written text.
• Revise writing to improve the logic and coherence of the organization and controlling perspective.
• Understand sentence construction.
• Demonstrate an understanding of proper English usage and control of grammar, paragraph and sentence diction, and syntax.
• Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct use of the conventions of punctuation and capitalization.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING STRATEGIES:

• Formulate judgments about the ideas under discussion.
• Choose logical patterns of organization.
• Present and advance a clear thesis statement.
• Use props, visual aids, graphs, and electronic media.
• Choose effective verbal and nonverbal techniques (voice, gestures, eye contact) for presentations.

Specific Course Objectives: Reading, Writing, Listening. To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 1-8 Students will master the content standards including: READING:

• Read for meaning.
• State items in sequence from content.
• State cause and effect from context.
• Make inferences from context.
• Read and understand material such as grade-level textbooks.
• Identify the main idea.
• Sequence the order of events.
• Identify literary forms such as short stories, plays, poetry, novels, articles and essays.
• Summarize.
• Visualize and create images.
• Identify theme.
• Draw conclusions.
• Classify information.
• Recognize assumptions.
• Make generalities.
• Propose possible explanations / outcomes.
• Compare and contrast.
• Identify motivation.
• Generalize and make judgments.
• Identify bias and propaganda.

WRITING:

• Produce complete thoughts to tell a story.
• Revise through sharing and interacting.
• Present material chronologically in a narrative.
• Request / persuade or state an opinion.
• Compose / draft simple sentences which show subject /verb agreement.
• Revise for specific and precise language; declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, and imperative structures; and sequenced paragraphs.
• Arrange details effectively in a description.
• Edit proofread for conventions such as correct spelling of commonly used words, capitalization of common abbreviations and portions of friendly letters, punctuation of dependent clauses, direct quotes, possessives, contractions, and logic.
• Include factual support for an opinion in persuasion.
• Follow sequential order and use exact verbs in a narrative.
• Use vivid modifiers to describe, person, place, or thing.
• Organize paragraphs logically in a meaningful sequence as part of a narrative.
• Write using the process involving prewriting / brainstorming.

LISTENING:

• Relate events or personal experiences sequentially.
• Initiate and respond to at least three different interrogative questions (e.g., “why”, “how”, “who”, “what”, “where”, and “when”)
• Receive and interpret verbal and nonverbal messages and respond with understanding by using active listening techniques.
• Participate in dialogue with peers and adults.
• Summarize information.

Specific Course Objectives: English –Language Arts To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 11-12 Students will master the content standards including: READING: Vocabulary and Concept development

• Apply knowledge
• Discern the meaning of analogies encountered, analyzing specific comparisons.

Reading Comprehension

• Read and understand grade-level-appropriate material.
• Analyze the way clarity of meaning is affected by the patterns of organization, hierarchical structures, repetition of the main ideas.
• Verify and clarify facts.
• Use elements of the text to defend and clarify interpretations.
• Critique the extent to which the arguments anticipate and address reader concerns.
• Analyze characteristics of subgenres.
• Analyze theme or meaning of a selection.
• Analyze ways in which poets use imagery, personification, figures of speech, and sounds.
• Trace the development of American literature from the colonial period forward.
• Analyze recognized works of world literature from a variety of authors: Contrast the major literary forms.
• Relate literary works and authors to the major themes.
• Analyze the clarity and consistency of assumptions in a selection of literary works.

WRITING:

• Structure ideas and arguments in a sustained, persuasive, and sophisticated way and support them with precise and relevant examples.
• Integrate databases, graphics, and spreadsheets into word-processed documents.
• Narrate a sequence of events and communicate their significance to the audience.
• Make effective use of descriptions of appearance, images, shifting perspectives, and sensory details.
• Demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of the significant ideas in works or passages.
• Write job applications and resumes.
• Follow the conventional style for that type of document (e.g., resume, memorandum) and use page form and spacing that contribute to the readability and impact of the document.

WRITTEN AND ORAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE CONVENTIONS.

• Written and Oral English Language Conventions.
• Produce legible work that shows accurate spelling and correct punctuation and capitalization.

LISTENING AND SPEAKING STRATEGIES:

• Recognize strategies used by the media to inform, persuade, entertain, and transmit culture.
• Use logical, ethical, and emotional appeals that enhance a specific tone and purpose.
• Evaluate when to use different kinds of effects (e.g., visual, music, sound, graphics) to create effective productions.
• Deliver oral reports on historical investigations.
• Deliver oral responses to literature.

