GRADE 7 2013-2014

GRADE 7 2013-2014 

NEXT APPOINTMENT: END OF REPORTING PERIOD 1 (9/12) 

Reporting Period 1 August 19 August 26 September 2 (Sept. 2 Holiday) September 9 

Subject Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 

Reading Textbook 

McDougal Littell 

Literature 

Selection Test 

Packet 

Unit 1: Seventh Grade, The Last Dog, Thank You 

M’am, Rikki-tikki-tavi , Holes pages 24-97 

Complete: Comprehension, Literary Analysis, Vocabulary, 

and selection tests (separate packet). 

*Pick at least 1 story per week 

Unit 1: Exploring the Titanic, The Monsters Are Due on 

Maple Street, What Makes Your Imagination Soar 

pages 98-165 


and selection tests (separate packet). 

Complete: Reading Comprehension Papa’s Parrot pages 

166-171. 

*Pick 1 at least one story per week 

Writing 

Language Arts 


Literature 

Complete Reading-Writing 

Connection that corresponds 

with stories read A & B 

(pg.41,60,71,or 91) 

Check our website on your 

computer – 

Language Arts CST 

Released Test Questions 



with stories read A & B (pg. 

117 ) 

Do Writing Workshop: 

Describing a Place-page 158 

English/Spelling 

Houghton Mifflin 

Textbook (MH) 

HM Workbook Plus 

Handouts (WB) 

HM: Unit 1 L1 Kinds of 

Sentences, L2 Complete 

Subjects and Predicates; 

pages 32-39. 

HM: Unit 1 L3 Simple 

Subjects and Predicates, L4 

Finding the Subject; pages 

40-47 

HM: Unit 1 L5 

Conjunctions, L6 

Fragments and Run-ons 

pgs. 48-56 

HM: Unit 1 Checkup and 

Test Practice pages 57-62 

WB: pgs. 1-6 

WB: pgs. 7-12 

WB: pgs. 13-15 

WB: pgs. 16-17. 

Word Wise VOC/SP 

GWA (Grammar 

Writing Assessment) 

packet 

VOC: Lesson 1 pgs 13-18 

SP: Lesson 1 pgs169- 

170 

Additional Reading Anna of Byzantium - Barrett 


SP: Lesson 2 pgs 171- 

172 



174 



176 

*Schedule and take a STAR Renaissance reading assessment 

with your Resource Teacher some time during RP1.


Reporting Period 1 August 19 August 26 September 2 (Sept. 2 Holiday) September 9 

Subject Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 End of RP 1 (9/13) 

Math 

Prentice Hall 

California 

Pre-Algebra 

Textbook 

GLD- 

Grade Level Drawer 

Ask Resource 

Teacher 

Ch. 1 Algebraic Expressions 

& Functions 

Check for Readiness pg. 2 

Sections 1.1-1.4 pgs. 4-22 

(variables/expressions, order of 

operations, writing/evaluating 

exp, integers, absolute value) 

Screening test GLD) 


& Functions 

Checkpoint Quiz 1 pg. 22 

Sections 1.5-1.9 pgs. 43-49 

(add/subtract integers, inductive 

reasoning, patterns, 

mult./dividing integers) 


& Functions 


Section 1.10 pgs. 52-56 

(coordinate plane) 

Ch. 2 Solving 1-Step 

Equations & Inequalities 

Check for readiness pg. 66 

Sections 2.1-2.4 pgs. 68-85 

(properties, dist. Property, 

simplify algebraic exp., 

variables/equations) 


Science 

Life Science Textbook- 

HOLT 

Study Guide (SG) 

Life Science Chapter 

Tests- White Packet 

www.phschool.com 

Links to online Math support 

Unit One- The Study of Living Things 

Ch. 1 – The Nature of Life Science 

Lessons 1-5, pgs. 2-48 

Complete section review questions, quick labs, section 

quizzes, and Ch. Test. (SG) pgs. 1-21. 



