Course Repository

This Module is designed to give students additional practice, build knowledge and vocabulary while allowing students greater independence in their learning and an opportunity to gain mastery of the concepts taught in ILC ELA 4: Module 3 The American Revolution.

In this unit, students answer the compelling question “How does a career impact our spending and saving?”. Students will be learning about careers and the levels of post-secondary education needed for those careers. Building this understanding will help students to analyze their choices, and possible consequences, when budgeting for spending and savings for the future.

In this unit, students answer the compelling question “What key decisions influence whether a community thrives?” Students will learn about choices and consequences focusing on cooperation and citizenship as students analyze historical images and documents that help to tell the story of Buxton, Iowa.

This Module is designed to give students additional practice, build knowledge and vocabulary while allowing students greater independence in their learning and an opportunity to gain mastery of the concepts taught in ILC ELA 5: Module 4 The Impact of Natural Disasters.

In this unit, students will focus on Earth's place in the universe. As students move through the unit, they will engage in various inquiry-based experiences to develop an understanding of one main idea:" The Earth is always changing."

In this unit, students answer the compelling question “How do people overcome hardships?”. Students will investigate the time period of the Great Depression. Students will also study the Dust Bowl and the New Deal as part of this era. Students will use the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) as they analyze sources, evaluate information, gather evidence and make claims using a variety of primary and secondary sources.

In this unit, students answer the compelling question “What opportunities does the right to vote provide?”. Students will take a closer look at the amendments and federal acts that ensured voting rights for all in the United States. Students will create quality questions to guide their inquiry, and analyze the credibility of primary and secondary sources to find evidence from many perspectives about the right to vote.

In this unit, students answer the compelling question “How can we be responsible with money?” Students will use various strategies as well as classroom discussion to demonstrate their understanding of the importance of being responsible with money.

In this unit, students answer the compelling question “ How do personal needs determine how people spend and save their money?”. Students will learn about the following financial literacy concepts: a want versus a need, a secure password versus an insecure password, and spending versus saving.

In this module, students will demonstrate their understanding of the literary concept of point of view while they learn about the American Revolution. In Unit 1, students build background knowledge about the Revolutionary War and the different perspectives of colonists. Students closely read informational texts about other perspectives on the American Revolution to determine the main idea, analyze the overall structure, and summarize the text. In the second half of the unit, students read about different groups within the Loyalists and Patriots, read informational texts to determine the main idea, analyze the overall structure of the text, and summarize the texts. In Unit 2, students read the historical fiction play "Divided Loyalties" by Gare Thompson to deepen their understanding of the Patriot and Loyalist perspectives (point of view). In this unit, students continue to explore colonial perspectives on the American Revolution with a focus on a family divided by their perspectives. Finally, in Unit 3, students use their research on the Revolutionary War and their understanding of perspectives (point of view) to write an opinion piece from the Patriot perspective (point of view), outlining reasons the colonists should join the Patriot's cause, in the form of a poster (proclamation). Students make a poster from the Loyalists' perspective for the end of the unit assessment. For the Final Performance Task, students consider both sides and discuss whether they would or would not have supported the American Revolution had they lived during colonial times.

This course introduces students to the early history of the United States. Students will study the following topics: European settlement of North America; the establishment of British colonies; the American Revolution; the foundations of American government and politics; and civic institutions of the United States.

In this unit, students answer the compelling question “How does our culture make us similar or different?” Students will use strategies to ask and answer questions and consider different perspectives across the social studies disciplines while analyzing a variety of sources.

In this module, students will continue to build on their knowledge of pollinators from Module 3 as they deepen their literacy skills and build citizenship. Specifically, students explore the module guiding questions: "Why should people help pollinators to survive? How can I take action to help pollinators?" In Unit 1, students will explore folktales and fables. Students will engage in a close read-aloud, focused read alouds, and independent reading and learn to determine the central message of the folktales and fables. Students will learn to compare and contrast reading passages. Students are supported in their comprehension with the Role Play Protocol, text-dependent questions, and note-taking. In Unit 2, students will continue their study of pollinators by reading and writing opinion pieces. Students will draft an opinion piece about why butterflies are important to plants and animals, using reasons collected on the class notes to support their opinions. In Unit 3, students will apply their knowledge about plants and pollinators to help one important pollinator, butterflies. For their performance task, students are invited to take action by creating a wildflower seed packet to then give to a visitor at the Celebration of Learning. This performance task includes a high-quality colored pencil drawing of a butterfly and a short opinion piece about why it is important to help butterflies. In this unit, students will engage in a routine of oral and written reflection and share a formal reflection on their work and learning. As a culmination of the work of Module 4, students write letters inviting community and family members to a Celebration of Learning, where they share their reflections and give their seed packets to a guest.

The labs module allows students to apply content-based, literacy lessons, and foundational reading and writing skills across curricular areas. In this module, students will learn about the secret world of pollination as they create, engineer, explore and imagine. In the Create Lab, students will learn to create a scientific drawing of a plant. In the Engineer Lab, students will use their knowledge about seeds and pollination to design tools that will assist in the pollination of plants. In the Explore Lab, students will use their scientific inquiry skills to discover the needs of plants. In the Imagine Lab, students use poetry and motion to learn about seeds and pollination.

