OFMS Curriculum Guide

INFANT/ TODDLER

• Separates from caregivers or parents

• Displays security

• Displays self-confidence

• Self-assertive

• Makes eye contact

• Displays interest in classroom activities and others

• Expresses feelings and emotions

• Shows concern for someone in distress

• Demonstrates grace and courtesy

• Maintains body control in group setting

• Respectfully works with a group and parallel to others

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIMARY

• Goal is to achieve focus and concentration

• Independently takes care of personal needs

• Uses utensils appropriately

• Uses classroom materials respectfully

• Respects self and others

• Handle simple conflicts independently

• Expresses emotions appropriately

• Practices self-regulation

• Recovers appropriately after making a mistake

LOWER ELEMENTARY

• Development of a reasoning mind

• Curiosity and the power of imagination

• Great desire for knowledge and facts

• Interested in morality

• Collaborative projects encouraged to practice listening, respect thoughts and ideas of others

• INITIATIVE: selfdirection and personal accountability.

UPPER ELEMENTARY HIGH SCHOOL

• Interest in wider society

• Move from concrete to abstract thought

• Continued interest in morality

• Follows work cycle routines, completes goals, and prioritizes tasks

• Sustains attention during independent projects

• Maintains focus in small & large group work, shifts attention when necessary

• Sustains positive attitude when facing difficulties

• Time management skills and problem solving strategies

• Prepared with materials and supplies, recalls/ applies past information to new situations

• Demonstrates patience when needs directions, towards classmates

• Maintains control of physical needs/ movements, respects personal space, organizes work space

• Desire for adult real life skills and economic independence

• Social justice

• Heroes and role models

• Personal dignity

• Belonging

• Desire for additional adult skills and strive for independence in a variety of experiences

• Social justice

• Heroes and role models

• Personal dignity

• Belonging

INFANT/ TODDLER

• Exhibits memory

• Tactile, visual, oral exploration

• Displays problem solving skills

• Interest in constructing and putting things together

• Displays preferences

• Follows 2 step directions

• Exhibits sense of order

• Categorizes/sorts objects

• Names and gathers 0-100

• Understands ways to make 10

• Counts up to 100

• Skip counts by 5s and 10s

• Understands place value: 1s, 10s, 100s, 1000s

• Understands the concept of greater than & less than 0-10

• Orders object by size

• Names colors

• Sorts objects

• Names circle, triangle, square, & rectangle, cube, sphere, cone, cylinder

• Introduction of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division

LOWER ELEMENTARY

UPPER ELEMENTARY

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIMARY

• Great Lesson of Numbers/ Numeration (Ancient Civilizations)

• Review of Decimal system to 1,000

• Place value to millions

• Understanding of Operations (Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division; Static, Dynamic and Abstraction)

• Add and subtract 4 digit numbers or larger

• Multiplies and divides by 2 digits

• Understands, adds, subtracts, fractions

• Identifies shapes in the Geometry cabinet

• Introduction to Fractions (operations with common denominators, equivalent Fractions)

• Introduction to Divisibility, Multiple and Factors

• Introduction to graphing

• Problem solving and logical reasoning

• Great Lesson of Numbers (Ancient Civilizations and history of measurement)

• Laws of Arithmetic- concrete materials (Communicative, Associative, & Distributive)

• Mastery of skills introduced in LE

• Complete all whole number operations, (including long multiplication and division abstractly)

• Review hierarchical values, expanded notation, comparison, rounding and estimating

• Multiples

• GCF, LCM, prime and composite numbers

• Properties (commutative, associative, distributive)

• Rules of divisibility,

• Types of fractions: proper, improper, mixed, reducing fractions

• Operations using fractions

• Decimals

• Equivalency, comparing and ordering, renaming

• fractions as decimals, all four operations abstractly

• Ratio and Percent

• Ratios as fractions, as decimals, as percents, percents

• as fractions/as decimals, percent of number

• Statistics and Probability

• Construct, read and interpret: tables, graphs of all types

• Understand mean/ median/ range/ mode/ frequency/tree diagrams

• Algebraic Ideas

• Powers of numbers

• Squaring and Cubing numbers

• Exploration of other number bases, squaring of binomials and trinomials, cubing of binomials and trinomials, pre-algebra