Ch. 2, It’s Alive!! Or Is It 

Lessons 1-2, pgs. 48-70 



Social Studies 

Glencoe Medieval & 

Early Modern Times 

(MMT) 

Ch. Quizzes & Tests 

(QT) Kids Discover 

(KDM) 

Maps, Charts, Graphs 

(MCG) 

MMT: Ch.1 Roman 

Civilization 

Section 1 pgs. 136-143 

QT: Quiz 1-1, pg. 1 

Check out our On-line 

Medieval and Early Modern 

Times 

Username: DSMMCA06 

Password: uLhDAkz9 

MMT: Ch.1 Roman 

Civilization 

Section 2 pgs. 144-155 

QT: Quiz 1-2, pg. 2 

KDM: Pompeii 

Choose 2 quick labs to complete. 

MMT: Ch.1 Roman MMT: Ch.2 Islamic 

Civilization 

Civilization 

Section 3 pgs. 156-165 Section 1 pgs. 172-180 

QT: Quiz 1-3, pg. 3, and QT: Quiz 2-1, pg. 13 

Ch.1Test Form A, pgs. 5-8 

MCG: Lesson1 

Finding Directions 

MCG: Lesson 2 Using Map 

Scale 

MCG: Lesson 3 Comparing 

Map Scales 

MCG: Lesson 4 Reading a 

Map Key 

*Schedule and take a STAR Renaissance math assessment with your Resource Teacher 

sometime during RP1.



Reporting Period 2 September 16 September 23 September 30 October 7 




Literature 

Selection Test Packet 

Unit 2: Zebra, The Scholarship Jacket, A Retrieved 

Reformation pages 176-239 


and selection tests. 


Optional: Extension and Challenge. 

Unit 2: The Three-Century Woman, Charles, Encounter 

with Martin Luther King Jr., Dirk the Protector, A 

Mother in Mannville pages 240-299 



Complete: reading comprehension assessment pages 294- 

299. 


Writing 


Literature Text 

Complete Reading-Writing Connection A & B pages 207 

Check out our Expository Writing Prompt 

Expository Prompt 

Complete Reading-Writing Connection A & B pages 279. 

Writing workshop- pages 286-292. Do a Comparison- 

Contrast Essay 



Textbook (MH) 


Handouts (WB) 

HM: Unit 1 Extra Practice 

pages 63-65 


pages 66-68 

GWA Unit 1 test 

The Sentence page 3. 

HM: Unit 2 Nouns, L1 

Kinds of Nouns pages 70-72 

WB: pages 19-20. 

HM: Unit 2 L2 Collective 

and Compound Nouns 

pages 73-75 

WB: pages 21-22. 

Word Wise 

VOC/SP 

GWA (Grammar 

Writing 

Assessment) packet 



178 

VOC: Lesson 6 pages 41- 

44 


180 



182 



184 

Additional Reading The Cow Switch and Other African Tales The Royal Kingdoms of Ghana, Mali and Songhay


Reporting Period 2 September 16 September 23 September 30 October 7 


Math 

Prentice Hall 

California 

Pre-Algebra 

Textbook 

GLD- 


Ask Resource 

Teacher 

Science 


HOLT 





Glencoe Medieval 

& Early Modern 

Times (MMT) 



Sections 2.5-2.8 pgs. 88-105 

(solving equations by 

add/subt., mult/divide, try, 

test revise, inequalities and 

their graphs) 



Sections 2.9-2.10 pgs. 106- 

114 

(solving 1-step inequalities 

by add/subt/mult./dividing) 


Ch. 2 Review & Test pgs. 

117-120 Standards mastery 

pgs. 121-23 

Ch. 3- Light & Living Things, L1-3 pgs. 72-106 



MMT: 

Ch.2 Islamic Civilization 

Section 2, pgs. 181-189 

MMT: 

Ch.2 Islamic Civilization 


Ch. 3 Decimals and 

Equations 


Sections 3.1-3.3 pgs. 127- 

140 

(rounding/estimating, est. 

decimal product/quotients, 

formulas) Quiz 1 pg. 140 



Unit 2 Cells , Chapter 4 

Cells The Basic Units of Life, 

L1-3, pages 108-142 Complete 

sect. review questions, quick 

labs, section quizzes & Ch. 4 

Test. (SG) pgs. 52-68 

. 

