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7th grade: standards by week

Every week of the 7th grade plan, with the skills taught and the standards they practice: Common Core for reading, writing and math, NGSS for science, and the C3 Framework for social studies. Use it to plan, to match another curriculum, or for a homeschool record.

151 standards codes across 36 weeks and 180 day plans. Open the 7th grade plan · Year at a glance · Other grades

September: Welcome / My World and Maps

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 1 Mapping Our World	Word study: Greek roots geo (earth) and graph (write or draw); suffixes -ology and -er. Reading & writing: Set up reading workshop and logs, define theme versus topic, name character traits with evidence; write a personal narrative from a Map of Me. Math: Write ratios three ways, find equivalent ratios, compute unit rates and compare them to find the better buy. Science: Matter is made of particles; atoms, molecules, elements, compounds and mixtures; build molecule models. Social studies: Map types and parts, scale, latitude and longitude, hemispheres.	`L.7.4b` `RL.7.2, RL.7.3, W.7.3` `7.RP.1, 7.RP.3` `MS-PS1-1` `C3 D2.Geo.1.6-8`
Week 2 Continents and Oceans	Word study: Greek roots tele (far), phon (sound) and scope (see); two-root words. Reading & writing: Theme versus topic practice, setting and inference with evidence; academic vocabulary notebook and summary writing. Math: Unit rates with fractions by dividing with the reciprocal; compare rates in different forms. Science: Particle motion in solids, liquids and gases; thermal energy and phase changes; the ice melt graph. Social studies: Seven continents, five oceans, hemispheres and major landforms with real examples.	`L.7.4b` `RL.7.2, RL.7.1, W.7.2d` `7.RP.1` `MS-PS1-4` `C3 D2.Geo.2.6-8`
Week 3 Climates and Biomes	Word study: Roots therm (heat), hydro and aqua (water); Greek and Latin twins. Reading & writing: Combine roots and context to unlock words, use text features, compare two texts on one topic, find figurative language; write an explanatory biome paragraph. Math: Test tables for proportionality, solve proportion problems two ways, graph proportional tables. Science: Thermal energy transfer, conductors and insulators, melting on metal versus plastic, the insulation challenge. Social studies: Climate zones, the three climate factors (latitude, altitude, ocean), biomes, ocean currents.	`L.7.4b` `L.7.4a, RI.7.5, RI.7.9, W.7.2` `7.RP.2a` `MS-PS1-4` `C3 D2.Geo.4.6-8`
Week 4 People and Places	Word study: Roots demo (people), polis and urb (city), civ (citizen); connotation of near-synonyms. Reading & writing: Theme in a short story, conflict and character response; write a theme analysis paragraph with two pieces of evidence. Math: Find the constant of proportionality, write y = kx, connect tables, graphs and equations. Science: Physical versus chemical changes, signs of a reaction, conservation of mass in a sealed bag. Social studies: World population patterns, culture regions, human-environment interaction.	`L.7.4b, L.7.5c` `RL.7.2, RL.7.3, W.7.9a` `7.RP.2b, 7.RP.2c` `MS-PS1-2, MS-PS1-5` `C3 D2.Geo.5.6-8, D2.Geo.6.6-8`

