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Mission Statement

The mission of the Jennings School District is to empower students to become goal directed, successful, and ethical citizens through a results driven school/community which promotes cognitive, social and emotional growth while maximizing student achievement and creativity.

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Foreword

The Jennings School District is committed to providing its students with an instructional program of the highest quality. The curriculum is the heart of an instructional program. Curriculum includes the content to be taught, the instructional strategies and methods used, the instructional resources utilized, and the means by which learning is assessed. This curriculum guide provides a blueprint or map for teachers to use in implementing the curriculum.

The classroom teacher is the most critical person in the implementation of a curriculum. They possess a knowledge of the subject matter, various instructional and assessment strategies, and most importantly, a knowledge of the strengths and weaknesses of their students. For this reason, Jennings teachers have developed this curriculum guide. They have developed the objectives, the instructional strategies, and the assessment strategies in a format that is useful to them in their daily instructional planning.

This Curriculum Guide is the product of a multi-leveled process. At the first level are the Missouri Show-Me Standards and Grade Level Expectations. These are Missouri's broad and clearly defined academic expectations for all graduates. At the next level are the District Goals For Graduates, a set of academic expectations from all subject areas for graduates of the Jennings School District. The Content Area Goals For Graduates comprise the third level. These are the academic expectations from the specific content area department of the Jennings School District (Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies, Fine Arts, Practical Arts, Health & Physical Education, Guidance). These goals guide the formation of the individual course objectives, which are contained in this guide. The course objectives state the broad learning outcomes for each grade level or course within a subject area.

In addition, each teacher develops more specific unit objectives, which provide specific detail for the content and skills taught within each course or unit of study. The teachers also developed instructional and assessment activities to address course and unit objectives. Examples of such activities are included with each objective in the curriculum guide.

The curriculum was developed and is maintained through the use of Curriculum Designer from Edvision, an electronic curriculum tool that correlates the curriculum to state and national standards. The curriculum is reviewed and revised regularly as determined through analysis of student performance data in each content area.

Greg Clark, Ed.D.
Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction

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Introduction

The Missouri Show-Me Standards were published by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in March 1996.

"All Missourians are eager to ensure that graduates of Missouri’s public schools have the knowledge, skills and competencies essential to leading productive, fulfilling and successful lives as they continue their education, enter the workforce and assume their civic responsibilities. Schools need to establish high expectations that will challenge all students to reach their maximum potential. To that end, the Outstanding Schools Act of 1993 called together master teachers, parents and policy-makers from around the state to create Missouri academic standards. These proposed standards are the work of that group.

The standards are built around the belief that the success of Missouri’s students depends on both a solid foundation of knowledge and skills and the ability of students to apply their knowledge and skills to the kinds of problems and decisions they will likely encounter after they graduate.

The academic standards incorporate and strongly promote the understanding that active, hands-on learning will benefit students of all ages. By integrating and applying basic knowledge and skills in practical and challenging ways across all disciplines, students experience learning that is more engaging and motivating. Such learning stays in the mind long after the tests are over and acts as a springboard to success beyond the classroom.

These standards for students are not a curriculum. Rather, the standards serve as a blueprint from which local school districts may write challenging curriculum to help all students achieve their maximum potential. Missouri law assures local control of education. Each school district will determine how its curriculum will be structured and the best methods to implement that curriculum in the classroom."

The Missouri academic standards are grouped around four goals.

GOAL 1: Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to gather, analyze and apply information and ideas.
Students will demonstrate within and integrate across all content areas the ability to
    1. develop questions and ideas to initiate and refine research
    2. conduct research to answer questions and evaluate information and ideas
    3. design and conduct field and laboratory investigations to study nature and society
    4. use technological tools and other resources to locate, select and organize information
    5. comprehend and evaluate written, visual and oral presentations and works
    6. discover and evaluate patterns and relationships in information, ideas and structures
    7. evaluate the accuracy of information and the reliability of its sources
    8. organize data, information and ideas into useful forms (including charts, graphs, outlines) for analysis or presentation
    9. identify, analyze and compare the institutions, traditions and art forms of past and present societies
    10. apply acquired information, ideas and skills to different contexts as students, workers, citizens and consumers

GOAL 2: Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to communicate effectively within and beyond the classroom.
Students will demonstrate within and integrate across all content areas the ability to
    1. plan and make written, oral and visual presentations for a variety of purposes and audiences
    2. review and revise communications to improve accuracy and clarity
    3. exchange information, questions and ideas while recognizing the perspectives of others
    4. present perceptions and ideas regarding works of the arts, humanities and sciences
    5. perform or produce works in the fine and practical arts
    6. apply communication techniques to the job search and to the workplace
    7. use technological tools to exchange information and ideas