MMT: 

Ch. 3 Medieval Africa 



Equations 


155 

(solving equations by 

add/subt., mult/divide 

decimals, metric system) 


Chapter 5 – The Cell in 

Action L1-2, pages 144-166 

Complete sect. Review 

questions, quick labs, section 

quizzes & Ch. 5 Test. (SG) 

pgs. 69-79. 

MMT: 



Ch. Quizzes & 

Tests (QT) 

Kids Discover 

(KDM) 

QT: Quiz 2-2, pg. 14 

On-line Medieval and Early 

Modern Times 

QT: Quiz 2-3, pg. 15, and 

Ch. 2 Test Form A, pgs. 17- 

20 

QT: Quiz 3-1, pg. 25 

QT: Quiz 3-2, pg. 26 

KDM: African Kingdoms 

Maps, Charts, 

Graphs (MCG) 

MCG: Lesson 5 Using 

Parallels and Meridians 

MCG: Lesson 6 Finding 

Exact Locations on Maps 


Climate Map 

MCG: Lesson 8 Using a 

Letter- Number Grid



Reporting Period 3 October 14 October 21 October 28 November 4 




Literature 


Packet 

Unit 3: The Two Brothers, Amigo Brothers, The War of 

the Wall, What Do Fish Have to Do With Anything, A 

Crush, pages 304-371 




Unit 3: The Giver, Spring Harvest of Snow Peas, A 

Christmas Carol, The Hummingbird That Lived 

Through Winter, pages 374-433 




Optional Extension and Challenge 

Optional Extension and Challenge 

Writing 


Literature Text 

Complete Reading-Writing Connection pages 325,355 

A& B 

Check our link to prepare for the 7 th grade writing test. 

7th Grade Writing Prompt 

Writing Workshop: Write You Own Short Story (page 

420). Write a story that is set in an unusual time or location. 

Make sure that your story has a plot line, a conflict, 

characters, and suspense. 



Textbook (MH) 

HM: Unit 2 L3 Singular 

and Plural Nouns pages 76- 

78 

HM: Unit 2 L4 Possessive 

Nouns pages 81-83 

HM: Unit 2 Checkup, Test 

Practice and Cumulative 

Review pgs. 88-94 


pgs. 95-98 


Handouts (WB) 

Word Wise 

VOC/SP 

GWA (Grammar 


packet 

Additional Reading 

WB: pgs. 23-24 


62 

SP: Lesson 9 pages 185- 

186 

WB: pgs. 27-28. 


66 


188 

WB: pgs. 29-30 


70 


190 

WB: pgs. 31 

GWA Unit 2 Nouns page 7 


80 

SP: Lesson 12 pages 

191-192 

The Samurais Tale – Haugaard, or The Hobbit- Tolkien ( Literature Unit available)


Reporting Period 3 October 14 October 21 October 28 November 4 


Math 

Prentice Hall 

California 

Pre-Algebra 

Textbook 

GLD- 


Ask Resource 

Teacher 

Science 


HOLT 







(MMT) 


(QT) 

Kids Discover 

(KDM) 


(MCG) 


Equations 

Sections 3.7 pgs. 158-161 

(reasoning strategy: act it 

out) 

Chapter review and test 

pgs. 163-166 Standards 

Mastery pgs. 167-169 

**Take STAR Renaissance 

Math with Resource Teacher 

Ch. 4 Factors, Fractions & 

Exponents 



186 

(divisibility & factors, 

exponents, prime 

factorizations, GCF) 

Activity Lab pg. 187 



Unit 3 Heredity and Genes 

Chapter 6 Heredity, L1-3, pgs. 170-202 

Complete sect. review questions, quick labs, section quizzes, 

and Ch. Test. (SG), pgs. 80-97. 