October: Fall / Earth's Changing Surface

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 5 Reading the Rocks	Word study: Latin and Greek roots terra (earth) and lith (stone). Reading & writing: Five text structures with signal words; informational paragraph with a chosen structure. Math: Graphs of proportional relationships; the meaning of (0, 0) and (1, r); moving between graph, table and equation. Science: Igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rock; the crayon rock cycle model. Social studies: Mesopotamia between the Tigris and Euphrates: irrigation, mud brick, Sumer's first city-states and inventions.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.5, W.7.2` `7.RP.2a, 7.RP.2d` `MS-ESS2-1` `C3 D2.Geo.2.6-8, D2.His.2.6-8`
Week 6 Plates on the Move	Word study: Latin roots rupt (break, burst) and fract or frag (break into pieces). Reading & writing: Central idea and supporting details, objective summaries; plan and draft an informative essay on a Mesopotamian invention. Math: Percent as a ratio out of 100; find the part, the percent and the whole; estimate with benchmarks. Science: Earth's layers, evidence for plate motion, three boundary types with the graham cracker model. Social studies: Cuneiform and scribes, Hammurabi's Code and Babylon.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.2, W.7.2` `7.RP.3` `MS-ESS2-3` `C3 D2.His.2.6-8, D2.Civ.3.6-8`
Week 7 Earthquakes, Volcanoes and the Nile	Word study: Prefixes sub- (under), super- (above) and trans- (across). Reading & writing: Compare two texts on one topic, cite evidence with location, analyze word choice; revise and share the informative essay. Math: Discount, tax, tip, markup, simple interest, percent change and percent error. Science: Earthquakes and seismic waves, volcano types and hazards, forecasting, the Ring of Fire. Social studies: The Nile and its flood, pharaohs, the Old Kingdom and the pyramids.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.9, RI.7.1, RI.7.4, W.7.5` `7.RP.3` `MS-ESS3-2` `C3 D2.Geo.2.6-8, D2.His.2.6-8`
Week 8 Deep Time and Picture Writing	Word study: Roots chron (time) and ann or enn (year). Reading & writing: Author's purpose and point of view, how ideas and events interact, evaluate an argument's evidence; write an October reflection. Math: Multi-step percent problems and a full review of ratios, proportional relationships and percents. Science: Superposition, index fossils and relative age; the strata jar. Social studies: Hieroglyphs, papyrus, the Rosetta Stone, daily life, trade and achievements; compare Mesopotamia and Egypt.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.6, RI.7.3, RI.7.8, W.7.2` `7.RP.3, 7.RP.2` `MS-ESS1-4` `C3 D2.His.2.6-8`

November: Family and Gratitude / Ecosystems

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 9 Living Together	Word study: Greek roots bio (life) and eco (home, environment). Reading & writing: Objective summaries of fiction and nonfiction, trace an argument's claim and reasons; begin the argument essay with a claim and evidence sheet. Math: Add integers and rational numbers on a number line and with rules; multi-step sums using properties. Science: Ecosystem parts, producers, consumers and decomposers, food chains and webs, the energy pyramid. Social studies: Indus Valley planned cities, trade seals, the undeciphered script and the decline.	`L.7.4b` `RL.7.2, RI.7.2, RI.7.8, W.7.1a` `7.NS.1b, 7.NS.1d` `MS-LS2-3` `C3 D2.Geo.5.6-8`
Week 10 Give Thanks, Give Evidence	Word study: Latin roots grat (thankful), bene (good) and don (give). Reading & writing: Counterclaims, sound reasoning, compare two arguments; draft the body, counterclaim and conclusion of the argument essay. Math: Subtract as adding the opposite, subtract fractions and decimals, find distance with absolute value. Science: Photosynthesis and respiration, the carbon loop, decomposers, species interactions and resource limits. Social studies: The Huang He and Chang Jiang, the Shang and oracle bones, the Zhou and the Mandate of Heaven.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.8, RI.7.9, W.7.1` `7.NS.1c` `MS-LS1-6, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS2-1` `C3 D2.Geo.2.6-8, D2.His.1.6-8`
Week 11 Family Stories and Food Webs	Word study: Roots gen (birth, kind), pater (father), mater (mother) and frater (brother). Reading & writing: Theme across texts, narrative structure, small telling details; a debate circle and a family story narrative. Math: Multiply and divide integers and rational numbers, order of operations, multi-step word problems. Science: Invasive species and other disturbances, ripple effects through food webs, biodiversity. Social studies: Confucius, the Qin unification, the Han dynasty, the Silk Road, harvest festivals compared.	`L.7.4b` `RL.7.2, RL.7.3, W.7.3, SL.7.1` `7.NS.2a, 7.NS.2b, 7.NS.3` `MS-LS2-4` `C3 D2.His.1.6-8, D2.Geo.7.6-8, D2.Geo.6.6-8`

