Courses and Syllabi

To promote Transparency for Trust, all EMS course syllabi are included below. Syllabi include all course topics and other information for parents. 

Course Teacher Syllabus Unit & Title of Units
 Language Arts Grade 7

Ms. Emma Czaplinski

 Ms. Sarah Cortina

 

Unit 1: Book Pairs: Making Inferences about Character Motivations and Relationships 
Unit 2: Analyzing and Developing Themes in The Outsiders and Realistic Fiction Book Clubs 
Unit 3: Literary Essay: Theme 
Unit 4: Reading Like a Writer - Realistic Fiction Book Clubs 
Unit 5: Nonfiction Book & Article Clubs 
Unit 6: Modern Retelling of Classic Fantasy 
Unit 7: Creative Writing

Language Arts Grade 8 Mrs. Jaime Shea
Ms. Tara Prochorena
 

Unit 1: Investigating Perspective: Monster by Walter Dean Myers
Unit 2: Memoir Writing
Unit 3: Dystopian Fiction: The Giver & Book Clubs
Unit 4: Literary Essay: Interdisciplinary Analysis
Unit 5: Holocaust: Informational & Narrative Nonfiction 
Unit 6: Poetry


 
 Math
Grade 7

Mr. Scott Curtis

Mrs. Marissa Culver

 

Unit 1:  Proportional Relationships 
Unit 2: Scale Drawings 
Unit 3:  Circles 
Unit 4:  Percents
Unit 5:  Rational Number Operations 
Unit 6:  Expressions, Equations, and Inequalities 
Unit 7:  Angles, Surface Area and Volume 
Unit 8:  Probability

Math  Grade 8 Mrs. Christina Knickerbocker
Mrs. Erica Bushior
 

Unit 1: Transformations, Congruence, & Similarity
Unit 2: Linear Relationships
Unit 3: Linear Equations & Systems
Unit 4: Volume & Functions
Unit 5: Associations in Data
Unit 6: PT
Unit 7: Exponents & Scientific Notation


 

 Science
Grade 7

Mrs. Nicole Bolduc

Ms. Amy Hetherington-Coy

Unit 1: Plate Tectonics
Unit 2: Forces and Motion
Unit 3: Sound 
Unit 4: Cells and Body Systems
Science Grade 8  

Mrs. Andrea Sias

Mrs. Kelly Knotts


 
 

Unit 1: Cycling of Matter
Unit 2: Genetics
Unit 3: Genetic Technology
Unit 4: Natural Selection
Unit 5: Evidence of Common Ancestry
Unit 6: Patterns in Space


 

Social Studies

Grade 7

Mrs. Rachel Dio-Rand
Mrs. Rebecca Derby
 

Unit 1: Geography
Unit 2: Ancient Civilizations
Unit 3: Contemporary Issues
Unit 4: Refugee Book Club

Social Studies Grade 8  

Vibert-Johnson

Ferraro


 
 

Unit 1: The Foundations of Early America
Unit 2: The Creation and Application of U.S. GovernmentUnit
3: Early American Foreign and Domestic Policy
Unit
4: An Expanding Nation


 
Spanish 1A  

McSherry

 

Unidad 1: Introducción (Introduction)
Unidad 2: ¿Cuándo? (When? ; Days, months, time)
Unidad 3: Adjetivos y actividades (Adjectives and Activities)
Unidad 4: Mi escuela (My School)
Unidad 5: Mi familia (My Family)
Unidad 6: La comida (Food)
Unidad 7: Repaso (Review)


 
Spanish 1B
Hernandez-Jimenez
 

Unit 1: Todo sobre mi (All about me).
Unit 2: En familia (Family and descriptions review)
Unit 3: Está de moda-Clothing/weather unit.
Unit 4: Celebraciones latinas y españolas- Traditions and Holidays in Spain-Latin America.
Unit 5: Mi casa es su casa- House unit
Unit 6: Vamos de viaje viaje-traveling unit.
Unit 7: Maria en Miami-short novela- TPR reader
Unit 8: Estilo de vida activo- deportes-Sports/body unit.