MMT: 




Ch. 3 test 

Test Form A, pgs. 29-32 

Online Resource 

MMT: 

Ch. 4 China in the Middle 

Ages Section 1, pgs.250- 

259 

QT: Quiz 4-1, pg. 37 

KDM: Ancient China 


Exponents 


209 

(simplifying fractions, 

reasoning strategy, rational 

numbers, exponents, & 

mult/division) 

Checkpoint Quiz 1 &2 pgs. 

191 & 209 


Exponents 


(scientific notation) 

Ch. 4 review and test pgs. 

217-220Standards mastery 

pgs. 221-223 

Complete Quarter 1 test (in 

GLD) 

Chapter 7 – Genes and DNA, L1-2, pgs. 204-226 

Complete sect. review questions, quick labs, section quizzes 

and Ch. Test. 

(SG), pgs. 98-109. 

MMT: 


Ages Section 2, pgs. 260- 

266 

QT: Quiz 4-2, pg. 38 

MMT: 


Ages Section 3, pgs. 267- 

273 

QT: Quiz 4-3, pg. 39 

MCG: Lesson 9 Using an 

Atlas 

MCG: Lesson 10 Reading 

Contour Maps 

MCG: Lesson 11 Using an 

Elevation Map 

MCG: Lesson 12 

Comparing the Map 

Projections



Reporting Period 4 November 11 November 18 November 25 December 2 




Literature 


Packet 

Unit 4: Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed, A Day’s 

Wait, The People Could Fly, Out of the Dust pages 438- 

493 




Optional Extension and Challenge. 

Unit 4: Breaking the Ice, One Perfect Rose, Old Age 

Sticks, The Hound of the Baskervilles pages 494-529 




Optional- Extension and Challenge. 

Check with Resource teacher for test prep booklets. 

Writing 


Literature 



Textbook (MH) 



with stories read page 465. 

HM: Unit 3 Verbs , L 1-4 

pages 100-112 



with stories read page 475 or 

479. 

HM: Unit 3 L 5-8 

pages 113-128 

Writing Workshop: Complete Response to Literature 

activity on page 516. 

Check out our link 

Response to Literature 

http://wwwstatic.valleyoakscharterschool.org/gems/grade7/7thGradeRes 

ponsetoLiterature.pdf 

HM: Unit 3 L9-10 

pages 129-138 

HM: Unit 3 L11-12 

pages 139-146 


Handouts (WB) 

WB: pgs.32-39 

WB: pgs. 40-47 

WB: pgs 48-53 

WB: pgs. 54-59 

Word Wise 

VOC/SP 

GWA (Grammar 


packet 



SP:Lesson 13 pgs 193-194 

Online grammar games and 

activities 


SP: Lesson 14 pgs 195-196 

VOC: Lesson 15 pgs 89- 

92 


198 

The Single Shard- Park Otto of the Silver Hand-Pyle 


102 


200


Reporting Period 4 November 11 November 18 November 25 December 2 

Subject Week 13 Week 14 Week 15 Week 16 End of RP 4 

(12/6) 

Math 

Prentice Hall 

California 

Pre-Algebra 

Textbook 

GLD- 


Ask Resource 

Teacher 

Science 


HOLT 




Ch. 5 Operations with 

Fractions 


Sections 5.1-5.4 pgs. 226-246 

(compare/order rational 

numbers, fractions/decimals, 

add/subt/ mult/divide fractions) 


**Take STAR Renaissance Math with 

Resource Teacher 


Links to Online Math support 


Fractions 


Sections 5.1-5.4 pgs. 226-246 

(compare/order rational 

numbers, fractions/decimals, 

add/subt/ mult/divide fractions) 


Unit 4 – Earth and Life History 

Chapter 8 – Studying Earth’s Past, L1-3, pgs. 228-258. 


quizzes, and Chapter Test. (SG) pgs. 110-121 


Fractions 


(powers of products & 

quotients) 


275-278. Standards mastery 

pgs. 279-281 

Check with Resource teacher 

for test prep booklets. 