December: Winter Holidays / Forces and Motion

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 12 Forces All Around	Word study: Latin roots mot or mov (move) and tract (pull). Reading & writing: Word choice, figurative language, connotation, mood and tone shifts; plan and begin a winter narrative about a character who changes. Math: Combine like terms, the distributive property, factoring and equivalent expressions. Science: Forces, net force, friction, balanced and unbalanced forces, Newton's three laws. Social studies: Greek geography and city-states, Athens and Sparta, democracy and Greek contributions.	`L.7.4b` `RL.7.4, W.7.3a` `7.EE.1` `MS-PS2-2` `C3 D2.Geo.2.6-8, D2.Civ.2.6-8`
Week 13 Light, Sound and Story	Word study: Roots lum and luc (light), son (sound) and aud (hear). Reading & writing: Point of view, contrasting views, story versus play form, text versus audio; draft and revise the narrative. Math: Expressions from words and in context, one-step and two-step equations, equations from word problems. Science: Wave properties, amplitude and energy, light versus sound, reflection, absorption and transmission, pitch and volume. Social studies: Winter festivals around the world and the solstice.	`L.7.4b` `RL.7.6, RL.7.5, RL.7.7, W.7.3, W.7.5` `7.EE.2, 7.EE.4a` `MS-PS4-1, MS-PS4-2` `C3 D2.Geo.6.6-8`
Week 14 Rome and Review	Word study: Latin roots struct (build) and port (carry). Reading & writing: Theme across the whole text, fiction versus history; author's chair readings, a design report and the December portfolio. Math: Two-step equations with rational numbers, equations from geometry and rates, unit review. Science: Engineering design: criteria and constraints, build, test, analyze data, improve the cotton ball launcher. Social studies: The Roman Republic and Empire, the Twelve Tables, Roman achievements, Saturnalia, the legacy of Greece and Rome.	`L.7.4b` `RL.7.2, RL.7.9, W.7.2, SL.7.6` `7.EE.4a` `MS-ETS1-1, MS-ETS1-3` `C3 D2.Civ.2.6-8, D2.His.2.6-8`

January: New Year / Cells and Body Systems

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 15 Building Blocks of Life	Word study: Latin roots vit and viv (life). Reading & writing: Cite evidence with location and explanation; begin an informative report on a body system with a source list. Math: Two-step equations review with rational numbers; equations from word problems. Science: All living things are made of cells; unicellular and multicellular; using a microscope. Social studies: Purposes of government, Greek and Roman roots of democracy and republic, New Year traditions.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.1, W.7.2, W.7.8` `7.EE.4a` `MS-LS1-1` `C3 D2.Civ.2.6-8`
Week 16 Inside the Cell	Word study: Greek roots micro (small), macro (large) and nucle (kernel). Reading & writing: Analyze how individuals, events and ideas interact in a text; draft body paragraphs of the report with cited evidence. Math: Write and solve two-step inequalities, graph solutions on a number line. Science: Cell parts and functions: membrane, nucleus, cytoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplasts, cell wall; plant versus animal cells. Social studies: The US Constitution, the Preamble, three branches and checks and balances.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.3, W.7.2b` `7.EE.4b` `MS-LS1-2` `C3 D2.Civ.3.6-8, D2.Civ.4.6-8`
Week 17 Body Systems	Word study: Roots corp (body), derm (skin), cardi (heart) and neur (nerve). Reading & writing: Determine central ideas in a longer text and cite evidence; revise and edit the body system report. Math: Multi-step problems with rational numbers in any form, estimation and reasonableness. Science: Body systems work together: digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous, muscular and skeletal; pulse and breathing lab. Social studies: Rights and responsibilities of citizens, the Bill of Rights, Martin Luther King Jr. and civic action.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.2, RI.7.1, W.7.5` `7.EE.3` `MS-LS1-3` `C3 D2.Civ.1.6-8, D2.Civ.14.6-8`
Week 18 Classifying Life	Word study: Roots spec and spect (look), vis and vid (see), leg (law), jur and jus (law, right). Reading & writing: Compare how two texts present the same information; present the body system report; January portfolio. Math: Unit review: equations and inequalities with rational numbers and word problems. Science: Classification: domains and kingdoms, dichotomous keys, anatomical similarities and relationships among organisms. Social studies: Local and state government, how a bill becomes law, ways citizens participate.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.9, SL.7.4, W.7.10` `7.EE.4` `MS-LS4-2` `C3 D2.Civ.2.6-8, D2.Civ.3.6-8`

