Language Arts
Seventh grade students will receive instruction in reading, writing, and listening, speaking, and viewing. By the end of the 7th grade, students will be able to:
- Use oral and written language, media, and technology for expressive, informational, argumentative, critical, and literary purposes
- Discuss and analyze compelling works of literature
- Constructively critique their own writing and the writing of their peers
- Use descriptive words and complex sentences in a variety of writing genres
- Proof their own writing and edit to conform to basic conventions of Standard English
- Participate in oral presentations and dramatic interpretations for various audiences
- Analyze the effects of media images, text, and sound of viewers
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Mathematics
All students will be actively engaged in developing mathematical understandings in real and relevant contexts. By the end of the 7th grade, students will be able to:
- Understand and use rational numbers, including signed numbers
- Solve linear equations in one variable
- Sketch and construct plane figures
- Describe and sketch solid figures, including their cross sections, and examine properties of geometric shapes in space
- Demonstrate understanding of transformations and apply properties of similarity
- Represent and describe relationships between variables in tables, graphs, and formulas
- Analyze the characteristics of linear relationships
- Represent and analyze data using graphical displays, measures of central tendency, and measures of variation
- Solve problems, communicate mathematically, reason and evaluate mathematical arguments, make connections among mathematical ideas and in other contexts, and represent mathematics in multiple ways
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Science
Seventh grade students will use inquiry, research, and investigation in life science to provide a smooth transition form elementary science to high school biology. By the end of the 7th grade, students will be able to:
- Collect, use, and analyze scientific data related to the diversity and classification of living organisms
- use the concepts of natural selection and fossil evidence in explanations
- Recognize the basic characteristics of the major topics in life science such as the diversity of living organisms, the structure and function of cells, heredity, ecosystems, and biological evolution
- Describe the structure and function of cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems
- Examine the dependence of organisms on one another and on their environments
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Social Studies
Seventh grade students will study the history, geography, political structures, and economics of Africa and Asia. By the end of the 7th grade, students will be able to:
- Identify and explain significant historical developments leading to and of 20th & 21st century africa and Asia
- Describe the development of the three major religions that originated in the middle East
- Explain the impact of location, climate, physical characteristics, natural resources, and population size of these regions of the modern world
- Describe the cultural characteristics of Africa and Asia
- Describe the impact of governmental policies and individual behaviors on these regions of the modern world
- Describe different economic systems and economic policies as they relate to these regions of the modern world
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Assessment
- Throughout the year, classroom teachers will assess each student's growth and progress toward achievement of the learning goals specified in the state curriculum (GPS or QCC if GPS has not been implemented).
- These classroom assessments will be used to guide instruction in order to provide every child with the opportunity to learn and to succeed.
- Students will be made aware of the performance expectations for 7th grade and will acquire self-monitoring and self-assessing skills to help them maximize their achievement.
- In the spring, Criterion-Referenced Competency Tests (CRCT) in Reading, Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies will be administered to 7th graders in order to provide a standardized measure of student learning.
- Beginning in the year the Georgia Performance Standards are implemented for a content area, the CRCT will directly align with those GPS
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