Grade 7 Curriculum
Below is the Core Curriculum for the 7th Grade.
Language Arts
- Reading novels, short stories, and poems by authors on different cultures
- Making class presentations including oral reports and a mock trial
- Studying grammar, spelling, punctuation, sentence structure, vocabulary, and capitalization
- Writing activities include: a research paper, stories, business letter, journal entries, and poetry
Social Studies
Study of New York State and the United States - Part I
- Understanding the historical development of the United States from pre-Columbian Native Americans to the pre-Civil War period with emphasis on New York State history
- Identifying the major geographical features of the United States and their importance in the development of our nation
- Developing an understanding of the origins of American democracy and the writing of the United States Constitution
- Developing an appreciation of citizenship in a democratic society
Science
- Microbiology: studying plant and animal cells, microscopy
- Understanding systems of the body and disease
- Ecology: studying biomes, Wild Seasons novel
- Understanding respiration and photosynthesis
- Studying sexual and asexual reproduction
- Genetics: studying simple heredity
Math
- Performing four operations of arithmetic using fractions, decimals and integers
- Using proportions to solve percent applications
- Identifying geometric shapes and symbols and finding area and perimeter of polygons
- Solving one-step equations and graphing linear equations
- Finding measures of central tendency through computation and histograms
Health Education
- Defining wellness and total health
- Understanding mental and social health
- Understanding growth, development, and nutrition
- Exploring diseases including HIV/AIDS
- Understanding the effects of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs
- Studying safety and emergency procedures
Physical Education
- Developing necessary skills to establish and maintain physical fitness, participate in physical activity and maintain personal health
- Acquiring the knowledge and ability necessary to create and maintain a safe and healthy environment
- Demonstrating responsible personal and social behavior
- Activities include: soccer, speedball, football, dance basketball, floor hockey, gymnastics, volleyball, badminton, lacrosse, softball, cooperative games
Art
- Aesthetics: understanding the role of art to discern what is beauty and truth
- Composition: Using the elements of design (shape, color, size, texture, and space)
- Drawing: demonstrating the use of line, texture, and values in a tonal drawing
- Critical thinking and problem solving through the use of numerous media and tools, learning to reach unique solutions to visual problems
Home and Careers
This course is 10 weeks/20 weeks.
- Recognizing how the adolescent is affected by self-esteem
- Introducing practical reading skills using the computer
- Completing computer modules in health and nutrition, consumer skills, and study skills
- Completing a career self-assessment
- Planning a career
- Completing a career research project
Technology
- Using a variety of hand tools and machines to change materials into new forms
- Using appropriate graphic and electronic tools and techniques to process information
- Generating ideas for possible solutions
- Implementing a solution for a given problem
Instrumental Music
Listening and performing accurately basic diatonic melodies in duple and triple meter
- Playing all 12 major scales
- Enhancing individual musicianship by improving concepts of tone, dynamics, articulation, phrasing, and balance in the band
- Recognizing different genres of music and applying the style to performance
Vocal Music
- Identifying, understanding and appreciating the elements of music
- Expressing feeling and beliefs regarding music and justifying these opinions
- Studying and identifying orchestra instruments of string, brass, woodwind, percussion, and keyboard families
- Identifying cultural contexts of music
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