KANUIKAPONO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL HO'ULU (Grades 7th & 8th) YEAR 1 CURRICULUM OVERVIEW |
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S E M E S T E R O N E |
Subject/ Month |
Hawaiian
Values |
Language
Arts |
Writing |
Social
Studies |
Kukulu
Kumu Hana |
Fine
Arts |
Math |
Science |
Outdoor
Lab / Projects |
Ola
Kino |
Enrichment
Friday |
| Aug/Sept |
Aloha
& Kuleana |
Plot
Analysis Background knowledge Migration Myths |
Editing Migration Myths |
Pacific
Islands Geography and Interdependence |
Identifying
nouns School Protocol Alphabet |
Beginning
Acting- Emotions |
7th-Equations
with variables 8th-Linear Relations |
Ecosystems Data Collection |
Habitat-Coops Safety with Tools Planning a coop |
Stretching
Protocols Non-locomotor skills |
Homaikawa'a Data, Drama, Music |
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| October |
Mahalo
Pila |
Pacific
Legends theme, speech org. author's style & opinion |
Organization Letters from a Canoe |
Pacific
Islands Demographics and Economy |
Introductions;
Emotions Kauai Oli Numbers, Requests |
Acting-
Characterization |
7th-
Equations with variables 8th-Linear Relations |
Interdependence Conduct experiments Auhpua'a Scale Model |
Habitat-Coops Food Chain- Chickens Building |
Physical
Fitness Locomotor Skills Fitness Log |
Homaikawa'a Data, Drama, Music |
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| November |
Kahiau
& Pono |
Analyzing
Texts Whale Rider annotation, inferences |
Responding
to texts Summarizing Details, listening |
Pacific
Migrations Explorer Biographies |
Opinions,
Calendar Analyzing Mele Hawaiian Music |
History
of Theater |
7th-Similarity 8th-Geometry |
Evolution
Archaeology |
Organism-Chicken Data Collection Behavior Investigation |
Total
Body Health Nutrition |
Homaikawa'a Data, Drama, Music |
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| Dec./
Jan |
Lokahi |
Whale
Rider Text influences Draw conclusions |
Book
Report Summarizing Org. facts & details |
European
Influence in the Pacific Explorers Oral Report |
Expressing
Ideas Calendar; verbs Haku Mele, Ipu Heke |
Short
Play Production |
7th-Ration,
Percent 8th-Exponents |
Cell
Theory slides and models |
Organism-Chicken Data Interpretation Sustainability |
Healthy
Behaviors Health Goals Nutrition |
Homaikawa'a Data, Drama, Music |
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S E M E S T E R T W O |
Jan/Feb |
Lokomaika'I |
Research
skills Text Structures Evaluate meaning |
Research
Plan Evaluate Sources Edit, Tone, Voice |
Unification Hawaiian History |
Conversation Hula, Travel Journal Crafts of Hula |
Hula
Crafts Mele |
7th-Inequalities Negative Numbers 8th-Quadratic Formula |
Classifiying Organisms Organism- Fish |
Organism-Fish Propagation |
Tobacco
Use Team Games |
Ike
'Aina Kalalea Uka History of Ko'olau |
| March |
Kuha'o |
Reliable
sources Identify Evidence Interviews |
Organizing
facts Research Paper Citing Sources |
Foreigners
and Missionaries Hawaiian History |
Read
Simple Stories Hula, Phrases Haku Simple Hula |
Hawaiian
Artists Haku Hula |
7th-Linear
Relationships 8th-Geometry |
Survival,
Structures Adaptations Organism-Fish |
Organism-Fish Aquaculture |
Alcohol
& Drug Use Team games |
Ike
'Aina Ko'olau Picture Books |
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| April |
Na'au
pono |
Dialect Literary Devices Vocabulary |
Creative
Writing Personification Editing; clarity |
Sugar
Plantations Mahele |
Hula,
Summarize Stories, Assess Hula |
Mele
and Hula Crafts |
7th-Measurement 8th-Linear System |
Science
Projects Reproduction Genetics |
Aquaculture |
Body Systems | Ike
'Aina Ko'olau Service Learning |
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| May/June |
Ho'ike |
Poetry Stylistic elements Vocabulary |
Poetry Dialect Presentation |
Sugar
Plantations Economics |
Oral
Report or Poem Hula, Written Report Ho'ike |
Ho'ike Marketing Ho'ike Visual Aids |
7th-Probability, Variability 8th-Statistics |
Heredity
and genetics Organism- Fish |
Pollination | Sexual
Health |
Ike
'Aina Ko'olau Ho'ike |
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