Seventh Grade

Seventh Grade

As our students begin to swing from childhood to adulthood, it is essential that they learn in situations that combine meaningful relationships with interdisciplinary learning.  This is why our Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Grade students work in academic teams to study science, history, PE, art, and music.  In each team (a mix of Sixth, Seventh and Eight Grade) students consistently engage new points of view, take on leadership roles, and communicate with new audiences as they experiment, research, and create together.

Academic teams stay together for the year and all academic teams study the same material.  The curriculum rotates on a three-year cycle.  Select the links below for a more in depth look at the science, history, PE, art and music curriculums for each of the three years.  

Central Subject: Finding Your Voice and Speaking the Truth

Language Arts

Seventh grade students participate in Advisory Groups  and the high volume reading high volume reading program.  For more information on specific books that are studied, select the Year A, B, or C curriculums above.

For students to become skilled, avid readers, teachers utilize reading workshop, literature circles, and response journals -a guided reading approach.  These activities and others provide important opportunities for students to develop vocabulary, fluency and comprehension skills within the context of literature and in connection with science, social studies, mathematics and the arts.

Seventh Grade students produce formal compare/contrast, expository, persuasive, and prescriptive/descriptive essays, as well as poetry and personal narratives. In writing workshop, students repeatedly choose writing topics, draft, revise, edit and publish their writing. As students learn how to organize ideas to suit various forms and purposes, they also work to develop ideas, word choice and conventions.  Skills such as parts of speech, punctuation, writing mechanics, and spelling, as well as word study, are emphasized. Formal curriculum supports the study of grammar, vocabulary and spelling.

Mathematics 

In Seventh Grade math, students solidify arithmetic skills through a review of number and operations, geometry, data analysis, and probability. Word problems and real life applications are woven into every unit.  As the year progresses, students become engaged with their formal study of Algebra – through the exploration of positive and negative numbers, exponents, and linear equations. 

World Language: Spanish

In this class, the main goal is to develop conversational vocabulary in Spanish.  Classroom activities are designed to promote the understanding and speaking of the language through games, improvisations, art activities, and drama. Whenever possible, the language is taught in its cultural and sometimes literary context. While students do use a textbook (Vivá el Español, Adelánte ), personal, active, and consistent involvement in class is the most critical element of student work.

Summer Reading List

Summer reading list for incoming Seventh Grade students.