• Square Roots

• Concept, concrete exploration, writing through to

• abstraction

• Order of operations

• Integers, scientific notation, rational numbers

• Problem-solving and logical reasoning

Pre Algebra

• Transition to abstracttextbooks, choice projects, integrated math- farm- science

• Add, subtract, multiply and divide rational numbers

• Algebraic linear expressions

• Write and solve one step algebraic equations with all operations

• Write and solve two step algebraic equations

• Write and solve inequalities

• Surface area and volume of 3D geometric solids

• Identify and solve transformations

• Write and graph linear and nonlinear equations

• Scatterplots, box and whisker plots and graphs to display and analyze data

• HS Credit Courses offered:

o Algebra I

o Algebra II

o Geometr y

Algebra 1:

• Real numbers and Their operations, linear equations and inequalities, introduction to functions, graphing lines, solving linear systems, polynomials, factoring and solving by factoring, and exponential functions

Algebra 2:

• Linear equations, inequalities, graphs, matrices, polynomials and radical expressions, quadratic equations, functions, exponential and logarithmic expressions, sequences and series, probability and trigonometry

Geometry:

• Proofs, points, lines, planes, angles, parallel lines, triangles, similarity, trigonometry, quadrilaterals, transformations, circles and area

Pre Calculus:

• Integrated college algebra and trigonometry

Probability & Statistics:

• Interpreting categorical and quantitative data, conditional probability and the rules of probability, making Inferences and justifying conclusions

Finite Math:

• A survey of mathematical analysis techniques used in the working world and gives valuable experience at organizing and analyzing information

Calculus A/B:

• Single variable, limits and continuity, derivative rules and applications of derivatives

Calculus B/C/ Calculus III:

• Multi variable calculus is optional

INFANT/ TODDLER

• Observes people, objects and surroundings

• Recognize relationships between living things

• Characteristics of animal groups

• Characteristics of a plant

• Plants and animals of the continents

• Tells time to the hour

• Living vs nonliving classification

• Botany (naming leaf shapes, trees, flowers)

• Observation and care of classroom plants and animals

LOWER ELEMENTARY

UPPER ELEMENTARY

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIMARY

• Great Lesson of the Coming of the Universe & Earth

• Great Lesson of the Coming of Life

• Living vs. Nonliving

• Classification

• Botany

• Zoology

• Vertebrates and invertebrates

• Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Eras

• Biomes and habitats

• Great Lesson of the Coming of the Universe & Earth

• Great Lesson of the Coming of Life

• Intro to Chemistry: matter, atomic structure, energy and forces

• Classification of plants and animals

• Adaptations/ biomes/ food chains

• Human anatomy

• Taxonomy

HIGH SCHOOL

Culture: Science Culture: Science

• Functions and parts of plants

• Land forms

Integrated Science 7/8

• Scientific Method

• Earth’s layers

• Rocks and Minerals

• Geological Time Scale

• Continental Drift Theory

• Atomic structure

• Balancing Equations

• Farm Chemistry- manure to compost

• Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells

• Cellular structure & cell biology

• Renewable and nonrenewable resources

• Newton’s Laws

• Kinetic and potential energy

• Rube Goldberg Machines

• Genetic structure

• Mitosis and meiosis

• DNA

• Punnett Squares

• Mendelian Experiments

Biology:

• Scientific thinking, processes and method, Practices of engineering, Ecology,Genetics, Evolutionary Theory, Diversification and Classification, Chemistry of Life, Energy for Life,Nucleic Acids and protein synthesis Anatomy & Physiology:

• Anatomical and medical terminology, Human body and its levels of organization & cooperation required between those levels, Dissection, Histology, blood, the cardiovascular system,Skeletal system, Digestive system, Reproductive system Earth Science:

• Studying Earth’s Surface, Earth’s Minerals & rocks, Earth’s Energy, Plate Tectonics, Earthquakes & Volcanoes, Weathering and Formation of Soil, Erosion and Deposition, Earth’s History, Earth’s Waters, Earth’s Atmosphere, Weather & Climate,Ecosystems and Human Populations, Observing and Exploring Space, Earth, Moon, and Sun, the Solar System, Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe Chemistry:

