Intermediate Education

A shift in how educators approach reading with students is renewing an authentic love for learning in secondary schools across Clear Creek Independent School District. The goal in all English Language Arts classes in grades 6-12 is to give students a choice and voice in what types of books they want to read. The student choice is within a given framework to ensure each child is reading a book at or above his or her reading level. Students self-select and read novels independently for sustained amounts of time while reading a wide variety of diverse informational and literary texts that are relevant to the students’ lives.

At each grade level, students master previously learned language arts skills while reading and writing increasingly complex refined texts. Students make inferences and synthesize within and across texts, citing multiple sources of text evidence that support their understandings. They read novels and non-fiction texts of their choosing, as well as excerpts from classic and contemporary fiction, and informational articles. They write in various genres including expository, narrative, persuasive, and literary response, with refined focus, word choice, and sentence structures. Students search and evaluate multiple sources of information in support of expository essays and personal interests, and evaluate the purposes and effects of graphics, film, print, and digital texts. Eighth-grade students also create digital, oral, and/or written presentations using a genre of writing that helps accomplish their purpose and considers their intended audience.

Grade 6 Science is a hands-on course in which students learn science skills and concepts. The skills and concepts are integrated into an environment stressing verbal and written communication as well as teamwork. Students will extend their knowledge of matter, including elements, compounds, and mixtures. Students will investigate force, motion, and energy. Earth processes, including the organization of our solar system, the role of gravity, and space exploration, will be explored. Students will also gain an understanding of the broadest taxonomic classifications of organisms and how characteristics determine their classification.

Grade 7 Science is a hands-on course in which students learn science skills and concepts. The skills and concepts are integrated into an environment stressing verbal and written communication as well as teamwork. Students will explore the relationship between living organisms and their environment. Students will explore how organisms obtain energy, get rid of waste, grow and reproduce, including how traits pass between generations. Cell structure and function will also be studied.

Grade 8 Science is a hands-on course in which students learn science skills and concepts. The skills and concepts are integrated into an environment stressing verbal and written communication as well as teamwork. Students will expand their understanding of chemistry, including atoms, chemical formulas, chemical reactions, and equations. Students will experiment with the relationship between force and motion and relate these to geologic processes and astronomical phenomena. The role of natural events in altering Earth systems will be explored including tides, plate tectonics, and weather. The interdependence between organisms and the environment will be further explored. 

Grade 6 Math: The course focuses on concepts and skills using ratios to describe proportional relationships involving numbers, geometry, measurement, and probability, as well as operations with decimals and fractions.

Grade 7 Math: The primary focal areas are number and operations; proportionality; expressions, equations, and relationships; and measurement and data. Students use concepts, algorithms, and properties of rational numbers to explore mathematical relationships and to describe increasingly complex situations.

Grade 8 Math: The primary focal areas are proportionality; expressions, equations, relationships, and foundations of functions; and measurement and data. Students use concepts, algorithms, and properties of rational numbers to explore mathematical relationships and to describe increasingly complex situations.

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If you have questions about daily lessons and assignments, please contact your student's teacher.

If you have questions about the curriculum offered to your student, please contact Tracy Pattat, Secondary Math Coordinator, via email at tpattat@ccisd.net or phone at 281-284-0092.

Grade 6: Students use basic social studies skills to study societies and places of the contemporary world.
Societies selected for study are chosen from the following regions of the world: Europe, Russia, and the Eurasian Republics, North America, Middle America, South America, Southwest Asia, North Africa, Sub-Sahara Africa, South Asia, East Asia, Southeast Asia, Australia, and the Pacific Realm.

Grade 7: Students study the history of Texas from early times to the present. Students compare regions of Texas and the distribution of population within and among the regions and explain the factors that caused Texas to change from an agrarian to an urban society. Students describe the structure and functions of municipal, county, and state governments, explain the influence of the U.S. Constitution on the Texas Constitution, and examine the rights and responsibilities of Texas citizens.

Grade 8: Students study in-depth the history of the United States from the early colonial period through
Reconstruction, which is the first part of a two-year study of U.S. history. The second part, comprising U. S. history since Reconstruction to the present, is provided at the high school level.

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If you have questions about daily lessons and assignments, please contact your student's teacher.

If you have questions about the curriculum offered to your student, please contact Mary Baca, via email at mbaca@ccisd.net.