What's Happening in the Seventh Grade?

Math

Mathematics

December 2024

Unit 4 - Proportional Relationships and Percentages (Begins Nov. 11th) - In this unit, students deepen their understanding of ratios, scale factors, unit rates (also called constants of proportionality), and proportional relationships, using them to solve multi-step problems that are set in a wide variety of contexts that involve fractions and percentages.

Unit 5 - Rational Number Arithmetic

(Beginning Dec. 11th) - Students extend addition and subtraction from fractions to all rational numbers. Then, students represent quantities with number line diagrams and tables of numerical expressions with signed numbers. This allows products of signed numbers to be interpreted in terms of position and direction, using the understanding that numbers that are additive inverses are located at the same distance but opposite sides of the starting point. Finally, students begin working with linear equations in one variable that have rational number coefficients.

Resources available in the beyond the classroom section.

Focus:

Important Dates:

Dec. 3rd - Unit 4 study guide will be given out to students

Unit 4 Assessment - Dec. 10th

Additional Reminders:

Continue Practicing Basic Facts - (Multiplication 0 thru 12)

Beyond the Classroom: Math

Geography

Welcome to 7th Grade World Geography!

November & December: As we begin to enter the holiday season we will be working with a very relevant topic: Human Geography! In this unit, our students will be learning about the fundamentals of culture as well as human populations. We will take time to explore some of our own cultural traditions as well as various cultural traits from around the world. We will also do a case study of the Amish to gain a better understanding of their culture.

While exploring human populations we will look at population trends around the world in both developed and developing countries. We will also be highlighting our population studies with a Claim, Evidence, Reasoning activity centered around China's former One Child Policy. As the temperatures drop outside, things will really be heating up in Geography class!

Essential Question for this unit: Which geographic concepts are most useful for understanding the world's people?

Outside Activities:

Looking for something to do outside of class? Students have a number of activities on Schoology that focus on our social studies vocabulary. You can also watch/read the news with your student and discuss things that are going on in the world.

Beyond the Classroom: Social Studies