• Structure/ Properties of Matter, Abiotic Systems, Energy of Chemical Systems, Bonding and Chemical Reactions, Matter and Energy in Living Systems, Nuclear Energy, Energy & Sustainability Physics:

• Scientific inquiry, technological design and mathematical analysis to solve problems., Principles and relationship of force and energy, Conservation, transfer, and transformation of mechanical energy, Properties of electricity and magnetism, Mechanical and electromagnetic waves, Light and optics, Fluid mechanics, Thermodynamics

INFANT/ TODDLER

• Observe seasons

• Observe geography of our location

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIMARY

• 7 continents locations, land and water forms

• Function of the calendar

• Map skills

• Concept and shape of the Earth

• Seasons

• Passing of time

• Cultures of the 7 continents (people, plants, animals, clothing, transportation, arts and crafts)

• Personal timelines

• Exploration of globe, maps and flags

LOWER ELEMENTARY

• Great Lesson of the Coming of Humans

• Needs of People cultural studies

• Solar system

• Composition of the Earth

• States of matter

• Making maps

• Identification of countries, cities, capitals, land and water features

• Intro to Ancient Civilizations

• Cultures of the World

UPPER ELEMENTARY HIGH SCHOOL

• Great Lesson of the Coming of Humans

• Needs of People cultural studies

• Stories of Historical people and cultures

• Ancient Civilizations of the Continents: (growth of civilizations, archeology/ anthropology of Maya, Aztecs, Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Sumerians. etc.

• Intro to US History

• Inquiry based research

• KIND/ KINDAD/ World Changer Projects

• Pedagogy of Place connects younger adolescents to their identity within our community & its history

• Hunter and gatherer societies

• Rise of Agriculture

• Native American Tribes

• 8 Aspect of Culture

• Industrial Revolution

• American Western Settlement

• Human migration and immigration

• American colonies

• American Revolution

• US Constitution

• Bill of Rights & Amendments

• American Civil War

• Reconstruction

• Nobel Prize Laureates year long project

• War & Peace Studies

• Interdependence and interconnection of people and cultures

• Debate

• Persuasive Writing

• Primary & Secondary Document research

• Pedagogy of Place supports older adolescents to know how they can use their talents to positively impact the future World Cultures, Civilizations & Geography:

• Study of History and the Rise of Civilization, Ancient Mesopotamian Civilizations, Ancient Civilizations of Africa and the Andes, Ancient Egypt, Early Chinese Civilizations, Early Civilizations in the Indian Subcontinent, Rise and Spread of Islam, Development of Russia, Mongol Empire, Civilizations in the Americas US History

• Early Colonial & America’s War for Independence, Federalist Era, Rise of the American Economy and Jacksonian America, Expansion and Slavery, Civil War and Reconstruction, West and the Gilded Age Populism and Progressivism, Imperialism and the Great War, Twenties, Depression, and New Deal, World War II and the Cold War, Kennedy, Vietnam, Civil Rights to Watergate

• Government

• Modern American History 1970-present

• Economics

• Sociology

• Psychology

INFANT/ TODDLER

• Non-verbally and verbally expresses needs

• Imitates and repeats words or sounds

• Combines sounds

• Recognizes names of objects

• Practices known words

• Speaks in sentences

• Converses with students and adults

• Speaks with clarity, appropriate tone/volume

• Rhyming

• Can hear the separate sounds in CVC words

• Names letter sounds

• Hears and counts syllables

• Pre writing skills of hand readiness and basic strokes

• Word formation, spacing & punctuation when writing

• Writes first name using proper capitalization

• Writes using inventive spelling

• Demonstrates reading simple sight word, reading words (3 letter consonant- vowelconsonant), reading sentences and reading books

• Identifies parts of a book (author, illustrator, front cover, etc.)