GOAL 3: Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to recognize and solve problems.
Students will demonstrate within and integrate across all content areas the ability to
    1. identify problems and define their scope and elements
    2. develop and apply strategies based on ways others have prevented or solved problems
    3. develop and apply strategies based on one’s own experience in preventing or solving problems
    4. evaluate the processes used in recognizing and solving problems
    5. reason inductively from a set of specific facts and deductively from general premises
    6. examine problems and proposed solutions from multiple perspectives
    7. evaluate the extent to which a strategy addresses the problem
    8. assess costs, benefits and other consequences of proposed solutions

GOAL 4: Students in Missouri public schools will acquire the knowledge and skills to make decisions and act as responsible members of society.
Students will demonstrate within and integrate across all content areas the ability to
    1. explain reasoning and identify information used to support decisions
    2. understand and apply the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in Missouri and the United States
    3. analyze the duties and responsibilities of individuals in societies
    4. recognize and practice honesty and integrity in academic work and in the workplace
    5. develop, monitor and revise plans of action to meet deadlines and accomplish goals
    6. identify tasks that require a coordinated effort and work with others to complete those tasks
    7. identify and apply practices that preserve and enhance the safety and health of self and others
    8. explore, prepare for and seek educational and job opportunities


The Missouri Curriculum Framework has included assessment annotations in the areas of Mathematics, Language Arts, and Science that were developed in 1996.


The Missouri Framework for Curriculum Development was published in 1996, and contains information for the areas of Mathematics, Communication Arts, and Science.

In 2003, Missouri, in compliance with federal No Child Left Behind legislation, developed Grade Level Expectations. These expectations provide clear direction relative to specific content to be taught in each core content area at each grade level.

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Other Information

District Goals For Graduates
Board Approved September 24, 2001
As a result of their education in the Jennings School District, students will:

1.    Gather, organize, and analyze information utilizing various tools and sources.
(Library materials, technological tools).
(1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.7)
2.    Utilize information from varied sources to solve problems.
(3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.7)
3.    Utilize information to develop informed opinions, and to support and communicate those opinions to others.
(1.8, 2.3, 2.7, 4.1)
4.    Read at grade level or above, both for pleasure and utilizing skills of critical analysis to make informed judgments about information.
(1.2, 1.5, 1.6)
5.    Communicate effectively with others through a variety of modes (written, oral, visual, multimedia etc.).
(1.8, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4, 2.6, 2.7)
6.    Apply the processes and knowledge learned from experience and study to new situations and tasks.
(1.3, 1.8, 1.10, 2.6, 3.3)
7.    Actively exercise their rights and responsibilities as members of the American democratic society, supporting and defending their convictions.
(1.7, 1.10, 3.8, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4)
8.    Listen to and seek to understand multiple perspectives on issues.
(1.2, 1.7, 2.3, 3.6, 4.1)
9.    Make informed and responsible decisions regarding the health and well being of themselves and others.
(1.7, 1.10, 3.8, 4.1, 4.2, 4.7)
10.    Appreciate aesthetic aspects of various works in art, music, literature, etc.
(1.9, 2.4)
11.    Produce and evaluate visual and performed works in the fine and practical arts.
(2.5)
12.    Demonstrate initiative to formulate, organize, and implement a task to completion.
(1.1, 1.3, 1.8, 4.5)
13.    Work cooperatively with others to accomplish a task.
(4.4, 4.5, 4.6)
14.    Adapt to changing conditions.
(1.10, 4.5)
15.    Persevere when facing challenges and obstacles.
(3.6, 4.5, 4.8)


CURRICULUM CORRELATION CODES

The following codes will be used to correlate the curriculum at the various levels of standards.


SG    -    Show Me Goals
MA     -     Show Me Math Standards
CA    -    Show Me Communication Arts Standards
SC    -    Show Me Science Standards
SS    -    Show Me Social Studies Standards
FA    -    Show Me Fine Arts Standards
HPE-    Show Me Health/Physical Education Standards
DG    -     District Goals for Graduates
MGG-    Mathematics Goals for Graduates
CAGG-    Communication Arts Goals for Graduates
SGG-    Science Goals for Graduates
SSGG-    Social Studies Goals for Graduates
FG    -    Fine Arts Goals for Graduates
HPEG-    Health/PE Goals for Graduates
PAG-    Practical Arts Goals for Graduates
FLG-    Foreign Language Goals for Graduates
ROTC-    ROTC Goals for Graduates

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Copyright Information

Copyright 2001, EdVISION.com Corp. and
School District of Jennings
2559 Dorwood
Jennings, MO 63136



School District of Jennings, 2002, all rights reserved


The Curriculum was approved by the Jennings Board of Education on January 14, 2002.

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