Specific Course Objectives: Social Science To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 1-8 Students will master the content standards including: UNITED STATES HISTORY:

• Identify historical holidays observed in the U.S.
• Identify the U.S. and home state as the places where they live.
• Identify ethnic cultures in the community.
• Read and interpret charts.
• Distinguish between the community, state and the U.S.
• Sequence events using a timeline.
• Define history.
• Explain that the 13 original colonies became the United States.
• Distinguish between opinion and factual claims in historical context.
• Identify bias, propaganda, and stereotyping in historical reporting.
• Recognize the ethnic / cultural diversity.
• Sequence significant time periods in U.S. history.
• Make generalizations from historical evidence.

UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT:

• Identify the rights and responsibilities of self and others.
• Explain why everybody must follow rules and laws.
• Identify, describe and show respect for the rights and responsibilities of others.
• Cite examples of the application of rights, principles, and responsibilities of citizenship.
• Identify the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution as historical documents in the United States.
• Identify the three branches of government.
• Describe the process for registering and voting in homestate.
• Recognize the basic rights of citizens defined in the Bill of Rights.
• Describe individual responsibilities of citizens in the United States.
• Describe the key elements of a democratic system of government.

UNITED STATES ECONOMY:

• Identify basic economic needs (food, shelter, and clothing)
• Distinguish between needs and wants.
• Distinguish bet

Specific Course Objectives: History – Social Science To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for: Grades 10 Students will master the content standards including: WORLD HISTORY, CULTURE, AND GEOGRAPHY: THE MODERN WORLD:

• Consider the influence of the U.S. Constitution on political systems in the contemporary world.
• Analyze the effect of the Industrial Revolution in England, France, Germany, Japan, and the United States.
• Analyze the causes and course of the First World War.
• Analyze the causes and consequences of World War II.
• Analyze the international developments in the post-World War II world.
• Analyze the integration of countries into the world economy and the information, technological, and communications revolutions (e.g., television, satellites, and computers).

Grades 11 Students will master the content standards including:

• Analyze the significant events I the founding of the nation.
• Analyze the role religion played in the founding of America, its lasting moral social and impacts, and issues regarding religious liberty.
• Trace the rise of the United States to its role as a world power in the twentieth century.
• Analyze the development of federal civil rights and voting rights.
• Analyze the major social problems and domestic policy issues in contemporary American society.

Grades 12 Students will master the content standards including: PRINCIPALS OF AMERICAN DEMOCRACY:

• Explain the fundamental principles and moral values of American democracy as expressed in the U.S. constitution and other essential documents of American democracy.
• Evaluate and take and defend positions on the scope and limits of rights and obligations as democratic citizens, the relationships among them, and how they are secured.
• Analyze the unique roles and responsibilities of the three branches of government as established by the U.S. Constitution.
• Evaluate and take and defend positions on the influence of the media on American political life.

PRINCIPALS OF ECONOMICS:

• Understand common economic terms and concepts and economic reasoning.
• Analyze the elements of America’s market economy in a global setting.
• Analyze the influence of the federal government on the American economy.

Specific Course Objectives: Social Science To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 1-8 Students will master the content standards including: GEOGRAPHY:

• Make and key simple maps.
• Identify things people do to adapt to their environment.
• Follow simple directions in sequence (three steps).
• Use a simple grid system to locate places on a community map.
• Locate the earth’s continents and oceans using maps and globes.
• Use cardinal intermediate directions on maps.
• Distinguish between renewable and non renewable natural resources.
• Locate / name major physical features of your state on a map.
• Draw conclusions by using maps as a source of information.
• Differentiate between state, country and continent.

STATE:

• Identify and locate home state on a map of the United States.
• Recognize home state as a multicultural state.
• Identify major developments in homestate that have affected U.S. history.

Specific Course Objectives: Biology / Life Sciences To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 9-12 Students will master the content standards including: CELL BIOLOGY:

• The fundamental life processes of plants and animals.

ECOLOGY:

• Stability in an ecosystem is a balance between competing effects.
• Students learn how to analyze changes in an ecosystem resulting from changes in climate, human activity, introduction of nonnative species, or changes in population size.

PHYSIOLOGY:

• Students will learn the coordinated structures and functions of organ systems.

