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CENTRAL CAMBRIA CURRICULUM PLAN

We strive every day to offer a curriculum that includes:

Strict alignment to Pennsylvania Core Standards through Unit Plans Developed by Teachers.

Continuous learning through effective collaboration among the schools of this District.

Continuous access for all students to sufficient programs and services of library/media facility and classroom collection to support the educational programs.

Guidance and counseling services for all students to assist in career and academic planning.

A continuum of educational programs and services for all students with disabilities.

Language Instruction Educational Program for English Learner students, regulation, and Board policy.

Equal educational opportunity for all students.

Career awareness and vocational education.

Educational opportunities for identified gifted students.

Regular and continuous instruction in required safety procedures.

The Framework for K-12 Program Guidelines can be accessed HERE

MIDDLE SCHOOL CURRICULUM MATERIALS:

English Language Arts:

8^th Grade:

Writing and Grammar: Communication in Action – Silver Edition

Carroll, Wilson, Forlini, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2004

Supplemental:

Flight 93: The Story, the Aftermath, and the Legacy of American Courage on 9/11

McMillan, Tom; Lyons Press, Sept. 12, 2014

The Johnstown Flood

David McCullough, Simon and Schuster Paperbacks, 1968

Literature and the Language Arts – Oak Level, Responding to Literature

Various Authors: EMC/Paradigm Publishing, 1997

On the Beach

Shute, Neville; Ballantine Books, Jan. 1974

7^th Grade:

Literature and the Language

Writing and Grammar

Supplemental:

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

The Sign of the Beaver by Elizabeth George Speare

Anne Frank Ten Days by David Colbert

A Christmas Carol (drama adapted by Isaac Horowitz)

The Incredible Journey by Sheila Burnford

Search for the Shadowman by Joan Lowery Nixon

My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighorn George

6^th Grade:

Freak the Mighty

Blue Sky Press, 1993

Max the Mighty

Blue Sky Press, 1998

The Skin I’m In

Jump at the Sun, 2007

Brown Girl Dreaming

Puffin Books, 2016

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

First Scholastic Printing, January, 1998

The Necklace

Guy de Maupassant, 1884

The Gift of the Magi

O. Henry, 1905

Spelling Lessons and Activities (Elements of Language First Course)

Holt Rinehart and Winston, 2009

Mathematics:

8^th Grade:

Online copy of Holt McDougal Algebra I

Online copy of Holt McDougal Math 8

7^th Grade:

Mathematics Grade 7

Bennett, Burger, Chard, Hall, Kennedy, Renfro, Roby, Scheer & Waits

6^th Grade:

Holt McDougal Mathematics Grade 6, Common Core Edition (Not PA Core)

Online Holt access for teachers

Supplemental:

IXL Online

Science:

8^th Grade:

McGraw-Hill Integrated Science

7^th Grade:

Integrated Science

Life Science

6^th Grade:

Integrated Science

McGraw Hill, Inc., 2012 (Textbooks and individual on-line student accounts)

Scott Foresman Science

Addison Wesley Publishers, Inc., 2000

Supplemental:

Physical Science Supplemental Folders on Magnetism, Simple Machines, Energy, Light, Color,

and Sound

McGraw Hill Timed Readings in Science, 2003 (Jamestown Education)

Scholastic’s Science World Magazine Monthly Editions

Scott Foresman Discover Science

1991 Edition

Many articles from the web as appropriate. Recently Newsela. Also utilize the science exploration online that enhances the physical science materials and also reinforces the field trip materials – The Science of Baseball

Social Studies:

8^th Grade:

Geography

Daniel D. Arreola, Marci Smith Deal, James F. Petersen

Supplemental:

Flight 93 (see English Language Arts above)

Johnstown Flood (see English Language Arts above)

7^th Grade:

Creating America

McDougal Littell, 2005

Discovering Our Past – A History of the United States (Early Years)

McGraw-Hill, 2014

6^th Grade:

Discovery Education Techbook, 2015

Questions:

If you have questions regarding the Middle School curriculum, please contact the Middle School Principal, at 814-472-6505.