2011 Thriving Minds Summer Camp Integrated Curriculum

The Thriving Minds Summer Camp Curriculum was created to enhance the summer learning experience of Dallas ISD students by providing teachers with new tools with which to meet student needs. Curriculum for both middle and elementary school is project-based, offering students hands-on and creative learning opportunities where they focus on complex problems and apply concepts learned in school to find real-life solutions.

For elementary school, integrated instruction mixes the creative experiences offered by music, theatre and other art forms with core subjects like math and science. This approach helps to better address diverse student learning styles and emphasizes creative choice, a strategy to better engage Thriving Minds elementary school students. The middle school curriculum relates classroom subjects to careers, focusing on work and life skills as well as demonstrating to students the relevance of school to their future lives.

The Thriving Minds Summer Camp Curriculum was created in a partnership between Big Thought, Dallas ISD and nationally-recognized curriculum writers, with funding from the Texas Education Agency and JPMorgan Chase.

                     

Week 1-4 at a glance

• Kindergarten
• 1st Grade
• 2nd Grade
• 3rd Grade
• 4th Grade
• Supplemental Music Curriculum (Resources for K-5)
• Supplemental Dance Curriculum (Resources for K-5)

Grade 1

• English Language Art & Social Studies
  • Supporting Materials
    • Alphabet Organizer
    • Graphic Organizers to Support Active Reading Strategies Instruction (Resources for Grades 2-5)
    • Think Marks
    • Word Card (1)
    • Word Card (2)
• Math
  • Supporting Materials
    • Coin Sheets 
    • Counting U.S. Coins (PPT)
    • Skip Counting (PPT)
    • Math Center Ideas for Kindergarten
    • Math Web Resources
    • Symmetry in Chinese Art
    • Time Sheets
       
• Science
  • Supporting Materials
    • Space Fact Files
    • Strange Beaks
    • The Night Sky 
    • What Comes from Plants

Additional Supporting Materials:

• Practice with a Purpose: How Do I Teach Basics without Boredom?
• Progress Report (English)/Progress Report (Spanish)
• I'm a Star Student (booklet)
• Be a Good Citizen (poster)
• Theater Performance Rubric
• Welcome Parents Sign

Grade 2

• English Language Arts
  
• Math 
• Science

Grade 3

• English Language Arts & Social Studies
• Math & Science

Grade 4

• English Language Arts
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
  • The 13 British Colonies
  • The 13 British Colonies (blank)
  • Trails West
  • Trails West (blank)
  • Colonial America 1776
  • United States of America: 1860
  • United States of America: 1860 (blank)

Grade 5

• English Language Arts & Social Studies
• Math
  • Supporting Materials
    • Virtual Math Manipulatives 
    • Math Games, Videos, Virtual Manipulatives and Word Problems  
    • Summer Math Curriculum Outline
    • Place Value Pockets
    • Word Wall Cards
    • TAKS Connections
• Science
  

Additional Supporting Materials:

• 2010 5th Grade Summer Enrichment Curriculum Guide  
• Virtual Math Manipulatives
• Math Games, Videos, Virtual Manipulatives and Word Problems
• Place Value Pockets
• Word Wall Cards
• Summer Math Curriculum Outline
• TAKS Connections
• "The Bad Beginning" Quizzes  

 Grade 6

• English Language Arts
  
• Math 
• Science
• Social Studies

 Grade 7

• English Language Arts
• Math 
• Science
• Social Studies

Grade 8

• English Language Arts
  
• Math 
• Science
• Social Studies

 

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