• Identifies nouns and verbs

• Reads developmentally appropriate texts with appropriate pace and self-correcting strategies

LOWER ELEMENTARY

UPPER ELEMENTARY

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIMARY

• Great Lesson of Communication & Writing

• Research, creative, poetry, letter and journal writing

• Phonetic and sound relationships

• Letter and sentence writing

• Decoding and comprehension reading strategies

• History of language (pictographs, hieroglyphics, early alphabets)

Word study: root words, prefixes, suffixes, word families – synonyms/ antonyms/homonyms

• Alphabetical order, possessives, contractions, abbreviations, rules for syllabication Compound and Complex sentences Sentence analysis: predicate, subject, direct object, indirect object, attributives

The Writing Process

• Lower and upper case letters in cursive, constructing sentences; all capitalization and punctuation rules, constructing paragraphs, spelling skills

• Composition: Creative writing, reports, journal, letters, descriptive writing, short story, poetry, biography

• Reading

Short vowels, phonograms, consonant sounds, digraphs, silent letters, long vowels, double letters, ending sounds (interwoven with spelling work)

Interpretive reading, story elements; setting, characters, plot, action, predicting – genre

Novel study

Spoken Language: Oral reports

• Second Level Great Lesson of Language –Communication in Signs (history of oral and written language)

• Master spelling and grammar rules

• Advanced Function of Words (all parts of speech including Verb Conjugations)

• Sentence Analysis: Adverbial Extensions, attributives, predicate nouns, predicate

• Adjectives, prepositional phrases

• Clausal Analysis: independent, dependent, verbals, gerunds

• Analysis of literature

• The Writing Process

• Mechanics: colon, semi-colon, contractions, run-on sentences, notetaking, paraphrasing, summarizing, topic sentences, sentence structure, paragraph construction, editing

• Writing Reports, journal, letters, diary, invitations, letter writing, proposals, book reports, myths, fables, descriptive writing, short stories, poetry, plays, biographies, summaries Reading

• All literary genres including: historical fiction, biographies, fantasy, poetry, Newberry Award Winners, adventure, classics, myths, mysteries.

• Interpretive reading and discussion

• Novel study

• Spoken Language Oral reports, drama, history of Spoken Language (interwoven with History work)

Language Arts 7/8

• Sentence structure

• Roots, prefixes and suffixes

• Biographical and autobiographical work and writing

• Author’s purpose and point of view

• Dynamic and static characters

• Plot development- climax and resolution

• Theme, genre and inferences in literature

• Critical analysis of nonfiction and literary texts

• Academic peer reviewed research and annotations

• Socratic seminar skills

• Author’s craft

• Revising and editing work

• Creative, analytical, biographical, persuasive and expository writing

• In text citations

• Command of English grammatical rules

English I-IV:

• Advance proficiency in analytical reading, writing, speech, and communication skills

• Thematic approach to literature, connecting to universal events, culture, and individuals of notoriety

• American Literatureclassics to modern literary fiction

• World Literatureconnected to the Humanities studies of Civilizations and Cultures, English Literature- classical fiction

• Literary critiques

• Writing genres: expository, persuasive, fiction,

• Vocabulary-building through reading and Sadlier Oxford

• Individual and collaborative projects and activities

• Social skills, respecting all individuals and their differences.

• Nonfiction analysis

• Socratic Seminar

• Senior Thesis

INFANT/ TODDLER

• Explores with index finger

• Grasp and release

• Uses pincer grasp

• Pours, spoons, strings, tongs and rolls rug

• Eats independently

• Follows guidelines and anticipates routines

• Self directed and completes an appropriate work cycle

• Washes hands

• Undresses and dresses and shoes off and on

• Toilets independently

• Transfers hand to hand and turns with hand easily (knobs, lids)

• Gross and fine motor control

• Use of tools (sweeper, mop, hand tools, sewing, food prep)

• Demonstrates a sense of order (left to right & top to bottom)

• Keeps materials organized in work space

• Returns material after use

• Refocuses when working

• Concentrates during community

• Shows respect for the concentration of others

• Manages transitions

• Respects others’ personal space

• Demonstrates control of body when moving through classroom

• Chooses work independently

• Demonstrates ability to do the right thing

• Demonstrates desire to work & learn

• Gets help appropriately

• Holds and uses scissors correctly

LOWER ELEMENTARY

UPPER ELEMENTARY

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIMARY

• Navigate the physical and social world

• Learn social norms of a group

• Managing short term projects

• Conflict resolution skills

• Organizational skills

• Cooking

• Baking’