Ch. 6 Ratios, Proportions, & 

Percents 


Sections 6.1-6.4 pgs. 284-305 

(ratios, unit rate, proportions, 

similar figures, scale drawings, 

fractions, decimals, percent) 




CST Math released test 

questions 

Chapter 9 – The History of Life Science, L1-3, pgs. 260- 

292. Complete section review questions, quick labs, section 

quizzes, and Chapter test. (SG) pgs. 122-137. 




(MMT) 


(QT) 

Kids Discover 

(KDM) 


(MCG) 

MMT: Ch. 4 China in the 

Middle Ages Section 4, 

pgs. 281-287 



44 


MMT: Ch. 5 Medieval 

Japan 


QT: Quiz 5-1, pg. 49 


Japan 


QT: Quiz 5-2, pg. 50 


Japan 




56 


Highway Maps 


City Map 


Political Map 


Historical Map



Reporting Period 5 December 9 December 16 December 23-January 3 January 6 

Subject Week 17 Week 18 Holiday Week 19 



Literature 


Packet 

Unit 5: A Minor Bird, The 

Names, The Earth is a 

Living Thing, Gold pages 

534-553 

Complete: Comprehension, 

Literary Analysis, 

Vocabulary, and, selection 

tests. 

Unit 5: Scaffolding. Charge 

of the Light Brigade, Two 

Haiku Fireflies in the 

Garden pages 562-583 



Vocabulary, and selection 

tests. 

Unit 5: Jabberwocky, 

Sarah Cynthia Sylvia, Four 

Skinny Tress, Snow in the 

Suburbs page 562-613 



Vocabulary, and, selection 

tests. 

Optional- Extension 

Challenge. 


Challenge. 


Challenge. 

Writing 


Literature 


Connection page 553. 



with stories read pages 578. 

Writing Workshop: 

Response to a Poem page 

600. 



Textbook (MH) 

HM: Unit 3 L14-16 pages 

147-162. 

Complete Unit 3 Test 

(GWA)Pages 11-17 

HM: Unit 4 MODIFIERS, 

L1 pages 180-185 


Handouts (WB) 

WB: pgs. 69-72 


GWA (Grammar 


packet 

VOC: Lesson 17 

pgs103-106 

SP: Lesson 17 

pgs 201-202 


pgs 107-110 

SP: Lesson 18 

pgs 203-204 


pgs 111-114 

SP: Lesson 19 

pgs 205-206 

Additional Reading Crispin-Avi Castle or Cathedral-McCaulay Adam of the Road -Gray


Reporting Period 5 December 9 December 16 December 23-January 3 January 6 

Subject Week 17 Week 18 Holiday Week 19 End of RP 5 (1/10) 

Math 

Prentice Hall 

California 

Pre-Algebra 

Textbook 

Mid Course Test Ch. 1-6 

(GLD) 

GLD- 


Ask Resource 

Teacher 

Science 


HOLT 







(MMT) 


(QT) 

Kids Discover 

(KDM) 


(MCG) 

Ch. 6 Ratios, Proportions, 

& Percents Sections 6.5-6.8 

pgs. 306-323 (proportions & 

%, % and equations, percent 

of change, mark/up discount) 



Chapter 10 – The 

Evolution of Living Things, 

L1-2, pgs. 294-311. 

Complete section review 


quizzes and (SG) pgs. 138- 

145 


Europe 


QT: Quiz 6-1, pg. 61 


KDM: Middle Ages 


Comparing Historical 

Maps 

Ch. 6 Ratios, Proportions, 

& Percents 

Sections 6.9-6.10 pgs. 325- 

333 

(applications of rational 

numbers, reasoning 

strategies: making a table) 


339-341 

Chapter 10 – Evolution of 

Living Things, L3, pgs. 312- 

326. Complete section 

review questions, quick labs, 

sect. quiz & Ch. Test. 