Specific Course Objectives: Science To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 1-8 Students will master the content standards including: COMPETENCIES:

• Make observations of various items using senses.
• Determine dimensional characteristics of an object that is not visible.
• Report observations accurately in terms of numbers, sizes, and quantities.
• Identify observations that support an inference.
• Differentiate between actual observations and personal interpretations.
• Make quantitive observations to accumulate accurate data.

CLASSIFYING:

• Classify different types of plants and animals.
• Sort a set of objects according to similarities and differences.
• Determine a set of properties on which to base classification.
• Group similar objects on the basis of quantitive properties.

PREDICTING:

• Make a prediction after experiencing or observing a set of conditions.
• Confirm a prediction through an experiment.
• Construct tests for a prediction.

MEASURING:

• Use various modes for determining measurable properties of items (nonstandard units for linear distance, temperature, time)
• Use the ruler / yardstick to measure linear distance; thermometer to measure temperature, calendar for time measurement.
• Select the appropriate tool for measurements to be made.
• Designate the appropriate units for a particular measurement.
• Use International System of units (IS) or acceptable units as the appropriate measure of area, volume, angle, velocity and density.

COMMUNICATING:

• Orally describe information from a line graph.
• Describe a series of events.
• Display data accurately in a report on an event.
• Record observations of changing phenomena.

INFERRING:

• Make an inference from observations.
• Construct a test of an inference or hypothesis.
• Make inferences about a real event or an object from a model.

FORMULATING QUESTIONS AND HYPOTHESES:

• Formulate questions which pertain to the possible outcome of an event.
• Propose alternative strategies to the solution of a problem.
• Establish criteria by which a solution to a problem will be judged.
• Revise a hypothesis based upon observations of the test.
• Distinguish between observations that support a hypothesis and those that do not.

MAKING OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS:

• Distinguish between operational and non-operational definitions.
• Explain physical requirements under which an experiment must operate.
• Define observed phenomena to differentiate this information from other phenomena.

Specific Course Objectives: Earth Sciences To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 9-12 Students will master the content standards including: EARTH’S PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE:

• Earth-based and space-based astronomy reveal the structure, scale, and changes in stars, galaxies, and the universe over time.

DYNAMIC EARTH PROCESSES:

• Plate tectonics.
• The principal structures that form at the three different kinds of plate boundaries.
• Why and how earthquakes occur and the scales used to measure their intensity and magnitude.

ENERGY IN THE EARTH SYSTEM:

• How differential heating of Earth results in circulation patterns in the atmosphere and oceans that globally distribute the heat.
• Climate is the long-term average of a region’s weather and depends on many factors. As a basis for understanding this concept.

BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES:

• The carbon cycle of photosynthesis and respiration and the nitrogen cycle.

STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITION OF THE ATMOSPHERE:

• Life has changed Earth’s atmosphere, and changes in the atmosphere affect conditions for life.

CALIFORNIA GEOLOGY:

• The resources of major economic importance in California.
• The importance of water to society.

Specific Course Objectives: Creative Arts To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including: CERAMICS:

• Introduction to materials and hand tools used for pottery.

JEWELRY MAKING:

• Basic exploration of metals and their numerous properties.

Specific Course Objectives: Dramatic Arts To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

• Identify a wide range of emotions.
• Portray an emotion to a small group.
• Give constructive criticism to classmates.
• Accept constructive criticism from teacher/students.

Specific Course Objectives: Physical Education To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

• Movement skills and movement knowledge.
• Self – Image and personal development.
• Social development

Specific Course Objectives: Basic Cooking To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

• Become familiar with typical measurement units used in cooking and baking.
• Become familiar with the nomenclature of the variety of kitchen tools and implements.
• Develop awareness and sensitivity to nutritional concepts and proper dietary considerations or healthy eating.

Specific Course Objectives: Visual and Performing Arts To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education for Grades 9-12 Students will master the content standards including: ARTISTIC PERCEPTION:

• Process, Analyze and Respond to Sensory Information Through the Language and Skills Unique to Musical Artistic Expression.
• Understanding the Historical Contributions and Cultural Dimensions of Music

Specific Course Objectives: Woodshop To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

• By stressing safety, and focus on various precautions and hazards.
• Learn to design, measure, cut glue, and nail a small open box
• Build a birdhouse.
• The use of the band and scroll saws.

