Seventh Grade Curriculum Overview

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Seventh Grade Overview

Time4Learning is popular as a seventh grade homeschool curriculum, for afterschool enrichment, for remediation, and as a summer school alternative.

For seventh graders, Time4Learning provides language arts, math and social studies curriculum. (Parents can request access to pre-algebra and algebra.) Students will also be given access to 6th grade science curriculum, which is the highest level we have available in that subject. The language arts and math both correlate to state standards.

Seventh Grade Learning Objectives

While in seventh grade, a student should master the prerequisites for attaining success in the eighth grade language arts, reading and mathematics curriculum. By the end of any seventh grade language arts and reading program, students should be able to constructively critique their own and others' writing. Seventh grade students should start to find their own unique voice within their writing that engages a specific audience. Their writing should follow a specific writing structure that has a coherent focus. Seventh grade students should be able draw from a variety of genres for their writing. They should have started to incorporate a range of writing strategies, such as: using figurative language, dialogue, flashback, tone, and mood. Seventh grade students will begin to recognize and use vocabulary they have learned in various subjects. Reading across subject areas will result in a stronger writing vocabulary.

For details about seventh grade writing standards, please visit Time4Writing.com.

At the end of any seventh grade mathematics program, students should understand more difficult algebraic equations and should be able to prove basic algebraic inequalities. Students should be able to graph linear functions and solve two step linear equations. Students should be able to add or subtract fractions by factoring to find common denominators. Seventh grade students should be able to find the measurements of angles and polygons, and identify congruent figures.

Seventh Grade Language Arts and Reading

The seventh grade language arts curriculum contains reading comprehension lessons and writing lessons, focusing heavily on specific skill areas needed for accurate reading and understanding of texts. Five thematic reading units integrate reading, writing, and comprehension skills. Activities in grammar, spelling, and vocabulary help students to identify and use the rules of syntax, sentence structure, and punctuation with additional resources found via the teaching guides within the parent administration page. See Lesson Plans

Seventh graders will determine word meanings through several vocabulary activities focusing on the use of context clues (signal words and definitions), multiple meaning words (parts of speech, word meanings, dictionary definitions), and figurative language (metaphors, similes hyperbole, and personification), all leading up to vivid writing and active literature response. Students will continue to practice summarization skills through analyzing details in text, identifying main topics, and differentiating between literal statements and implied concepts. Further comprehension skills (author’s purpose, logical conclusions and inferences, fact and opinion, comparing and contrasting, setting, and point-of-view) are highlighted and practiced throughout the seventh grade language arts curriculum. See Lesson Demos

Grammar extensions including lessons on parts of speech, prepositional phrases, conjunctions, capitalization, quotes, comma usage, colons, semicolons, and apostrophes, are strategically taught before the writing component.

Many parents have expressed interest in purchasing the full versions of the authentic literature excerpted in the Language Arts section. They can be purchased at the links below but they DO NOT need to be purchased in order to use Time4Learning.

• The Scarlet Pimpernel by: Baroness Orczy
• Hush by: Jacqueline Woodson
• The Wreckers (High Seas Adventure): by Iain Lawrence
• The Wright Brothers: Powered Flight (the Scientists who Have Changed the World) by: Anna Sproule

Seventh Grade Vocabulary

Seventh graders using Time4Learning expand and apply their knowledge of Latin and Greek roots, idioms, prefixes, suffixes, synonyms, antonyms, and homonyms through interaction with animated vocabulary lessons. Four literature based units utilize authentic literature and an online vocabulary graphic organizer to build vocabulary. A glossary is provided for each of the literature selections to assist in completing the accompanying vocabulary exercises. Each unit includes a related vocabulary list and printable vocabulary worksheets. An extensive “Word Meanings” chapter includes vocabulary activities designed to guide students in using context clues in order to understand text.

Seventh Grade Math

The seventh grade math curriculum mainly focuses on concepts within the topics of: Number Sense, Algebra, Geometry, and Data Analysis and Probability. Through a series of mathematic investigations, students will use computation strategies, graphical data, and formulas to solve and interpret problems. 7th Grade Math Lesson Plans

Seventh graders begin with interactive lessons on classifying numbers by properties, manipulating decimals and fractions, estimating, and converting problems to proportions. Online math activities expand on algebraic equations, solving inequalities, and coordinate graphing of equations. In geometry, students are introduced to surface area and explore the 5-step strategy involved in solving metric conversions. Seventh grade culminates in data analysis. Online Algebra is available upon request.

Seventh Grade Science and Social Studies

The seventh grade social studies curriculum covers a wide range of concepts within the topics of Exploration, Colonization, United States History, Politics, and Modern America through interactive online lessons. 7th Grade Social Studies Lesson Plans

Beginning with the Age of Exploration, students will cover The Discovery of America, Colonial Life, and British actions leading up to the American Revolution. Activities on the creation and early years of U.S. government with particular focus on Thomas Jefferson and Jacksonian Democracy allow students to examine issues and philosophies of that era.

Seventh grade social studies ends with a series of lessons concentrating on the United States as a world power, the world wars, roaring twenties, great depression and cold war, with students understanding the progression and history of the Unites States. Lesson Demos

7th Grade Lessons - Time4Learning's Program Structure

Time4Learning provides an interactive student paced curriculum. When the student logs in, they can choose which subject to study. The lessons are organized into units which include multimedia lessons, interactive exercises, printable worksheets for reinforcement, optional parent-teaching guides (with answer keys for the printable worksheets in math) for more indepth work, assessments, a complete printable lesson plan, and online progress reports.

Reports/ Assessments/ Printable Worksheets. Time4Learning understands the importance of tracking student progress.  Seventh grade assessments and quizzes are given throughout the chapters and are automatically graded upon completion.  Parents are able to access the grades and assignments in the reports section by using their own logins and passwords.  The reports section is printable, as are the lessons plans. In addition Time4Learning provides seventh grade printable worksheets. Parental support is also given through our online parents forum where discussions and questions may be posted amongst experienced users and those that are "just looking".

Help your child succeed with our interactive curriculum. There are thousands of activities, lessons and assessments that will keep your child enthusiastic about learning.

In seventh grade, the children can access the Time4Learning online playground. The online playground is over a 100 carefully chose games. Some are fun action games, others are learning games but unlike the lessons, they are entirely exploratory.   There is also a playground timer settable by the parents to limit how long they spend in the playground. While useful to many families, the use of the timer is optional.

Seventh Grade Interactive Curriculum by Time4Learning for Homeschooling, After School, or Summer School Use

Time4Learning is used as a homeschool curriculum, an after-school tutorial, or as an excellent alternative to summer school. Time4Learning works well with other programs too, providing educational structure within the home. Learn more..

Many gifted and special needs students find Time4Learning to be an invaluable addition to their education. Time4Learning's benefits to special needs children stems from the freedom to progress at your own pace, to repeat lessons, the patience of the computer, and in many cases, the privacy of self-study on the computers. Parents particularly like that they can have a child working on different levels in different subjects and that as children progress, adjustments to the grade level are simple and cost-free.

Kids like using the computer to learn and to develop their
skills. The Time4Learning educational teaching games give students independence as they progress at their own pace.

Parents like that it tracks progress and helps kids advance by teaching through individualized learning paths that assure mastery of the skills and concepts that makes kids succeed.

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