Complete (SG) pgs. 146-154 


Europe 


QT: Quiz 6-2, pg. 62 


World Temperature Map 

C 

H 

R 

I 

S 

T 

M 

A 

S 

V 

A 

C 

A 

T 

I 

O 

N 

Ch. 7 Solving Equations & 

Inequalities Sections 7.1- 

7.4 pgs 344-61 

(solving 2-step , multi-step 

w/ fractions and decimal 

equations) 



Chapter 11 –Classification, 

L1, pg. 328-332. Complete 

sect. review questions, quick 

labs, section quizzes and 

(SG) pgs. 155-158. 


Europe 


QT: Quiz 6-3, pg. 63 

KDM: Knights & Castles 

MCG: Lesson 19 Making 

Predictions with a Map



Reporting Period 6 January 13 January 20 January 27 February 3 




Literature 


Packet 

Unit 6 : Echo, Prometheus, Orpheus and Eurydice, 

Icarus and Daedalus, Phaethon, Young Arthur pages 

618-661 



Unit 6: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Crispin, Brer 

Possum’s Dilemma, The Race Between Toad and 

Donkey, The King Who Wished for Gold, The Three 

Wishes pages 662-741 



Writing 


Literature 

Writing Workshop: Persuasive Essay page 940. Check out 

our link Persuasive Writing Prompt 

Writing Workshop: Cause and Effect Essay page 728 

Check with your resource teacher for STAR Writing Test 

strategies. 



Textbook (MH) 


Handouts (WB) 

HM: Unit 4 L 2-3 pages 

186-192 

WB: pgs. 73-76 

HM: Unit 4 L 4 pages 195- 

197 

WB: pgs. 77-80 


198-203 

WB: pgs. 81-85 

HM: Unit 4 Test Practice 

and Cumulative Review pgs 

208-209. 

GWA Modifiers p. 19 


GWA (Grammar 


packet 


124 


208 


128 


210 


132 


212 

Additional Reading Catherine Called Birdy – Cushman Door in the Wall –Angeli


Reporting Period 6 January 13 January 20 January 27 February 3 


Math 

Prentice Hall 

California 

Pre-Algebra 

Textbook 

GLD- 


Ask Resource 

Teacher 

Science 


HOLT 





Inequalities 


375 

(solve 2-step inequalities, 

transforming formulas, 

simple/compound interest) 


Complete Ch. 11– 

Classifications, L2 pgs. 

338-352. Complete section 

review questions, section 

quizzes and Chapter Test. 

(SG) pgs. 159-166. 


Inequalities Ch. review 

and test pgs. 377-380 

Standards mastery pgs. 381- 

383 . Ch. 8 Linear 

Functions/Graphing 


397(relations/functions, 

equations w/ 2 variables) 

Unit 5 – Structure & 

Function Chapter 12 – 

Introduction to Plants, L1- 

2, pgs. 354-367. Complete 

section review questions, 

quick labs, section quizzes, 

and (SG) pgs. 167-171. 

Ch. 8 Linear 



419 (slope & y-intercept, 

direct variation, multiple 

strategies, solving systems of 

linear equations) 



Links to Online Math Support 

Chapter 12- Introduction 

to Plants, L3-4, pgs. 368- 



section quizzes and Chapter 

test. (SG) pgs. 172-185 

Ch. 8 Linear 



(linear inequalities) 

Ch. review and test pgs. 427- 

430 

Benchmark test 2 (GLD & 

return to be graded) 

CST Math released test questions 

Chapter 13- Plant 

Processes, L1-2, pgs. 392- 



section quizzes, and (SG) 

pages 186-194 




(MMT) 


(QT) 

Kids Discover 

(KDM) 


(MCG) 


Europe 


QT: Quiz 6-4, pg. 64 



Europe 


QT: Quiz 6-5, pg 65, and 


70 

MMT: Ch. 7 The 

Renaissance 


QT: Quiz 7-1, pg. 75 


Renaissance 


QT: Quiz 7-2, pg. 76 

KDM: Shakespeare 


Special Purpose Maps 


a Population Map 


Comparing Population 

Maps 

MCG: Lesson 23 Analyzing 

Map Data



Reporting Period 7 February 10 February 17 February 24 March 3 




Literature 


Packet 

Unit 7: Eleanor Roosevelt, Names/ Nombres, It’s Not 

About the Bike, Malcom X pages 746-799 




Unit 7: The Noble Experiment, Jackie Robinson, Lucy 

Stone, East to the Dawn, pages 800-855 


and selection tests 

*Schedule and take a STAR Renaissance reading assessment with your Resource Teacher 

sometime during RP7. 

