Orchard Middle and High School

Language Arts 4-9+

Students are provided with a mix of direct instruction in reading, writing, grammar, and usage for grades 6-9, and beyond. Grades 4 and 5 are automatically included for remediation and special needs. See Orchard Elementary for lower-level skills detail.

Math 4-9+

Includes interactive tutorials, activities, explorations, exercises, tools, and assessment components, as well as skillbuilding, and learning games.  Grades 4 and 5 are automatically included for remediation and special needs.  See Orchard Elementary for lower-level skills detail.

Grade 6

• Math – 200+ Skills and Activities
  • Use equations to represent word problems, Recognize dividing fractions as multiplying a fraction by its reciprocal, Identify how the scales on a graph can cause the reader to draw reasonable or unreasonable conclusions from the data, and more

• ELA – 200+ Skills and Activities
  • Identify types of sentences i.e. declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, imperative, Distinguish between more important and less important information (by applying reading strategies), Correctly answer literal and inferential questions and activities targeting: pre-reading predictions, reflection, main idea, cause/effect, comparison/contrast, fact/opinion, characterization, details/facts, identifying speaker, sequence, setting, predicting outcomes, vocabulary, drawing conclusions, judging validity, retelling/paraphrasing, classifying, evaluating appropriateness/accuracy, and author’s purpose/point of view, and more

• Science – 100+ Skills and Activities
  • Identify the three states — solid, liquid, and gas — and give examples of each, Identify, through experimentation, ways in which chemical energy can be transformed into electrical energy, Investigate ways of reducing friction so that an object can be moved more easily

Grade 7

• Math – 200+ Skills and Activities
  • Construct line graphs, comparative bar graphs, circle graphs, and histograms, and use the information to solve problems, Make conjectures about possible relationships between two characteristics of a sample on the basis of scatter plots of the data and approximate lines of fit, Use patterns, manipulatives, and diagrams to demonstrate the concepts of multiplication and division by a decimal, and more

• ELA – 200+ Skills and Activities
  • Design and implement a writing plan that includes a central idea, related ideas and understands type of audience, Identify and use examples of figurative language including metaphors, similes, exaggerations, and analogies, Follow written directions, and more
• Science – 100+ Skills and Activities
  • Become familiar with the modern classification system and its five Kingdoms, Identify and describe the major parts and essential functions of the digestive system, Classify matter, forces, energy, organisms, actions, and/or events according to similarities and differences, and more

Grade 8

• Math – 200+ Skills and Activities
  • Apply a knowledge of probability in sports, games, weather predictions, and political polling, Define and use power, base, and exponent to represent repeated addition, Apply percent in solving problems involving discounts, sales tax, commission, and simple interest, and more

• ELA – 200+ Skills and Activities
  • Use pre-reading, during reading, and after reading strategies to better comprehend what is read, Make inferences to compare and contrast, Organize details chronologically

• Science – 100+ Skills and Activities
  • Describe and define photosynthesis, Understand threats of smog, global warming, erosion, pesticides, and poor garbage disposal, Name the parts of a green plant and describe the function of each of the following: leaves, stems, roots, vascular tissue, stomata, epidermis, intercellular spaces, chloroplasts, chlorophyll, xylem, phloem, cell wall, flower, nectar, petals, sepals, corolla calyx, stamen, anther, filament, pistil, stigma, ovary, ovule, pollen, and more

High School (Grade 9 and Beyond)

• Math – 200+ Skills and Activities
  • Investigate, describe, and predict the effects of changes in m and b on the graph of y=mx + b, Find sums and differences of polynomials, Describe trends and relationships observed in data, make inferences from data, compare the inferences with hypotheses about the data, and explain the differences between the inferences and the hypotheses, and more

• ELA – 200+ Skills and Activities
  • Practice visual/kinesthetic modalities, Interpret the main conflict or problem, Write about specific decisions made by characters, and more

• Science – 100+ Skills and Activities
  • Understand the characteristics of life: nutrition, movement, excretion, synthesis, respiration, sensitivity, growth, and reproduction, Investigate renewable energy sources such as solar, hydroelectric, wind, geothermal, and nuclear fission and fusion; discuss their advantages and drawbacks, Understand DNA and its role in the transmission of genetic information, and more