Grade 7

Grade 7 students embark on learning designed to meet the Maine learning results, build a solid base for the skills and concepts necessary to grow and succeed in up coming grade levels. Teachers may use supplementary materials and have enhanced learning opportunities beyond those listed here. Student schedules change in 7th grade. Students now rotate through their wing, with each teacher specilizes in one content area. Teachers can integrate content areas and create enhanced learning opportunities for their students.

ELA: The 7th grade language arts curriculum covers areas of study that encompass writing and literature. These areas include the writing process including several types of writing (narrative, argumentative, informational), reading and analyzing the structure of fiction and nonfiction texts, grammar and mechanics, and vocabulary development.

Many of the novels that students read are self-selected books from the classroom library, the school or public library, or from home. There are three titles which may be used as a whole-class novel unit: The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl, Hoot, and Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy.

Math: MSAD 72 Adopted the I-Ready Mathematics program for K-8 Math. the concepts covered in Grade 7 include: Proportional Relationships, Positive and Negative Numbers, Rational Numbers, Write and Solve Multi Step Equations, Percents and Statistical Samples and Geometry

Science: Grade 7 students will continue a three year program titled Issues and Science. This Issue-oriented science program helps students see how science is connected to their lives and communities. In Grade 7 the focus is on Life Science, exploring Ecology, Biomedical Engineering, Reproduction, from Cells to Organisms and Evolution. This program is aligned to the Next Generation Science Standards, which are the standards the Maine Learning Results for Science are adapted.

Social Studies : ERA: 1900-1940 Units- Maine Studies, Immigration (Angel Island), World War I, The Roaring 20's and Harlem Renaissance, The great Depression and The New Deal.