Writing 


Literature 

Complete Reading-Writing Connection that corresponds 


Writing Workshop: Autobiographical Narrative page 842 



Textbook (MH) 


Handouts (WB) 


pages 215-220 and Unit 4 

test 

HM: Unit 5 Capitalization 

and Punctuation L 1-5 

pages 222-237 

WB: pgs. 86-97 


238-254 

WB: pgs. 98-109 

HM: Unit 5 L11-12, 

Checkup, and Test pr., p. 

255-266. GWA pg.23 

WB: pgs. 110-113, Unit 5 

test 


- 

GWA (Grammar 


packet 


136 


214 


140 


216 

VOC: Lesson 24 pgs 141 - 

146 


150 


218 

Additional Reading Along Came Galileo- Bendick The Midwife’s Apprentice- Cushman


Reporting Period 7 February 10 February 17 February 24 March 3 


Math 

Prentice Hall 

California 

Pre-Algebra 

Textbook 

GLD- 


Ask Resource 

Teacher 

Science 


HOLT 




Ch. 9 Spatial Thinking 



452 

(intro. to geometry, angle 

relationships/parallel lines, 

classifying polygons) 



Links to Online Math Support 

Chapter 13- Plant Process, 

L3 on pg.404. Complete 


section quiz, and Chapter 

Test. (SG) pages 195-197. 



474 

(draw a diagram, 

congruence, circles, 

constructions) 



Chapter 14 – Introduction 

to Animals, L1-2 on pages 


review questions, section 

quiz, and quick labs. (SG) 

pgs. 198-205 


Sections 9.8-9.10 476-489 

(translations, 

symmetry/reflection, 

rotations) Checkpoint Quiz 2 

pg. 480 

Ch. review and Test pgs. 

491-494 Standards Mastery 

pgs. 495-497 

Chapter 14 – Introduction 

to Animals, L3-4 on pages 



section quizzes, and 

Chapter test. (SG) pgs. 

206-220 

Quarter 3 test (GLD) 

Review math activities in 

Perfection Learning. 

Unit 6- Human Body 

Systems 

Chapter 15 – Body 

Organization and 

Structure, L1-2 on pages 



section quizzes, and (SG) 

pgs. 221-232. 




(MMT) 


(QT) 

Kids Discover 

(KDM) 


(MCG) 


Renaissance 




82 


MCG: Lesson 24 Finding 

the Best Route 


Reformation 


QT: Quiz 8-1, pg. 87 


Comparing Land-Use 

Maps 


Reformation 


QT: Quiz 8-2, pg. 88 


Comparing Special 

Purpose Maps 


Reformation 




94 

MCG: Lesson 27 Solving a 

Border Dispute 

*Schedule and take a STAR Renaissance math assessment with your Resource Teacher 

sometime during RP7.



Reporting Period 8 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 




Literature 


Packet 

Unit 8: What Do You 

Know About Sharks, Great 

White Sharks pages 860- 

885 




tests. 

Unit 8: Like Black Smoke, 

A World Turned Upside 

Down pages 886-899 




tests. 

Unit 8: News Reports, 

Why Work Out, The 

Promise pages 900-909 




tests 

Unit 8: Pro Athletes’ 

Salaries Aren’t Overly 

Exorbitant, Why We 

Shouldn’t Go to Mars page 

910-929 

Complete: Comprehension , 

Literary Analysis 


tests 

Writing 


Literature 



with stories read. 



with stories read. 




See your resource teacher for 

test taking strategies. 