• Grocery shopping

• Snack planning

• Daily community jobs

• Care of self, environment and living things

• Role modeling and mentoring

• Cultural awareness

• Organizational skills for larger World Changer Project, KIND/ KINAD

• Event Planning

• School outreach

• Building projects to help school community

• Daily community jobs

• Erdkinder work- MS Sales, Animal Care and Greenhouse work

• Budgeting and cooking for MS Sales

• Philanthropy

• Outreach

• Conflict resolution skillsAwareness Wheel

• Fall Community Building Trip

• Spring Trip planning

• Time management and executive functioning skills

• Public transportation

• Career exploration

• Introduction to committee work

HIGH SCHOOL

• Planning social eventsProm Field Day, Holiday Celebrations

• Committee leadership

• Businesses- InnoLab, Bike Shop and student created businesses

• Writing business plans

• SWOT Analysis

• Marketing

• Internships

• Social entrepreneurship

• Philanthropy

• Social Impact work

• College and Career planning

• Naviance personality tests

INFANT/ TODDLER

• Colors

• Numbers 1-10

• Greetings

• Body Parts

• Farm Animals

• Fruits

• Family Members

• Wild Animals

TODDLER

• Ability to self-calm

• Respects self

• Grace and courtesy practice

• Community time

• Colors

• Greetings

• Parts of the plant

• Weather

• Clothing

• Fruits

• Food

• Numbers 1-30

• Create sentences with “Quiero”,”Me gusta”. “Tengo”, “Veo”

• Family Members

• Farm Animals

• Alphabet

• Brown Bear Brown Bear

• Color Poems

• Body Parts

• Shapes

• Feelings

• Wild Animals

LOWER ELEMENTARY

UPPER ELEMENTARY

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIMARY

• Review of Everything from Primary

• Alphabet

• Vowels

• Definite Articles and Indefinite Articles

• Noun Adjective Agreement

• Days of the Week

• Months

• Planets

• House

• Hispanic Culture

• Foods

• Songs

• Time ¿Qué hora es?

• Numbers (1-100)

• Games (Ring it!, Spot it!, Uno, Hangman)

• Children’s Books

• How to use the Dictionary

• Continuing reviewing vocabulary from Primary and Lower.

• Personal Pronouns

• Possessive Adjectives

• Prepositions

• Regular Verbs endings “ar’, “er” and “ir

• Conjugating regular verbs

• Making sentences with regular verbs present time

• Making short stories.

• To be - “Ser”and “Estar”.

• Games (head bands, pictionary, jeopardy, questions and answers)

• Class is an academic core class with successful completion earning students 2 HS credits

• Describe what activities they like to do

• Describe people

• Discuss meals, food and restaurants

• Describe family

• Discuss sports

• Express health and body parts vocabulary

• Use verbs in sentences, both regular and irregular verbs in the present tense

• Conduct conversations

• Learn about and experience Hispanic culture

• Give basic commands

• Begin to learn past tense verbs

HIGH SCHOOL

• Students are able to take Spanish I-AP

• Learn basic parts of speech

• Discuss and describe people including friends and family

• Describe meals, food and restaurants

• Describe sports

• Conduct dialogues and conversations

• Research and experience Hispanic culture

• Use verbs in sentences, both regular and irregular verbs in the present tense

• Give commands

• Learn the past tense verbs

• Learn the present and past perfect tense

• Learn the subjunctive verb forms and uses

• Learn the conditional and future verb tenses

• Guiding principles

• Read “Peace Rose” and practice using the rose at community

• Find your peace

• Making silence

• Role playing situations

• Conversations about problems that arise

• Compliments/ acknowledgements

• Grace and Courtesy lessons

• Sustainability activities:

• Composting,

• Gardening

• Recycling

• Energy conservation

• Food cycle

• Renewable resources vs nonrenewable resources

• Fundamental Needs of Humans

• Chart

• All 6-9 Eco Literacy work continues

• Phenology: study of biological life cycles

• Expand on needs in Timeline of Life

• Functions and classifications of plant life

• Interdependence of living things in

• the world

• Grace and courtesy lessons continue

• Solo time

• Animal observations

• Community Meeting

• Community outreach and service learning

• Student problem-solving

• Committees

• Grace and courtesy lessons continue

• Labyrinth for walking meditation

• Peace Hall

• Solo Time

• Impact service learning

• Community Meeting

• Business Interactions

• Capstone Mentor Relationships

TODDLER

• Early childhood students are developing critical skills for healthy brain function: hand-eye coordination, memory, gross and fine motor, and nonverbal cues.

• These skills are best mastered through real, concrete experiences.

• Young children learn best when all the senses are engaged.

• Technology is not used with students 0-3.

• Early childhood students are developing critical skills for healthy brain function: hand-eye coordination, memory, gross and fine motor, and nonverbal cues.

• These skills are best mastered through real, concrete experiences.

• Young children learn best when all the senses are engaged.

• Technology is rarely used with students 3-6.

• Students are continuing to master hand eye coordination, working memory, gross and fine motor skills

• Skills are best mastered with real experience when all senses are engaged through real, concrete experiences in nature and the environment

• Limited use of technology in 6-9

• Technology is used as an extension of the classroom resources for extension research, presentation and practice throughout the curriculum

• Internet safety and digital citizenship introduction

• Word Processing and spreadsheet skills

• Gale Research Database

• Introduction to Google Slides and presentation skills

• Makerspace with 3D printer using Tinkercad

• G Suite training

• Digital Citizenship lessons and support through Go Guardian

• 1-1 ChromebooksGale Research Database

• Introduction to Coding

• InnoLab with industry standard machines and software

• Digital photography and videography with Canon cameras

• Large scale vinyl cutter and printer

• GlowForge Laser cutter

• Media

• AP ComputerScience Principles

• AP Computer Science Applications

• Adobe Suite training

• Digital Citizenship lessons and support through Go Guardian

• 1-1 Laptops

• Gale Research Database

• Composting introduced

• Care of the environment

• Care for living creatures and plants in the classroom

• Campus woods walks and exploration

• KInderforest

• Outdoor exploration with specialist (gardening, firewood, leaf collection, woods animals identification, bird watching)

• Green Team activitiesmaking soap and cleaners

• Food preparation from the garden

• Respecting others and our environment

• Greeting people

• Manners lessons

• Politely interrupting

• Respectful language/ appropriate conversations

• Positive Discipline community building activities

• Classroom meetings

• Cosmic Education

• Grace and courtesy lessons continue

• Respecting others and our environment

• Greeting people

• Manners Lessons

• Politely interrupting

• Respectful language/ appropriate conversations

• Teamwork games

• Rights and Responsibilities

• Guiding Principles

• Low Ropes

• Family Journal and discussion

• “Going Out” trips to do service learning

• Partner work

• Cosmic Education

• Erdkinder Farm, Greenhouse and Micro economy programs

• Animal care (nutrition, veterinarian observations, general health)

• Animal training

• Responsible small business skills

• Ecologically sound maintenance and construction skills

• Native plants and landscaping

• Land stewardship

• Environmental Impact class

• Partnerships with local ecology non profits

• Opportunities to present learning on campus, locally and at national conferences

• Eradicating invasive species

• Native plants and landscaping

INFANT/ TODDLER

• Paints using paintbrush

• Scribbles

• Modeling playdough

• Stamping

• Tearing and cutting paper

• Chalk, crayon and marker exploration

• Singing

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIMARY

• Music listening

• Movement and rhythm,

• instrumental and vocal skills

• Orff strategies

• Xylophone

• Primary and secondary colors

• Collage basics

• Clay

• Paint

• Creation of abstract to more realistic art

LOWER ELEMENTARY

• Music: Orff instruments,

• solfege,movement with music, aural hearing

Art History

Prehistoric Art

Egyptian Art

Medieval Art

Renaissance Art

• Elements and Principles of ART

Line

Shape

UPPER ELEMENTARY HIGH SCHOOL

• Music: Form in music (Rondo) , solfege, creating accompaniments (ostinato, chords, etc.), sight reading (inner hearing)

