Learning Guide: Seventh Grade

In the Classroom

Teachers will help students to...

• Discuss plot and character development; recognize literature, legends, and myths; study biographies; identify points of view, biases, and purposes; develop note-taking techniques.
• Use and identify references and sources of information for writing projects; use footnotes and create bibliographies.
• Use scientific notation; factor numbers (60=2x2x3x5); find the least common multiple and the greatest common factor.
• Calculate surface area and volume; work with metric system, converting within it; use points to define lines, rays, angles and planes.
• Study life science; including preparation of, dry and wet-mount slides; describe logical relationships; discuss ecological ways in which organisms adapt to environmental changes.
• Study American, state or ancient history and world geography.