7th Grade Information - Spring View Middle School

INTRODUCTION

Spring View Middle School is structured in core academic teams. All teams have rigorous expectations in the core curricular areas of language arts, mathematics, social science and science. Students are expected to demonstrate mastery of the California Common Core State Standards. More specific information about content standards can be found on the California Dept. of Education website https://www.cde.ca.gov/

Teachers in every team are prepared to meet the needs of all students, including GATE, high achieving, struggling, and students with special needs. Identified GATE students will be placed in the same team unless otherwise requested by parents.

MATHEMATICS COURSE CONTENT

Ratios and proportional relationships
The number system
Expressions and equations
Geometry
Statistics and probability
Mathematical practices

TOOLS FOR MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE

Scientific calculator
Computer
Compass and protractor
Metric ruler

ADVANCED MATHEMATICS (BY PLACEMENT TEST)

Accelerated Math 7 is the first mathematics

course of the accelerated pathway offered by

Rocklin Unified School District. Accelerated

Math 7 consists of all seventh grade standards

in addition to a portion of the eighth grade

standards. Integrated I (a high school class)

is the next course offered in the advanced path-

way in 8th grade, which will cover the remaining

eighth grade standards in addition to all of the

Integrated I standards.

LANGUAGE ARTS COURSE CONTENT

Reading

Key ideas and details
Craft and structure
Integration of knowledge and ideas
Text complexity

Writing

Text types and purposes
Production and distribution of writing
Research to build & present knowledge
Range of writing

Speaking & Listening

Comprehension and collaboration
Presentation of knowledge and ideas

Language

Conventions of standard English
Knowledge of language
Vocabulary acquisition and use

SOCIAL SCIENCE COURSE CONTENT

World History

Fall of Roman Empire
Islam
Middle Ages in Asia, Africa, and Europe
Renaissance
Reformation
Scientific revolution
Age of Exploration
Age of Enlightenment

SKILLS

Reading text, articles, and primary sources of Information
Chronological and spatial thinking
Cooperative learning

SCIENCE COURSE CONTENT

California’s Next Generation Science Standards are covered by investigating life science phenomena, asking questions and modeling student thinking.

COURSE SCIENCE PRACTICES/CONCEPTS

Asking questions and defining problems
Developing and using models
Planning and carrying out investigations
Analyzing and interpreting data
Using mathematics and computational thinking
Constructing explanations and designing solutions
Engaging in argument from evidence
Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information
Patterns, cause/effect, scale/proportion/quantity, system/system models, energy/matter, structure/function, stability/change