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Standard #1: Reading for Information:
Students will read and understand informational materials, describe characteristics of informational text and use facts, ideas and perspectives in developing concepts.
- 7.1.a Locate relevant information and integrate multiple sources in formulating response to self-initiated questions.
Standard #2: Reading Literature:
Students will read and understand a variety of classic and contemporary literature representing diverse historical and cultural perspectives to build an understanding of themselves and others, their environment and the world..
- 7.2.b Students will demonstrate use of thinking and reading strategies to achieve understanding of literature, knowledge of themselves and others.
Standard #3: Process of Reading:
Students will demonstrate their understanding of the reading process by using reading and thinking skills and strategies to achieve their purposes in reading.
- 7.3.c Demonstrate a knowledge of themselves as readers in their own reading process.
Standard #4: Literacy Communities:
Students will recognize the value of personal and social connection of reading, read to satisfy personal interests, and to establish, maintain and enhance personal relationships with others.
- 7.4.d Enjoy reading and sharing ideas with others.
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Standard #1:
Students will use mathematics to solve problems, communicate, and work with others.
- 7.1.a write algebraic expressions.
- 7.1.b solve 1-step equations.
Standard #2:
Students will use measurement skills.
- 7.2.c classify types of angles.
- 7.2.d find the perimeter and area of polygons.
- 7.2.e find the area and circumference of circles.
Standard #3:
Students will use reasoning skills, mental mathematics, and estimation skills.
- 7.3.f use the divisibility rules of 2, 5, and 10.
- 7.3.g multiply and divide powers of 10.
- 7.3.h round to a given place value.
Standard #4:
Students will perform mathematical operations and see relationships among numbers.
- 7.4.i identify the commutative, associative, and identity properties.
- 7.4.j solve problems using the order of operations.
- 7.4.k multiply and divide fractions.
- 7.4.l add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers.
- 7.4.m find percent of a number.
- 7.4.n convert percents, fractions, and decimals.
- 7.4.o calculate LCM and GCF of a given set of numbers.
Standard #5:
Students will demonstrate a development of spatial sense.
- 7.5.p identify polygons having 5-10 sides.
- 7.5.q graph ordered pairs.
- 7.5.r classify triangles by sides and angles.
- 7.5.s classify quadrilaterals.
Standard #6:
Students will collect and analyze data.
- 7.6.t calculate mean, median, mode, and range.
- 7.6.u analyze a circle, bar, and line graph.
Standard #7:
Students will use patterns and relationships to solve problems.
- 7.7.v evaluate a number in exponential form.
- 7.7.w use a proportion to solve a word problem.
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Standard #1:
Students will use mathematics to solve problems, communicate, and work with others.
- 7.1.a write algebraic expressions.
- 7.1.b solve 1-step equations.
Standard #2:
Students will use measurement skills.
- 7.2.c classify types of angles.
- 7.2.d find the perimeter and area of polygons.
- 7.2.e find the area and circumference of circles.
Standard #3:
Students will use reasoning skills, mental mathematics, and estimation skills.
- 7.3.f use the divisibility rules of 2, 5, and 10.
- 7.3.g multiply and divide powers of 10.
- 7.3.h round to a given place value.
Standard #4:
Students will perform mathematical operations and see relationships among numbers.
- 7.4.i identify the commutative, associative, and identity properties.
- 7.4.j solve problems using the order of operations.
- 7.4.k multiply and divide fractions.
- 7.4.l add, subtract, multiply, and divide integers.
- 7.4.m find percent of a number.
- 7.4.n convert percents, fractions, and decimals.
- 7.4.o calculate LCM and GCF of a given set of numbers.
Standard #5:
Students will demonstrate a development of spatial sense.
- 7.5.p identify polygons having 5-10 sides.
- 7.5.q graph ordered pairs.
- 7.5.r classify triangles by sides and angles.
- 7.5.s classify quadrilaterals.
Standard #6:
Students will collect and analyze data.
- 7.6.t calculate mean, median, mode, and range.
- 7.6.u analyze a circle, bar, and line graph.
Standard #7:
Students will use patterns and relationships to solve problems.
- 7.7.v evaluate a number in exponential form.
- 7.7.w use a proportion to solve a word problem.
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Standard #1:
The student will use maps, charts, graphs and timelines.
- 5-6.1.a Interpret political and physical maps.
- 5-6.1.b Use longitude and latitude to plot specific locations.
- 5-6.1.c Read time zones on maps.
- 5-6.1.d Interpret information given on charts, graphs and timelines.
Standard #2:
The student will demonstrate research skills.
- 5-6.2.e Evaluate research materials to determine best sources.
- 5-6..2.f Develop a bibliography of sources used.
Standard #3:
The student will demonstrate cultural awareness.
- 5-6.3.g Describe some of the various cultures found in our world.
Standard #4:
The student will demonstrate a geographic perspective.
- 5-6.4.h Explain and give an example of how the location and resources of an area influence/contribute to that area’s culture and/or economy.
Standard #5:
The student will demonstrate participatory citizenship.
- 5-6.5.i Respond to a contemporary community issue with a personal action (i.e., a letter, community service project, etc.).
Standard #6:
The student will demonstrate an understanding of democracy.
- 5-6.6.j Identify the characteristics of a democratic form of government.
