Middle School Science

Middle School Instructional Resources

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Course Companion Resources

Designed to Support Course Implementation

We are committed to providing teachers with additional tools to help implement the Middle School Science courses and make the biggest possible impact on student achievement.

Middle School Science Resources

For Middle School Science there are guided notes for each unit with associated answer keys. These resources can support teachers in differentiating the course and supporting review of key concepts. Each school has their own progression of science 6, 7, and 8. The unit titles should be the guide for which guided notes will line up to each applicable course.

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What is Acadience?
(LINKS ARE STILL TO GOOGLE DOCS)

By the end of First Grade, students should successfully be reading words with the decoding patterns in the Kindergarten and First Grade decoding scope and sequence.

Screening Tool: Acadiance PSF
May Goal = segment 40 phonemes in 1 min. (PSF)

Screening Tool: Acadience NWF
May Goal = 28 correct letter sounds/min. (NWF)

What if students do not meet the goal?
Diagnostic Tool: Phonological Awareness Assessment

This is for all your screening purposes.
Complete resource
(Acadience is similar to DIBELS, FastBridge, AimsWeb, Renaissance CBM, etc.)