家庭學校 9 年級完整課程：個人化、STEM 和基於專案的

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Looking for a fun, high-interest, and engaging learning group for your 9th grader? This course is individualized so each and every student is working on their own plan while still being able to learn with their peers. For over 10 years we have worked with homeschoolers in a microschool co-op Ms. Iman started. Our Kind Curriculum©️ is engaging, project-based, and sparks the wonder in our students. 

Our curriculum covers the following:
🗣️Language Arts Skills 
➗ Math Skills 
😁Social Emotional Skills 
🎓 Leadership Skills
💸 Entrepreneurship
🔬STEM Skills 
✍️Writing Skills 
🧪Science Skills 
📖Reading Comprehension Skills
🎨 Art Skills 

During this class students will be able to build connections and friendships with peers while having fun learning all the skills they need to know during 9th grade.   Our courses are short and done with very small groups of learners so students can really have the chance to have the attention of the teacher and connect with other students. 

Each class covers the following
Day 1: Math: 30 minutes of group fluency, minilessons, and Word Problems, 20 minutes of independent lessons where students work through fluency, concept development, and independent practice at their own pace with precise and supportive digital and teacher feedback.

Unit 1: The Real Number System
Pretest: The Real Number System
Discussion: The Real Number System
Expressions
Linear Equations
Radical Expressions
Course Activity: Relationships Between Real Numbers
Unit Activity: The Real Number System
Post Test: The Real Number System
Unit 2: Linear Equations
Pretest: Linear Equations
Discussion: Linear Equations
Solving Linear Equations
Solving Advanced Linear Equations
Solving Literal Equations
Solving Linear Inequalities
Post Test: Linear Equations
Unit 3: Functions
Pretest: Functions
Discussion: Functions
Graphing Relations
Functions
Function Notation
Inverse Functions
Unit Activity: Functions
Post Test: Functions
Unit 4: Linear Relationships
Pretest: Linear Relationships
Discussion: Linear Relationships
Slope and Graphing
Writing Linear Functions and Equations
Linear Function Transformations
Unit Activity: Linear Relationships
Post Test: Linear Relationships
Unit 5: Special Linear Relationships
Pretest: Special Linear Relationships
Discussion: Special Linear Relationships
Special Lines
Direct Variation
Representing Data
Using Models from Data
Linear Inequalities
Unit Activity: Special Linear Relationships
Post Test: Special Linear Relationships
Unit 6: Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
Pretest: Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
Discussion: Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
Systems of Linear Equations
Writing and Solving Systems Using Substitution
Writing and Solving Systems Using Elimination
Systems of Inequalities
Unit Activity: Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
Post Test: Systems of Linear Equations and Inequalities
Unit 7: Descriptive Statistics
Pretest: Descriptive Statistics
Discussion: Descriptive Statistics
Visual Representations of Data
Comparing Data Sets
Two-Way Frequency Tables
Unit Activity: Descriptive Statistics
Post Test: Descriptive Statistics
End of Semester Test: Algebra 1A

Day 2: English Language Arts and Writing Skills with minutes minilessons and discussions to include stories, reading comprehension skill building, videos, poetry, and Writing Assignments with feedback

