- Scottsdale Unified School District
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Middle School Curriculum
Information
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Curriculum Resources and Textbooks
Curriculum and Textbooks
All content areas in SUSD teach the Arizona State Standards specific to each grade level and course. For more information on the Arizona Department of Education Academic State Standards, please visit the Arizona Department of Education website at: www.azed.gov. Click on the brochures, below, to learn what SUSD students are expected to master at each grade level.
Sixth Grade Curriculum Brochure
SUSD Textbooks and Instructional Materials
Click on the links below to learn of District adopted instructional materials in all areas:
English Language Arts
Mathematics
Science
Social Studies
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ELA Middle School Supplemental Book List
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Grading Practices & Report Cards
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Middle Level Honors - English Language Arts
SUSD offers Honors level coursework in English Language Arts at all middle schools, grades 6-8. The Honors ELA course is designed to provide a rigorous, enriched curriculum that sets higher expectations for students’ performance. This course engages students in the development of critical analysis, reasoning and independent skills and establishes a strong foundation for AP coursework and college readiness.
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Middle Level Math Information
Middle Level Math Information
Middle School Accelerated Math
MS Math Trajectory
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Naviance - Supporting College and Career Readiness
SUSD provides a great planning tool called Naviance for your middle level student. Naviance is a college and career planning resource for students beginning in the 6th grade to help them plan their educational path, including their Educational Career and Action Plan (ECAP). While using Naviance, students can complete inventories that will help define their strengths and interests. Within Naviance, your student will begin to participate in activities such as Goal Setting, Career Exploration, Course Planning, and High School Readiness. Each Middle School student will pay an ECAP fee of five dollars ($5) at the beginning of the school year, and students will receive a personal access code.
Naviance provides comprehensive tools that your child can use with their school counselor to help them make plans about courses, colleges and careers. Students will continue to utilize the program through high school. Naviance features allow you and your child to:
- Get involved in the planning and advising process – Build a resume, complete online surveys, and manage timelines and deadlines for making decisions about colleges and careers
- Research colleges – Compare GPA, standardized test scores, and other statistics to actual historical data from our school for students who have applied and been admitted in the past
- Research careers – Research hundreds of careers and career clusters, and take career assessments like the Do What You Are® test
- Create plans for the future – Build course plans, create goals and action plans, and complete tasks assigned to you by the school to better prepare yourself for your future college and career goals
Naviance can be used to share information with you and your child about upcoming meetings and events, local scholarship opportunities and other resources for college and career information.
For more information on Naviance, please click on link http://www.naviance.com/.
We hope you find this opportunity for your student helpful as we work together on your student’s academic and social growth. Feel free to contact your school’s counselor if you have any questions.
Family Connection Parent Guide
Family Connection Student Guide -
ParentVUE/StudentVUE
Continuing this 2017-18 school year, all teacher classroom pages can be found in ParentVUE/StudentVUE. Information such as classroom updates, information on assignments, grades, attendance and demographic information can be found in this convenient application. If you don’t already have a ParentVUE account, please contact your school office to find out how to obtain one.
ParentVUE and StudentVUE Guide
ParentVUE Guide to Teacher Pages
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Technology
Technology
Student Accounts in Scottsdale USD
Parent Technology Guide for SUSD
ParentVUE Access
ParentVUE/StudentVUE (Grades) Getting Started GuideClass Website Information for Parents
Discovery Education Streaming
Bring your Own Technology
There is no specific device that is required or recommended. If you choose to buy your student a device, please shop within your financial comfort level. Ideally, the device should be able to connect to Wi-Fi, have an Internet browser, digital camera, calendar and access to e-mail. A data plan is not necessary. The device is not meant to take the place of a computer for word processing or accessing District resources such as SuccessMaker or other programs that require a Flash player. Campus computers are available for those purposes. The following chart demonstrates the capabilities of 3 popular operating systems for mobile devices: Android, Windows, and Apple iOS. There are many devices that operate on these systems; SUSD does not endorse any device or operating system.
Bring Your Own Technology FAQ
BYOT Responsible Use