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7th Grade: the whole year

Every subject a 7th grade student takes, and what each one covers. Each subject is 180 daily lessons; open any course to see its units and lessons.

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Math

Math 7

A full year of 7th-grade math: proportional relationships and percent, working with positive and negative fractions and decimals, two-step equations and inequalities, circles, probability, geometry and sampling, with long stretches of review and projects.

  1. Proportions, percent & rational numbers
  2. Circles, probability & scale drawings
  3. Angles, triangles & 3D solids
  4. Random samples & algebraic expressions
  5. Rates, equations, inequalities & data displays
  6. Mixed review & problem-solving strategies
  7. Second pass: similar figures, prisms & sampling
  8. Review & real-world projects
  9. Deepening, mastery checks & practice tests
  10. Presentation & celebration

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Reading

Reading 7

A year of 7th-grade reading across many genres: poetry, drama, historical fiction, speeches, mysteries, essays, graphic novels, biographies and media. Readers go deeper on theme, point of view, craft and argument, and read four named works.

  1. Foundations: evidence, theme & point of view
  2. Historical fiction & literary devices
  3. Craft, voice & persuasion
  4. Novels, science fiction & myth
  5. Mystery, survival & adventure stories
  6. Essays, other media & biography
  7. Mixed review & book recommendations
  8. Going deeper: foils, frame stories & weighing evidence
  9. Final review, practice tests & celebration

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Writing & Grammar

Writing 7

A year of 7th-grade writing built around arguments that answer opposing views, informative and research writing, and many kinds of storytelling from mysteries to graphic stories. Sentence grammar and revision are practiced throughout.

  1. Arguments, informative writing & sentence building
  2. Narrative writing & the research report
  3. Poetry, short story & persuasive speech
  4. Literary analysis & creative forms
  5. Science fiction, myth, hero's journey & mystery
  6. Survival narrative, data report & formal essay
  7. Graphic story, podcast & biographical sketch
  8. Mixed review & portfolio
  9. More craft & a synthesis essay
  10. Mastery checks, practice tests & celebration

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Science

Science 7

A year of 7th-grade physical science: atoms and chemical reactions, forces and motion, energy, waves and light, electricity and magnetism, simple machines, and density, with engineering projects throughout. The last stretch is mostly review.

  1. Atoms, elements & matter
  2. Forces, energy & waves
  3. Reaction types, gravity, wave behavior & materials
  4. Reaction energy, investigations & engineering design
  5. Simple machines
  6. Electricity & magnetism
  7. Mixtures, solutions & density
  8. Friction, energy & light
  9. Review, community project & reflection
  10. Extra depth, practice tests & celebration

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History & Social Studies

History 7

The United States and the world from 1898 to 1945: the Spanish-American War, World War I and the Russian Revolution, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression and New Deal, the rise of dictators, and World War II. Includes a US and European geography tour and a short research paper.

  1. A first look: world power to World War II
  2. US geography survey
  3. World War I and the Russian Revolution in depth
  4. Geography of Europe, and the 1920s by region
  5. The Soviet Union: from civil war to Stalin
  6. The Roaring Twenties
  7. The Great Depression and the New Deal
  8. Dictators and the road to war
  9. World War II in depth, with Europe's geography
  10. Thinking skills, research paper & year-end review

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Electives at this grade

Add any of these alongside the core subjects.

Art

Art 7

A year of seventh-grade art: getting past creative blocks, choosing a personal subject, tie-dye and batik, sharing art responsibly online, peer critique and revision, technology and art, planning exhibits, targeting audiences, and a capstone.

  1. Creative blocks and a personal investigation
  2. Resist-dyeing, sharing art online, and words with images
  3. Critique and revision
  4. Technology and art
  5. Planning exhibits and how display shapes meaning
  6. Audiences, interpretation and evaluation
  7. Art and group identity
  8. Capstone project

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Music

Music 7

A full year of 7th-grade music: theme and variation form, writing music down, composing a piece with self and peer feedback, tempo and navigation symbols, comparing contrasting pieces and traditions, rehearsing, and a capstone composition with a written comparison.

  1. Theme and variation
  2. Writing music down
  3. Composition project with feedback
  4. Tempo and navigation symbols
  5. Comparing the structure of contrasting pieces
  6. Interpreting world traditions and rehearsing
  7. Contrasting music: programs, connections, context
  8. Comparing works and choosing criteria
  9. Capstone composition and comparison

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Spanish

Spanish 7

The second year of Spanish builds on Spanish 6 with body and health, clothing and shopping, big numbers, home and town vocabulary, and the -ER and -IR verb families, plus ir, hacer, poder and querer. Ends with a spoken presentation.

  1. Welcome back, body & health
  2. Clothing, shopping & big numbers
  3. House, chores & Venezuela
  4. Jobs, getting around & places in town
  5. -ER and -IR verbs, ir, hacer, poder, querer
  6. Animals, sports, adjectives & Bolivia
  7. Writing paragraphs & cumulative review
  8. Final presentation & year-end

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PE & Health

PE & Health 7

A seventh-grade year of throwing, serving, stroking and volleying skills, fitness principles (FITT, overload, RPE), and health topics including illness and injury prevention, human reproduction and genetics, marijuana and medicine safety, peer pressure, digital citizenship and advocacy.

  1. Goal setting, catching, throwing and serving
  2. Prevention, health conditions and health literacy
  3. Serves, strokes and volleys with implements
  4. Fitness components, self-assessment and FITT
  5. Human reproduction and genetics
  6. Passing on the move, fitness testing and stretching
  7. Feedback, world traditions, rules, equipment and drug safety
  8. Motivation, group challenges, goals and digital life
  9. Skills showcase, peer pressure and advocacy
  10. Cumulative review and goal reflection

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Social Skills

Social Skills 6-8

A social and emotional course meant to be used across 6th through 8th grade, at the pace that suits the child. It covers values and identity, stress and self-discipline, empathy, bias and bullying, peer pressure, friendship changes, boundaries, conflict resolution and hard choices.

  1. Values, identity & stress signals
  2. Managing stress & self-discipline
  3. Empathy, bias & bullying
  4. Peer pressure & changing friendships
  5. Needs, boundaries, conflict & feedback
  6. Hard choices & online life
  7. Year in review

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