Unit 1: Page Turners and Plot Twists
Pretest: Page Turners and Plot Twists
Analyzing How Order of Events Creates Tension in "The Monkey's Paw"
Examining the Relationship Between Pacing and Tension in "The Monkey's Paw"
Analyzing How Pacing and Structure Create Suspense in "New Chicago"
Analyzing Theme Development in "New Chicago"
Comparing a Text to Source Material in "The Monkey's Paw" and "New Chicago"
Examining the Relationship Between Structure and Effect in "Games at Twilight"
Analyzing Nuance in Words in "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Unit Activity: Write a Literature Analysis on Authorial Techniques
Discussion: Page Turners and Plot Twists
Post Test: Page Turners and Plot Twists
Unit 2: Leaving a Legacy
Pretest: Leaving a Legacy
Analyzing Theme Development through Details and Parallel Structure in "If"
Examining the Order of Ideas in “Yangon’s Hero, Wielding Power of Stop and Go”
Evaluating Evidence in an Informational Text
Analyzing Argument in "Letter from Frederick Douglass to Harriet Tubman"
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Michelle Obama's Argument in Her Health and Nutrition Speech
Analyzing Character Interactions in "An Hour with Abuelo"
Analyzing Theme Development in "An Hour with Abuelo"
Researching What It Takes to Make a Difference
Unit Activity: Write an Argument on What it Takes to Make a Difference
Discussion: Leaving a Legacy
Post Test: Leaving a Legacy
Unit 3: Looking Inward
Pretest: Looking Inward
Determining the Central Idea in "The Cutting of My Long Hair"
Analyzing Central Idea Development in "By Any Other Name"
Analyzing Word Choice in "By Any Other Name"
Comparing Point of View in "The Cutting of My Long Hair" and "By Any Other Name"
Analyzing How Ideas are Developed and Refined in "Ingles in Thirty Minutes"
Analyzing Text Structure in The Story of My Life
Analyzing Two Accounts of Helen Keller's Life
Planning and Developing Your Writing with Model Texts
Unit Activity: Write a Personal Narrative Exploring Identity
Discussion: Looking Inward
Post Test: Looking Inward
Unit 4: A Natural Balance
Pretest: A Natural Balance
Using Vocabulary and Summarizing Strategies in "Survival is Your Own Responsibility"
Analyzing How Authors Connect Ideas in "Survival is Your Own Responsibility"
Analyzing the Development of Theme in "To Build a Fire"
Analyzing How Ideas are Developed and Refined in "Nobel Goes for Developing Drugs from Nature"
Determining Technical Meanings in "Clean Tech Rises Again"
Drawing Connections Between Ideas in "The Wild Parks and Forest Reservations of the West"
Examining Rhetoric and Point of View in the Speech "All-of-the-Above"
Analyzing Point of View and Central Idea in Texts
Unit Activity: Write an Expository Essay Explaining Humans' Role in Nature
Discussion: A Natural Balance
Post Test: A Natural Balance
End of Semester Test: English 9, Semester A

Day 3: Hands-on Project-Based Learning Activity and  Individual Work Time to include Art, Social Studies, Science, and STEM projects. Projects will typically cover optional assignments from the book we are working on that week

Unit 1: Structure and Properties of Matter
Pretest: Structure and Properties of Matter
Discussion: Structure and Properties of Matter
Introduction to Physical Science
Course Activity: Examining Matter
Matter Around Us
Course Activity: Building Models of Atomic Arrangements
Energy and Changes in State
Course Activity: Observing a Change in State
Atoms and Elements
Unit Activity: Structure and Properties of Matter
Post Test: Structure and Properties of Matter
Unit 2: Chemical Reactions
Pretest: Chemical Reactions
Discussion: Chemical Reactions
Course Activity: Observing a Chemical Reaction
Properties and Chemical Reactions
Atoms in Chemical Reactions
Energy Changes in Chemical Reactions
Course Activity: Building a Device that Uses Energy from Chemical Reactions
Synthetic Materials
Unit Activity: Chemical Reactions
Post Test: Chemical Reactions
Unit 3: Forces and Motion
Pretest: Forces and Motion
Discussion: Forces and Motion
Course Activity: Exploring Forces
Motion and Motion Graphs
Using Forces to Predict Motion
Course Activity: Investigating Forces and Motion
Collisions
Course Activity: Designing a Car Bumper
Simple Machines
Unit Activity: Forces and Motion
Post Test: Forces and Motion
End of Semester Test: Physical Science A

I pride myself on being a loving, engaging, and Kind teacher as do all of our teachers at Kind Academy. We value student opinions and like them to have a chance to interact with each other. Our teachers use hands-on props, videos, songs, and stories to engage with learners.