Standard #7:
The student will demonstrate economic awareness.
- 5-6.7.k Explain basic principles of economics (wants, needs, goods, services and personal financing).
Standard #8:
The student will demonstrate historical thinking.
- 5-6.8.l Retell the story of U.S. history.
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Standard #1:
Students will perform music alone and with others.
- 1.a. Students will perform compositions using complex rhythms, the chromatic scale and the grand staff.
Standard #2:
Students will read and write music.
- 2.b. Students will be able to read and identify all 15 Major scale key signatures and perform the C, F, and G Major scales.
Standard #3:
Students will listen and respond to a varied repertoire of music.
3.c. Students will identify the musical elements of a fugue.
Standard #4:
Students will describe music as it relates to history, culture, and diversity.
- 4.d. Students will gain an overview of the evolution of music inclusive of the European culture, jazz history, the world of entertainment and technology. Students will demonstrate an appropriate understanding of characteristics from the stage/theatrical genre.
Standard #1:
Students will perform a varied repertoire of music, alone and with others.
- 1.a. Students will perform on an instrument accurately and independently, alone and in a group.
- Benchmark/Proficiency Indicators:
- Echo melodic and rhythmic patterns on instruments
- Student will echo or repeat melodic or rhythmic pattern performed by the teacher
- Play a melody while other students play an accompaniment
- Students will perform in several public concerts
- Students will participate in district organized contest as a large ensemble as well as solo and ensemble festival
- Play an accompaniment to a given melody
- Students will perform in several public concerts
- Students will participate in district organized contest as a large ensemble as well as solo and ensemble festival
Standard #2:
Students will read, notate, and interpret music.
- 2.b. Students will read and notate rhythmic notation in various meters. They read and notate pitches in the clef of their instrument. Students in Grade 7 and 8 identify and define standard notation symbols for pitch, rhythm, dynamics, tempo, articulation and expression.
- Benchmark/Proficiency Indicators
- Demonstrate the ability to read music notation in compound meter
- Students will read whole, half, quarter, eighth, sixteenth, and dotted notes and rests in 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8 and alla breve meter signatures
- Students are able to perform songs in different time signatures throughout the year
- The students’ playing ability is assessed several times each semester
- Students participate in Solo and Ensemble festival as well as District Large Group Festival
- Students work out of a music technique book at lessons and during rehearsals
- Use appropriate musical terminology when discussing music
- The student is asked to locate specific notation symbols in specific works of music and to explain or demonstrate what those symbols tell the performer to do
- These symbols will include: slur, tie, elgato, accent, staccato, fermata, ledger line, sharp, flat, natural, key signature, meter signature, repeat signs, motto, poco, D.C., and D.S
- he names of the notes on the lines and spaces should also be included
Standard #3:
Students will listen, reflect, and respond to the characteristics and merits of music.
- 3.d. Students use appropriate terminology in explaining music, music notation, musical instruments, and music performances.
- 3.e. Students devise criteria for evaluating performances (e.g., technique, musical effect, tone, attack and release, balance and blend).
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Standard #1: Aesthetic Perception:
To inquire into the nature, beauty, and experiences of art through sensory perception.
- 7.1.a. The student will be able to write and orally communicate their ideas about the aesthetics of art.
- 7.1.b The student will understand why we create art based on a personal, social or physical function.
Standard #2: Art Criticism:
To observe, reflect, and understand the characteristics and significance of one's own artwork and the artwork of others.
- 7.2.c. The student will compare and contrast the processes and expressive qualities of their own and other artworks.
Standard #3: Art History:
To acquire knowledge of historical and cultural development through varying aesthetic points of view.
- 7.3.d. The student will compare and contrast works of art from different eras and cultures.
Standard #4: Art Production:
To create and express ideas through a variety of media, techniques, and processes.
- 7.4.e. The student will use a variety of media, techniques and processes to express meaning through art.
- 7.5.f. The student will demonstrate knowledge of the elements of art and the principles of design.
Standard #1: Communication:
Students understand and interpret spoken and written communication in the target language on a variety of topics.
Standard #2: Cultures:
Students will demonstrate an awareness of the cultures of the target languages.
Standard #3: Connections:
Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the target language.
Standard #4: Comparisons:
Students will develop insight into their own language and culture through the study of the target language and culture.
Standard #5: Communities:
Students will participate in multilingual communities at home and around the world.
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Standard #1:
Students gather and organize information: All students will organize and analyze information for relevance and reliability for use in writing.
- 7.1.a Students will establish comprehension through formulating meaningful questions, identifying and thinking about important, interesting, and/or significant passages.
Standard #2:
Students engage in the writing process: All students will plan, write and revise while identifying personal strengths and weaknesses in writing.
- 7.2.b The student will reflect on his/her range of reading, show a growing understanding of him/herself and the world as a result of reading, and set reading goals.
Standard #3:
Students write for a variety of purposes and audiences: All students will demonstrate an understanding of purpose and audience in their writing.
- 7.3.c Students will demonstrate a knowledge of themselves as readers in their own reading process.
Standard #4:
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the principles of language: All students will understand and apply conventions of English and a variety of stylistic writing techniques.
- 7.4.d Students will effectively work in literature circles to discuss, interpret, and extend ideas.
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