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CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

SpringBoard

Math​ematics

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The SpringBoard curriculum prepares students to solve math problems and teaches them to apply mathematical knowledge to diverse settings. Students are also challenged to collaborate with others and effectively communicate using the language of mathematics. The SpringBoard balanced instruction approach to mathematics includes investigative, directed, and guided lessons. Vocabulary is incorporated in the lessons to assist students in developing math literacy.
mORE INFORMATION ON sPRINGBOARD mATHEMATICS
​Grade-level standards for students in mathematics will be based upon the Common Core State Standards.
vIEW COMMON CORE STANDARDS IN MATHEMATICS

English Language Arts

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The SpringBoard curriculum features compelling texts and utilizes close reading and analysis of texts, critical viewing of films, independent reading, and classroom discussion to help students build content knowledge. An integrated approach to reading, writing, speaking, and listening is used to incorporate language skills and knowledge. Vocabulary is threaded through each unit as to build student vocabulary throughout the year.
MORE INFORMATION ON SPRINGBOARD ELA
Grade-level standards for students in English language arts will be based upon the Common Core State Standards.
VIEW COMMON CORE STANDARDS IN ELA

Next Generation Science Standards

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GreenTree Preparatory Academy aligns science curriculum and instruction to the Next Generation Science Standards. These standards provide learning goals for what students should know and be able to do at each grade level and serve as a tool to help teachers know what to teach and help parents know what students are expected to learn. The Next Generation Science Standards integrate the following three dimensions of learning: science disciplinary core ideas, major practices, and crosscutting concepts. By aligning curriculum and instruction to the Next Generation Science Standards, GreenTree Preparatory Academy mirrors real-world science practices through emphasis on scientific exploration.
Learn more about science standards
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Wisconsin Standards for
​Social Studies

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Social studies curriculum and instruction is aligned to the 2018 Wisconsin Standards for Social Studies, which includes the College, Career, and Civil Life (C2) Framework published by the National Council for Social Studies. These standards will provide a foundation that identifies what students should know and be able to do in social studies classes. Most importantly, aligning curriculum and instruction to these standards will prepare GPA students to be college, career, and community ready.
Learn more about social studies  standards

World Language

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All GreenTree students will receive world language instruction beginning with the foreign language exploratory programs are an introduction to one or more foreign languages with some interpersonal language skills expected at the middle school level. Students begin to use key vocabulary and structures of the language. They also begin to engage in conversations, understand and interpret spoken and written language, present information or ideas, make connections with other disciplines, and compare cultures and languages studied with their own. As GreenTree students advance to high school, they receive traditional world language instruction.
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Information and Technology

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Across all content areas, GreenTree Preparatory Academy focuses on supporting students to obtain information and technology literacy as set forth by the 2017 Wisconsin Standards for Information and Technology. The information and technology standards are integrated into all content and skill areas to focus on learning with information and technology rather than learning about information and technology. This includes emphasis on the following seven concepts from the International Society for Technology in Education student learning framework:
  1. Empowered Learner – Students leverage technology to take an active role in choosing, achieving and demonstrating competency in their learning goals, informed by the learning sciences.
  2. Digital Citizen – Students recognize the rights, responsibilities and opportunities of living, learning, and working in an interconnected digital world, and they act and model in ways that are safe, legal, and ethical.
  3. Knowledge Constructor – Students critically curate a variety of resources using digital tools to construct knowledge, produce creative artifacts, and make meaningful learning experiences for themselves and others.
  4. Innovative Designer – Students use a variety of technologies within a design process to identify and solve problems by creating new, useful, or imaginative solutions.
  5. Computational Thinker – Students develop and employ strategies for understanding and solving problems in ways that leverage the power of technological methods to develop and test solutions.
  6. Creative Communicator – Students communicate clearly and express themselves creatively for a variety of purposes using the platforms, tools, styles, formats, and digital media appropriate to their goals.
  7. Global Collaborator – Students use digital tools to broaden their perspectives and enrich their learning by collaborating with others and working effectively in teams locally and globally.
Learn more about The Wisconsin Standards for Information and Technology
Wisconsin Standards for Information and Technology
GreenTree Preparatory Academy
6850 N 53rd Street,
​Milwaukee, WI 53223
School Number (414) 206-0500
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