Seventh Grade
What will my child learn?
- Bible
- English
- Math
- Reading
- Spelling
- Heritage Studies
- Science
- Fine and Digital Arts
- Spanish
English (Academic and Honors**)
- Total Credits: 1
- Grammar: Study all parts of speech, capitalization, punctuation.
- Literature: Study an anthology of writing pieces by well-known authors.
- Novels: Read and analyze a variety of novels throughout the year, including The Call of the Wild, Sounder, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, The Westing Game.
- Composition: Various writing assignments including, narrative writing, creative writing and personal writing.
- Spelling, Vocabulary, and Poetry: 28 spelling lists; 280 vocabulary words, various poetry forms will be studied.
- **Honors English courses move at an accelerated pace, cover an increased amount of novels and an increased frequency of writing assignments.
Math
- Total Credits per class: 1
Pre-Algebra:
Students will learn the basics of algebra as they prepare for more advanced methods they’ll find in Algebra 1 and Algebra 2.
Textbook: Pre-Algebra by Ron Larson, Laurie Boswell, Timothy Kanold, and Lee Stiff
Topics:
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Operations with integers and rational numbers (fractions and decimals)
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Solving algebraic equations and inequalities
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Writing and solving proportions
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The percent equation, percent increase and decrease, and application of percents (including calculating markups and discounts)
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Basics of plane figure geometry (classifying plane figures, congruence & similarity, area, surface area, and volume)
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Theoretical and experimental probability
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Graphing and writing linear equations
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The Pythagorean Theorem
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Laws of exponents
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Reading, writing, and performing operations with scientific notation
In the Honors class, students also learn about:
- Basics of statistics (samples and populations)
- Geometric transformations (translations, reflections, rotations, and dilations)
History
- Geography covering Themes of Geography, North America, South America, and Northern Europe.
- Days Held: M-F
- Electives: Individual / Group Presentations
Life Science
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Measurements, the Scientific Method
- Organization of Living Systems & Classification of Living Things
- Carbon Compounds in Living Things
- Physical Variables of Land & Freshwater Habitats
- Ecosystems, Food Chains, Food Webs and Biomes
- Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells, Plant vs. Animal Cells
- Cell Transport, Comparing Cellular Respiration and Photosynthesis
- Types of Protozoans, Comparing Bacteria and Protozoans & Viruses
- The Cell Cycle
- Laws of How Traits Are Passed on to Offspring, The Steps of DNA Replication
- Taxonomy
- Algae and Fungi, Plants, Animals
- Invertebrates and Vertebrates
- The Circulatory, Respiratory and Organ Systems
- Structure of Bone, Skeletal/Muscle Partners as Simple Machines
- Nerve Impulses, How the Eye Works, How the Ear Works