COMMUNICATIONS LEARNING STANDARDS
Students in the seventh-grade will continue to develop
oral communication skills and will become more knowledgeable
of the effects of verbal and nonverbal behaviors in
oral communication. The student will continue to refine
written composition skills, with special attention to
word choice, organization, style, and grammar. Written
explanations of math concepts and scientific ecosystems
will utilize technical writing skills. The student will
continue vocabulary development through a study of figurative
language. Knowledge of the impact of media on public
opinion will be applied in the study of election processes
and policymaking. The student will increase his/her
proficiency in the use of print and electronic information
resources and will learn how to give credit to secondary
reference sources.
MATH LEARNING
STANDARDS
The standards for the seventh-grade place emphasis
on solving problems involving consumer applications
and proportional reasoning. The students will gain an
understanding of the properties of real numbers, solve
linear equations and inequalities, and use data analysis
techniques to make inferences and predictions. While
learning mathematics, students will be actively engaged
using concrete materials. Students also will identify
real-life applications of the mathematical principles
they are learning that can be applied to science and
other disciplines they are studying.
HISTORY & SOCIAL
STUDIES LEARNING STANDARDS
CIVICS AND ECONOMICS
The standards for seventh-grade students cover the
role of the citizen in the American political and economic
systems. The focus is on gaining essential knowledge
of the U.S., the District, Virginia and Maryland constitutions
and the structure and functions of government institutions
at the national, state, and local levels. Students also
learn the basic principles, structure, and operation
of the American economy. These standards are intended
to foster respect for the law, a sense of civic duty
and informed economic decision making. Social science
skill development extends into quantitative data organization
and interpretation.
SCIENCE LEARNING STANDARDS
FOCUS ON LIFE SCIENCE
The Life Science standards emphasize a more complex
understanding of change, cycles, patterns, and relationships
in the living world. Students build on basic principles
related to these concepts by exploring the cellular
organization and the classification of organisms; the
dynamic relationships among organisms, populations,
communities and ecosystems; and change as a result of
the transmission of genetic information from generation
to generation. Inquiry skills at this level include
organization and mathematical analysis of data, manipulating
variables in experimentation, and identifying sources
of experimental error.
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