PREAP Heritage Middle School PreAP Information Sessions May

PRE-AP Heritage Middle School Pre-AP Information Sessions May 17, 2016

Discussion Points • • • Enrollment Expectations Content Goals Commitment Compact

Enrollment Pre-AP courses are open to any student wishing to enroll.

Academic Information Reading on or above grade level ISIP 5 th EOY Well prepared for Pre-AP ELAR 2233 Math on or above grade level Prepared for Algebra I Prepared for Pre AP Math Quantile 5 th EOY 850 ISIP 6 th EOY 2268 Quantile 6 th EOY 930 ISIP 7 th EOY 2305 Quantile 7 th EOY 1030 NA

• The first is the expectation that all students can perform well at rigorous academic levels. • The second important premise of Pre-AP is the belief that we can prepare every student for higher intellectual engagement by starting the development of skills and acquisition of knowledge as early as possible.

• Students in the Pre-AP classes are held to a higher level of rigor than in an academic class.

• Pre-AP courses are academically advanced courses designed to challenge motivated students to understand rigorous content. • The goal of Pre-AP course work is to provide middle and high school students a powerful opportunity to help all students acquire the knowledge, concepts, and skills needed to engage in a higher level of learning

HMS Administrators, faculty and staff are diligently COMMITTED to the success of ALL students we have the privilege to work with on a daily basis.

Student COMMITMENT attend tutorials as needed, prioritize individual study time outside of regular class time, complete and submit all assignments (homework, projects, reports) on the due dates, turn in make-up work promptly following any absence, do his/her own work on all assignments, projects, or exams,

Adult COMMITMENT • Support and Encourage students • Familiarize oneself with and accept the Pre-AP course requirements and policies, • Help my student organize study time in support of class assignments • Contacting my student’s teachers immediately of any concerns I might have regarding the class or my student’s progress

PRE-AP COURSES • Science • Math • Social Studies • English

Pre-AP Science “Education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think. ” -Albert Einstein

What is Pre-AP ? Pre-AP is an advanced course for students to help begin preparing for college, and is designed to be rigorous. Students are expected to be hard workers, who recognize the importance of a college education. Pre-AP do not have to qualify for the course through a test or grades. Students who experience success in Pre-Ap courses typically exhibit the following personal and academic characteristics. - Reading on or above grade level - Strong study skills and self-motivation - Proficient oral and written communications skills - Self- disciplined to plan, organize, and carry out tasks to completion - Interest and self-directedness in a particular subject

Here at Heritage. . . - Challenge your student - Engage through the use of technology - Give the student more responsibility for their learning

Math Department 1 11 21 1211 111221 What is the next number in the sequence?

Math Department 312211

Math Department Be prepared for in depth work as well as next grade level work. 6 th grade: all 6 th grade TEKS & some 7 th grade TEKS EX: x + 5 = 25 vs 4 x + 5 = 25 7 th grade: all 7 th grade TEKS & all missed 8 th grade TEKS 8 th grade: skip 8 th grade math and move on to HS Algebra for HS credit

Math Department • Projects with Presentations (vary by grade level) • Technology – Socrative, Google Classroom

Pre-AP 2016 -2017

What is the difference between a Social Studies Pre-AP and a General Education class? The curriculum of a Pre-AP course is built on the core academic curriculum following the Texas Education Agency guidelines for each course, called the TEKS-Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills. Students enrolled in Social Studies Pre-AP should expect a more challenging class, faster pace, more in-depth classroom discussions, intensified vocabulary, an increased amount of required reading, the need for effective time management, and overall greater academic expectations on assignments.

What can I look forward to in Pre. AP Social Studies classroom? ★ Analyzing primary source documents ★ Hands on work with technology (i. Pads) ★ Creation of an i. Movie based on an era of study ★ Creation of historical skits/ and historical reenactments ★ Culture Food Day ★ Project Based Learning & Simulations

English Pre-AP Imagine a classroom where students are actively engaged in inquiry and where they are reading, talking, questioning, analyzing, creating, presenting, researching, and thinking deeply in an analytical manner and that is a Pre Advanced Placement English classroom environment.

6 th Grade Summer Reading: Student Choice Wonder R. J. Palacio OR The One and Only Ivan K. A. Applegate

7 th Grade Summer Reading: Student Choice Tangerine By: Edward Bloor Walk Two Moons By: Sharon Creech

8 th Grade Summer Reading: Student Choice Curveball: The Year I Lost My Grip by: Jordan Sonnenblick OR Animal Farm by: George Orwell OR Call of the Wild by: Jack London

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