February: Friendship / Weather and Climate

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 19 Air on the Move	Word study: Roots ver (truth) and cred (believe). Reading & writing: Research skills: generate a focused question, judge credible sources, take notes without copying; choose a historical figure with a research partner. Math: Populations and samples, random sampling, why sample size matters. Science: Air pressure, air masses, warm and cold fronts and the weather they bring; reading a weather map. Social studies: Frederick Douglass: from enslavement to writer and speaker; why he is historically significant.	`L.7.4b` `W.7.7, W.7.8` `7.SP.1` `MS-ESS2-5` `C3 D2.His.3.6-8`
Week 20 Weather Patterns	Word study: Roots scrib or script (write) and dict (say). Reading & writing: Draw inferences from research sources and cite them; organize notes into an outline for a research report. Math: Draw inferences about a population from a sample; estimate with proportions; variability across samples. Science: Severe weather: thunderstorms, tornadoes, hurricanes and blizzards; how forecasts are made; safety. Social studies: Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad; Abraham Lincoln and Presidents' Day.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.1, W.7.7, W.7.2a` `7.SP.2` `MS-ESS2-5` `C3 D2.His.3.6-8, D2.His.4.6-8`
Week 21 Oceans, Climate and Friendship	Word study: Roots flu (flow) and spir (breathe). Reading & writing: Compare two accounts of the same person; revise the research report with transitions and a conclusion. Math: Measures of center (mean, median) and variability (range, mean absolute deviation); compare two data sets visually and numerically. Science: Ocean currents and winds move heat; why coasts are mild; regional climates and the water cycle's role. Social studies: Friendships that shaped history: Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton; Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.9, W.7.2c, W.7.5` `7.SP.3, 7.SP.4` `MS-ESS2-6` `C3 D2.His.3.6-8`
Week 22 Research Fair	Word study: Roots ques, quir or quis (ask, seek) and sci (know). Reading & writing: Present research with evidence, eye contact and clear pronunciation; listen and ask questions; February portfolio. Math: Statistics unit review: sampling, inference, center and variability, comparing populations. Science: Weather versus climate review; climate graphs for three cities; February science check. Social studies: Research fair presentations on historical figures; what makes a person historically significant.	`L.7.4b` `SL.7.4, SL.7.1, W.7.10` `7.SP.1, 7.SP.2, 7.SP.3, 7.SP.4` `MS-ESS2-5, MS-ESS2-6` `C3 D2.His.3.6-8`

