District Curriculum Overview

Subject: Math                                                       Course: 7th grade math                                                        Grade Level: 7

 

Concepts/Enduring Understandings/Themes

Topics/Units

Content/Skills

Essential Activities/Agreements

The tools of mathematics allow us to understand and model relationships

·  Patterns & Relationships

·  Ratio, Proportion, Percent

·  Intro to Linear Relationships

·   Know what a relationship is

·   Correctly make a coordinate graph

·   Use different models (tables, graphs, descriptions, equations) to represent patterns and relationships and make one model from another

·   Be able to find the value of one variable when given the other value using a table, graph, and equation

·  Be able to recognize and model proportional relationships, including similarity

·  Understand how one shape on the coordinate plane can be transformed into another, using translations, rotations, and reflections

·  Enlarging Drawing Problem of the Week

The tools of mathematics allow us to compare quantities to make informed decisions

·  Patterns & Relationships

·  Ratio, Proportion, Percent

·  3D Geometry

·  Probability

·  Intro to Linear Relationships

·   Be able to interpret different models of relationships (tables, graphs, linear equations)

·   Use concepts of fractions, decimals, and percents to make comparisons

·   Know what a ratio is

·   Be able to set up and use proportions to solve problems

·   Be able to calculate probabilities

·  Packages Design Project

·  Carnival Games Project

·  Rate Problem Solving

The tools of mathematics allow us to efficiently measure and compare one-, two-, and three-dimensional shapes

·  3D Geometry

·   Know what surface area and volume measure, including appropriate units

·   Be able to calculate surface area and volume of prisms

·   Be able to use vocabulary associated with 3D figures

·   Be able to sketch and label nets and shapes

·  Packages Design Project

The tools of mathematics allow us to make sense of situations that involve numbers that are not whole or positive

·  Ratio, Proportion, Percent

·  Integers

·  Probability

·   Know and be able to use the connections between fractions, decimals, and percents

·   Know what integers represent

·   Know concepts behind and be able to use operations with positive and negative numbers

·   Know what probability is

·   Be able to use a variety of approaches (tree diagrams, organized lists, area models, FCP) to solve probability problems

·  Carnival Games Project