Specific Course Objectives: Computers To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

• Be able to identify all parts of the computer.
• Learn the keyboard.
• Word processing skills will be introduced and expanded.
• Spreadsheets will be introduced.
• Have internet experience and learn safety precautions.

Specific Course Objectives: Getting There To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

• Teaching by direct experience, the uses of public transportation to go anywhere in Santa Clara County as well as the general Bay Area.
• General orientation to area street, bus and rail maps within the Santa Clara Transportation System (VTA).
• Specific knowledge as to pinpointing present location, desired destination, and, by use of street, bus and / or light rail maps, selection of the best method to negotiate the projected route.

Specific Course Objectives: Work Experience Education Program To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

• Understand the WEEP rules and guidelines.
• Identify their learning style.
• Get along and fit in on the job.
• Understand the importance of job attitudes.
• Learn good work habits.
• Become familiar with the Employment Development Department (EDD) services.
• Check a paycheck for proper deductions and salary.

Specific Course Objectives: Social Interaction To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

• All social interaction is monitored by the teacher, behavioral specialist, therapist and support personnel.
• An individualized plan is created for each student utilizing our social and emotional character building skills.

Specific Course Objectives: Behavior Intervention Plan Development To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

• Team consists of teacher, behavioral specialist, therapist, and guardian.
• Identify target behaviors.
• Rank target behavior.
• Identify function of target.
• Identify antecedents and consequences.
• Result of behaviors.
• Identify internal / external events that appear to influence the target behavior(s).
• Data collection procedures.

Geared toward the individual, this course focuses on teaching specific life skills that will enable the student to manage his/her behavior in socially acceptable ways.

Behavior Modification techniques are utilized where appropriate.

Specific Course Objectives: Anger Management To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:      AWARENESS ANGER CYCLE:

• Early warning signs
• Expression
• Affirmations
• “I” Statements
• Resolution

     THE RESOLUTION CYCLE:

Ways to deal with anger.

Steps for letting go of anger.

Specific Course Objectives: Conflict Resolution To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

• Become more aware of emotions and learn to think of solutions logically before acting them out in a problem.
• Express their ideas and / or feelings without fear of reprisal or judgment from peers.
• Identify ways to handle disagreements while maintaining their self control.
• Link the cause and effects of their actions and learn to be responsible for what they do or how they react to a situation.
• Allow others to share ideas without interrupting.
• Allow others to disagree with their opinions
• Respect the confidentiality of opinions expressed in class.
• Demonstrate a willingness to resolve issues by thinking and rethinking the solutions to a dilemma.
• Recognize and label feelings in self or others(e.g., point to pictures, use augmentative communication device, verbally identify feelings)

Specific Course Objectives: Pizza Helper To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

Uses kitchen appliances and utensils

Stores and disposoes of food properly after meals

Cleans up after cooking.

Measures liquid and dry foods.

Observes kitchen safety.

Prepares shopping list.

Stores food after shopping

Specific Course Objectives: Clerical Skills To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including:

• File.
• Collate.
• Answer phones.
• Take messages.
• Punctuality.

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Specific Course Objectives: Maintencance Skills To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including: Inside -

Vacuums.

Dusts.

Makes bed.

Cleans kitchen.

Cleans bathroom.

Prepares shopping list.

Stores food after shopping

Outside -

Sweep walk.

Shovel.

Mows.

Pull weeds.

Rake leaves.

Specific Course Objectives: Transition (To be used as a guideline for developing individual student independent living skills) Students will master: (at grade levels appropriate for each student’s skill set) VOCATIONAL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES:

• Know the information needed to complete an employment application.
• Review and identify personal qualities.
• Learn employer expectations concerning job commitment.
• Problem-solve how to get along with others.
• Explain strategies people can utilize to save their job.

CHARACTER BUILDING:

• Accepts responsibility and take share of their actions.
• Tolerate behaviors they find unpleasant in others.
• Identify success in their assignments and note their improvement.
• Express their opinions appropriately and respect the opinions of others.
• Express disagreement in a fair way.
• State common guidelines for successful conflict resolution.

Specific Course Objectives: Vocational Testing To be integrated into the over-arching goals outlined by the State Department of Education. Students will master the content standards including: CAPS - Career Ability Placement Survey

• Help students develop abilities and plan for the future.
• Use with adults in vocational training programs.
• Place employees to maximize talent and well being.

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