• Art: Art History

• Elements and Principles of ART

Line

Shape

Color

Value

Form

Space

Balance

Unity

Variety

Proportion

Emphasis

Pattern

Movement

Creative Process Development

• Material Use and Technique

• Art as a way of communication

• Students reflect on their art

Unity

Variety

Proportion

Emphasis

Pattern

Movement

• Students use the creative process to create art: observe, research, idea, creation, reflection, revision

• Students refine and continue to build material skills

• Theatre: Movement Expression

Memorization

Public speaking

Creative writing

Collaboration/Teamwork

Text reading and analysis

• Music Theory, piano, percussion, vocals, ukulele, songwriting

• Art

• Self Expression courses:

• Art History, Fine Arts, Ceramics, Screen Printing, Metalsmithing, Installation Art, 2D and 3D drawing and painting, AP Art, and other student interests

• Music Theory, guitar, piano, percussion, vocals, ukulele, songwriting, recording and production

• Theatre:

o Movement

o Expression

o Memorization

o Public speaking

o Creative writing

o Collaboration/Teamwork

o Text reading and analysis

INFANT/ TODDLER

• Rolls front to back and back to front

• Crosses at midline

• Sits

• Cross Crawls

• Walks independently

• Climbs

• Carries large/heavy object

• Runs

• Jumps with 2 feet

• Balances on 1 foot

• Pedals a tricycle

• Line walking

• Balance beam

• “Heal to toe”

• Brain Gym

• Body coordination

• Spatial awareness

• Throwing

• Jumping

• Pedaling

• Running

• Exercise stations

LOWER ELEMENTARY

UPPER ELEMENTARY

MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIMARY

• Montessori PE curriculum connects movement, gross and fine motor skills to the 5 Great Lessons in an LE 3 year cycle

• Good sportsmanship

• Reaction Time

• Throwing Speed and Simple Machines

• Introduction to team sports

• Evolution of basketball

• Pentathlon

• Capture the Flag

• Montessori PE curriculum connects movement, gross and fine motor skills to the 5 Great Lessons in an UE 3 year cycle

• How to win and lose with grace

• Indigenous Sports: Ancient Babylonian Polo, Kabaddi, Kho Kho, Sepak Takraw

• Heart Rate and Exercise

• Exercise and Cognitive Function

• President’s Physical Fitness Challenge

• Personal Wellness: jogging, walking, weight lifting, and stretching

• Heart Rate and Exercise

• Exercise and Cognitive Function

• Team sports: basketball, soccer, volleyball, table tennis & others

• Great Body Shop Curriculum & McMillian Health Center

• ABC’s of good health

HIGH SCHOOL

Physical Education Physical Education

• Freeze, Magnet and Prairie tag

• Hoola hoops, hopscotch and other movement games

• Four square

• Team sports: basketball, soccer, volleyball, table tennis, Australian Rules Football, Lacrosse and Stickball

• Archery

• Winning and losing with grace

• McMillan Health Center: Human Growth & Development: Topics include emotional changes, hygiene, physical changes, conception, and the benefits of abstinence. Promotes positive selfimage and reinforces that the changes of puberty are normal.

o Eating disorders

o Causes and categories of various diseases

o Hygiene routines

o Postponing sexual involvement

o Hormones and impact on body systems

o Social and emotional changes during adolescence

o Methods of intervention and treatment

• Personal Wellness: jogging, walking, weight lifting, and stretching

• Focus on exercise as part of healthy lifestyle

• Team Sports: volleyball, soccer, basketball, relay running, and lawn sports

• Intro to Fencing

• Self Defense/ Karate

• Yoga

• Great Body Shop

Curriculum & McMillian Health Center

o Hormones and hygiene habits

o Making decisions about sexual activity and drug use

o Physical, mental and emotional growth

o Consequences of behavior

o Sexual responsibility

o Refusal skills

o Practicing peer and parent communication skills

o Influence of media and peers

o Avoiding substance abuse