French 1A
Mrs. Buffey Harris-Fogarty
 

Unit 1: Ma boîte à outils 
Unit 2 : Je me présente (I introduce myself) 
Unit 3 :  Ma journée (My day)
Unit 4 : A l’école (At school) 
Unit 5 : Mes préférences (My preferences)
Unit 6:  Ma famille (My family & pets)
*Unit 7: Mon portrait (My self-portrait)                   *time dependent

French 1B

Ms. Buffey Harris- Fogarty

Ms. Jordin Patten

 

Unit 8 : Mon style (My style) 
Unit 9 : Chez moi (My home) 
Unit 10 : Ma ville (My town)  
Unit 11: Mon weekend (My weekend)
Unit 12: Marie à Miami 
Unit 13: (4B) : A table! (At the table) 
Unit 14: (4B.2) : Au café (At the café)  *time dependent 

 


 
PE/Health Grade 7 Mr. Eric Senger
Mrs. Emily Bissell

Unit 1: Physical Education
Unit 2: Health Education

PE/Health 
Grade 8

Mr. Eric Senger
Mrs. Emily Bissell

Unit 1: Physical Education
Unit 2: Health Education

Music Grade 7 Ms. Olivia Grimard
Mrs. Stephanie Neeson

GM7-1 - Bucket Drums - Unit Cover Sheet
GM7- 2 - Ukulele - Unit Cover Sheet
GM7-3 - Piano - Unit Cover Sheet
GM7- 4 - Composition - Unit Cover Sheet
GM7-5 - Program and Movie Music - Unit Cover Sheet
Music Grade 8 Ms. Olivia Grimard
Mrs. Stephanie Neeson

GM8-1 - World Drumming: Djembe - Unit Cover Sheet
GM8-2 - Guitar - Unit Cover Sheet
GM8-3 - Piano - Unit Cover Sheet
GM8-4 - Composition - Unit Cover Sheet
GM8-5 - The Blues and Jazz - Unit Cover Sheet
GM8-6 - Pop Music - Unit Cover Sheet
Art Grade 7 Mrs. Kelley Griffin
7th Grade Art Survey
Art Grade 8 Mrs. Kelley Griffin
8th Grade Art Survey
Computers Grade 7 Mrs. Karen Nigro
7th Grade Computers
Computers Grade 8 Mrs. Karen Nigro
8th Grade Computers
Tech Ed Grade 7 Mr. John Collins
7th Grade Tech Ed Cover Sheet
Tech Ed Grade 8 Mr. John Collins
8th Grade Tech Ed Cover Sheet
Academic Literacy Grade 7 Mr. Stephen Donovan  

7th Grade Academic Literacy Unit Cover Sheet

Academic Literacy Grade 8 Mr. Stephen Donovan  

8th Grade Academic Literacy Unit Cover Sheet

Band Grade 7 Mrs. Stephanie Neeson
Band 7- Winter Performance Unit Cover Sheet
Band 7- Music Literacy Unit Cover Sheet
Band 7- Spring Performance Unit Cover Sheet
Band 7- Movie Music Unit Cover Sheet
Band Grade 8


Mrs. Stephanie Neeson

Band 8- Winter Performance Unit Cover Sheet
Band 8 - The Blues Unit Cover Sheet
Band 8- Spring Performance Unit Cover Sheet
Band 8 - Popular Music Unit Cover Sheet
Chorus Grade 7 Ms. Olivia Grimard C7- 1 - 7th Grade Winter Chorus - Unit Cover Sheet
C7- 2 - Musical Theater - Unit Cover Sheet
C7- 3 - 7th Grade Spring Chorus - Unit Cover Sheet
C7- 4 - Movie Music - Unit Cover Sheet
Chorus Grade 8 Ms. Olivia Grimard C8-1 - 8th Winter Chorus - Unit Cover Sheet
C8-2 - Vocal Masterclass - Unit Cover Sheet
C8-3 - 8th Spring Chorus - Unit Cover Sheet
C8-4 - Pop Music - Unit Cover Sheet
Literacy Lab (PRIDE only)    

Reynolds

Raphael

Schumacher


 
Math Lab (PRIDE only)    

Trout

Raphael

Sztaba


 

Decoding

(PRIDE only)

   

Reynolds

Semerzakis

Schumacher