This unit utilizes key information from prior units in an applied method. Individuals or teams will explore healthcare scenarios, practicing analysis, diagnosis, communication, and application of health-related concepts. Students will connect scenarios to continued learning and the next steps for further pathway engagement.

In this module, students will work to build their skills as readers, writers, and citizens as they study schools. In Unit 1, when reading books aloud, students will practice asking and answering questions that students can support with details from the text. Students will also work to use illustrations and the text to analyze how characters respond to the events in the story. In Unit 2, students will continue to build their understanding of schools with a series of close readings. Students will examine factors such as weather and location as it impacts students getting to school. Students will look at how communities work together to create solutions to these challenges. Students will use an interactive workbook to take notes and the classroom learning community will use these notes to write an informative paragraph that follows a problem and solution structure. Students will demonstrate their learning through writing and reading in a Readers Theater text. In Unit 3, students will pull all of their learning together to answer the guiding question, “What is school, and why are schools important?” Students will work to compare and contrast different schools around the world to their school. Students will research schools by revisiting the assigned readings from the module. Students will use research notes to participate in the Collaborative Conversations protocol to use sentence starters to add to group discussions. As a culminating activity, students will create a “The Most Important Thing About Schools book to share.

The labs module allows students to apply content-based, literacy lessons, and foundational reading and writing skills across curricular areas. In this module, students will learn more about toys and play as they create, explore, imagine and engineer. In the Create Lab, students will create toy drawings that become more realistic as they learn how to use artistic skills and concepts such as shape, detail, and size. Students will learn about skill, time, and perseverance. In the Explore Lab, students engage in a variety of activities in which they explore different attributes of toys from the classroom. In the Imagine Lab, students will explore the different materials available in the Imagine Lab as they use their imagination and play respectfully with their peers. In the Engineer Lab, students will use "found" materials and their imaginations to create a toy.

The labs module allows students to apply content-based, literacy lessons, and foundational reading and writing skills across curricular areas. In this module, students will learn to enjoy and appreciate trees as they create, engineer, research, and imagine. In the Create Lab, students will use a variety of materials, and explore various techniques to create a 3-D representation of a tree. In the Engineering Lab, students will develop and/or use a model to represent amounts, relationships, relative scales (bigger, smaller), and/or patterns in the natural and designed world(s). In the Research Lab, students apply research skills, and use a variety of resources (realia, images, texts, and technology) to learn more about local trees. Students will create surveys to learn more about how the people in your school community interact with those trees. Students will analyze the data from their surveys. In the Imagine Lab, students will create an imaginary forest in the classroom.

The ILC 6th Grade Social Studies - Full Year  focuses on the geography, history, and culture of various regions of our world. Students will analyze regional, physical, and cultural characteristics of places and show how these factors influenced people who lived there and how the people and characteristics have changed over time.

In this module, students will use literacy skills to become an expert, a person who uses reading, writing, listening and speaking to build and share knowledge about a topic. Unit One starts with reading poetry and pourquoi tales about different kinds of frogs to generate "why" questions. Then, students write their own pourquoi tale to attempt to answer some of their "why" questions. In Unit Two, students will research to find out the real answers to their frog questions and write a paragraph to communicate their research findings. In Unit Three, students will research to become an expert on various "freaky" frogs around the world that have unusual adaptations that help them survive. Students will build your reading, writing, research, and discussion skills through studying their frog. Students will demonstrate their expertise through a Freaky Frog book and trading card to educate other students in grades 2 and 3.

The labs module allows students to apply content-based, literacy lessons, and foundational reading and writing skills across curricular areas. In this module, students will learn about the sun, moon and stars as they create, explore, imagine and research. In the Create Lab, students will work with watercolor paints to create a copy of the sky at different times of the day. In the Explore Lab, students will engage in multiple activities to explore the concepts of light and shadow. In the Imagine Lab, students will engage in play and imagination as they create, retell, and act out stories about the sky. In the Research Lab, students will use research skills to learn new information and ask questions about the sky. Students will create a Sky Riddle Book using the facts they found about the sky.

In this module, students build their literacy and science skills as they engage in a study of the sun, moon, and stars. Students begin their study through various narrative texts and begin to understand how and why the sun, moon, and stars inspire authors. Then students focus their study on the scientific concepts of observable patterns of the sun, moon, and stars. Students read informational texts and make observations and take notes in a sky notebook to learn about these patterns. Finally, students synthesize their learning from both their scientific study of literature to compose a narrative poem titled "What the Sun Sees." Students also learn to give feedback to their peers and revise their writing.

This course focuses on the geography, history, and culture of various regions of our world. Students will analyze regional, physical, and cultural characteristics of places and show how these factors influence people who lived there and how the people and characteristics have changed over time.

ILC HS Physical Education - Full Year emphasizes the eight Dimensions of Wellness.

This Module is designed to give students additional practice, build knowledge and vocabulary while allowing students greater independence in their learning and an opportunity to gain mastery of the concepts taught in ILC ELA 3: Module 2 Researching to Build Knowledge and Teach Others - Adaptations and the Wide World of Frogs. Students will read Lizards, Frogs, and Polliwogs by Douglas Florian, Bullfrog at Magnolia Circle by Deborah Dennard, and Everything You Need to Know about Frogs and Other Slippery Creatures by DK Publishing.