March: Spring / Matter Cycles and Resources

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 23 Round and Round	Word study: Roots cycl (circle, wheel) and circ or circum (around). Reading & writing: Precise versus vague language; use domain vocabulary; write a descriptive paragraph about a place in the Maya world. Math: Circumference and area of circles; pi as a ratio; real circle problems. Science: The water cycle driven by the sun and gravity: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, runoff and groundwater. Social studies: The Maya: city-states in Mesoamerica, the calendar, writing, pyramids, math with zero.	`L.7.4b` `L.7.3a, W.7.2d` `7.G.4` `MS-ESS2-4` `C3 D2.His.2.6-8`
Week 24 Shaping Earth and Sentences	Word study: Roots form (shape) and morph (form, change). Reading & writing: Simple, compound and complex sentences; phrases and clauses; fix fragments and run-ons; write a comparison paragraph. Math: Area of triangles, trapezoids and composite figures; decompose shapes. Science: The rock cycle revisited and the carbon cycle: how carbon moves among air, living things, oceans and rock. Social studies: Medieval Europe: feudalism, manors, castles, the Church, towns and guilds.	`L.7.4b` `L.7.1a, L.7.1b` `7.G.6` `MS-ESS2-1, MS-LS2-3` `C3 D2.His.2.6-8`
Week 25 Resources and Routes	Word study: Roots nat (born) and sol (sun). Reading & writing: Misplaced and dangling modifiers; commas with coordinate adjectives; write an explanatory paragraph about a resource. Math: Volume of rectangular and triangular prisms; volume word problems. Science: Natural resources: renewable and nonrenewable; why resources are unevenly distributed; mapping resources. Social studies: The Islamic Golden Age (Baghdad, algebra, medicine, astronomy) and West African kingdoms (Ghana, Mali, Timbuktu, the gold-salt trade).	`L.7.4b` `L.7.1c, L.7.2a, W.7.2` `7.G.6` `MS-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.Geo.8.6-8, D2.His.2.6-8`
Week 26 New Ideas, New Worlds	Word study: Roots nov (new) and reg or rect (rule, straight). Reading & writing: Figures of speech including allusions; word relationships and analogies; March portfolio. Math: Angle relationships (supplementary, complementary, vertical, adjacent), cross sections of prisms and pyramids; geometry review. Science: Resources review; how people decide to use resources; March science check. Social studies: The Renaissance (printing press, art, science) and the Age of Exploration: routes, motives and consequences, fairly told.	`L.7.4b` `L.7.5a, L.7.5b, W.7.10` `7.G.5, 7.G.3` `MS-ESS3-1` `C3 D2.His.2.6-8, D2.Geo.7.6-8`

April: Earth and Environment / Human Impact

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 27 Footprints	Word study: Roots pop (people) and vor (eat). Reading & writing: Note-taking systems: two-column notes, source cards, paraphrase versus quote; begin research on an environmental issue. Math: Surface area of rectangular prisms using nets; real packaging problems. Science: Human population growth and per-person consumption; how both change land, water and air. Social studies: Scarcity, opportunity cost and trade-offs; every choice has a cost.	`L.7.4b` `W.7.8, RI.7.1` `7.G.6` `MS-ESS3-4` `C3 D2.Eco.1.6-8`
Week 28 Water and Waste	Word study: Latin root duc or duct (lead). Reading & writing: Evaluate sources for bias and sufficiency; draft the argument's claim and body paragraphs. Math: Scale drawings: compute actual lengths and areas from a scale; redraw at a different scale. Science: Water and air pollution, waste and recycling; methods for monitoring and reducing impact. Social studies: Supply, demand and price; markets; incentives.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.8, W.7.1a, W.7.1b` `7.G.1` `MS-ESS3-3` `C3 D2.Eco.2.6-8, D2.Eco.3.6-8`
Week 29 Earth Day Action	Word study: Roots serv (save, keep) and vert or vers (turn). Reading & writing: Revise the argument for evidence and fairness; prepare an Earth Day presentation. Math: Constructing triangles from given sides and angles; when a triangle is possible; drawing figures with tools. Science: Design and evaluate a solution for a local environmental problem using criteria and constraints; Earth Day project. Social studies: Specialization and trade; why countries trade; benefits and costs of trade.	`L.7.4b` `W.7.5, W.7.1, SL.7.4` `7.G.2` `MS-ESS3-3, MS-ETS1-2` `C3 D2.Eco.14.6-8, D2.Eco.15.6-8`
Week 30 Climate and Choices	Word study: Roots cap or capt (take, hold) and mit or miss (send). Reading & writing: Compare two arguments on the same issue; April portfolio and reflection. Math: Geometry unit review: area, surface area, volume, scale drawings, angles, triangles. Science: Factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century, with evidence; April science check. Social studies: Money basics: earning, saving, budgeting and taxes; making a simple budget.	`L.7.4b` `RI.7.9, W.7.10` `7.G` `MS-ESS3-5` `C3 D2.Eco.7.6-8, D2.Eco.1.6-8`

May: Oceans / Inventors and Technology

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 31 Ocean Waves	Word study: Roots mar or mer (sea) and nav (ship). Reading & writing: Fluency: phrasing, expression and rate with ocean poems and passages; plan a final narrative set near water. Math: Probability as a number between 0 and 1; likely, unlikely, certain, impossible; simple probability. Science: Ocean waves: wind-driven waves, wavelength, amplitude and energy; tides and currents. Social studies: Communication technology then and now: from the printing press to the telegraph to the internet.	`L.7.4b` `RL.7.10, W.7.3a` `7.SP.5` `MS-PS4-1` `C3 D2.His.2.6-8`
Week 32 Signals	Word study: Greek roots tech (skill, craft) and mech (machine). Reading & writing: Compare a scene from a story with its audio or film version; revise the narrative for pacing and dialogue. Math: Experimental versus theoretical probability; probability models from data; predictions. Science: Digital versus analog signals; why digital signals carry information more reliably; binary code activity. Social studies: Inventors of the industrial age: steam power, the cotton gin, the light bulb, the telephone; their effects, good and bad.	`L.7.4b` `RL.7.7, W.7.3b, W.7.3c` `7.SP.6, 7.SP.7` `MS-PS4-3` `C3 D2.His.3.6-8`
Week 33 Design Challenge	Word study: Latin root ven or vent (come). Reading & writing: Write a technical explanation of a design; use precise language and sequence; author's chair for narratives. Math: Compound events with lists, tables and tree diagrams; simulations. Science: Engineering design cycle: define, design, build, test, improve a wave-powered or wind-powered device. Social studies: Global connections: trade routes, shipping containers, the internet and how goods and ideas move today.	`L.7.4b` `W.7.2, L.7.3a, SL.7.6` `7.SP.8` `MS-ETS1-2, MS-ETS1-4` `C3 D2.Geo.7.6-8, D2.Eco.14.6-8`
Week 34 Explorers of the Deep	Word study: Roots voc or vok (call, voice) and log (word, reason). Reading & writing: Compare a fictional and a factual account of ocean exploration; May portfolio. Math: Probability unit review and a start on the year review. Science: Ocean exploration technology: sonar, submersibles and remote vehicles; how waves and signals make it possible; May science check. Social studies: Global citizenship: shared problems, international organizations, how students can connect responsibly.	`L.7.4b` `RL.7.9, W.7.10` `7.SP.5, 7.SP.6, 7.SP.7, 7.SP.8` `MS-PS4-2, MS-PS4-3` `C3 D2.Civ.2.6-8, D2.Geo.7.6-8`

June: Review and Celebration

Week	Skills	Standards
Week 35 Review Olympics	Word study: Review all roots from the year; students teach a root to the class. Reading & writing: Independent reading and book talks; begin the year-in-review reflection with evidence from the portfolio. Math: Mixed review stations across all five strands with team scoring. Science: Replay three favorite investigations and explain the science behind each. Social studies: Build a class timeline from Mesopotamia to the Age of Exploration.	`L.7.4b` `RL.7.10, W.7.10` `7.RP, 7.NS, 7.EE, 7.G, 7.SP` `MS-PS1-4, MS-PS2-2, MS-LS2-3` `C3 D2.His.2.6-8`
Week 36 My Year in Review	Word study: Root celebration: a class root dictionary. Reading & writing: Finish and present the year-in-review reflection; recommend summer reading. Math: Math games day and a letter to a future seventh grader with one tip per strand. Science: Science fair of favorites: each student explains one big idea with a demonstration. Social studies: My year in review: what we learned about people, places and choices.	`L.7.4b` `W.7.10, SL.7.4` `7.RP, 7.NS, 7.EE, 7.G, 7.SP` `MS-PS1, MS-ESS2, MS-LS2, MS-PS2` `C3 D2.His.2.6-8, D2.Civ.2.6-8`

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