Textbook (MH) 


Handouts (WB) 


GWA (Grammar 


packet 

HM: Unit 6 Pronouns L 1-3 

pages 280-290 

WB: pgs. 114-121 


154 


220 

HM: Unit 6 L4-6 pages 291- 

298 

WB: pgs. 122-127 


158 


222 

HM: Unit 6 Lessons 7-9 pgs 

299-308 

WB: pgs. 128-134 


166 


224 

HM: Unit 6 Checkup and 

Extra Practice pages 311-313 

& 316-324 and 

Unit 6 GWA Pronouns 

page 279 

SP: Lesson 29 pgs. 225-226 

Additional Reading Bard of Avon –The Story of Wm. Shakespeare Stanley/Vennema


Reporting Period 8 March 10 March 17 March 24 March 31 


Math 

Prentice Hall 

California 

Pre-Algebra 

Textbook 

GLD- 


Ask Resource 

Teacher 

Ch. 10 Area and Volume 


Sections 10.1-10.4 pgs. 500- 

523 

(area: parallelograms, 

triangles, trapezoids, circles, 

space figures) 

Checkpoint Quiz 1 pgs. 517 



Sections 10.1-10.4 pgs. 500- 

523 

(area: parallelograms, 

triangles, trapezoids, circles, 

space figures) 

Checkpoint Quiz 1 pgs. 517 


Sections 10.9-10.10 pgs. 

548-555 

(Volume, pyramids, cones, 

spheres, scale factors and 

solids).Ch. review and test 

pgs. 557-560 

Standards review pgs. 561- 

563 

Ch. 11 Irrational Numbers 

& Nonlinear Functions, 

Sections 11.1-11.5 pgs. 566- 

595 (square roots, irrational 

#’s, Pythagorean theorem, 

distance/midpt., graph nonlinear 

functions) 


Links to online Math Support 


Links to online Math Support 

Science 


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(QT) 

Kids Discover 

(KDM) 


(MCG) 

Ch. 15 – Body 

Organization and 

Structure, L3 on pages 476- 



section quiz, and Chapter 

Test. (SG) pgs. 226- 

MMT: Ch. 9 The Americas 


QT: Quiz 9-1, pg. 99 


MCG: Lesson 28 Choosing 

the Best Location 

Complete project pg 469. 

(Choose one of the organ 

systems & research how the 

organ system works. Create 

a poster diagram and include 

a written description). 



QT: Quiz 9-2, pg. 100 

KDM: The Incas 


City Maps 


a Table 

Chapter 16 – Circulation 

and Respiration, L1-2 on 

pages 492-507. Complete 


quick labs, section quizzes, 

and (SG) pages 235-241. 




Ch. 9 Test Form A, pgs. 

103-106 

KDM: Explorers, America 

1492 


Circle Graph 

Chapter 16- Circulation 

and Respiration, L3 pgs. 


review questions, quick Labs, 

sect. quiz, and Chapter test. 

(SG) pgs. 243-249. 

MMT: Ch. 10 The Age of 

Exploration Section 1, pgs 

484-492 QT: Quiz 10-1, 111 



Comparing Circle Graphs



Reporting Period 9 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 

Subject Week 32 Holiday Week 33 Week 34 End of RP 9 (5/2) 



Literature 


Packet 

Writing 


Literature 



Textbook (MH) 


Handouts (WB) 


GWA (Grammar 


packet 


Complete Literature Unit 

A Wrinkle in Time – 

L’Engle 

or 

The Shakespeare Stealer – 

Blackwood 

or 

check with resource teacher 

to choose your own Review 

CST Language Arts 

Released Test Questions 

Rewrite one of your 

assignments as a short 

speech. 

HM: Unit 7 Prepositional 

Phrases Lesson 1 and 

Lesson 2 pages 326-332 

WB: pgs. 135-138 

SP: Lesson 30 pgs 227-228 

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Dedication of the 

Aerospace Medical Health 

Center 

Continue unit 8 pages 930- 

935 




tests. 

HM: Unit 7 Lesson 3 and 

Lesson 4 pages 333-339 

WB: pgs. 139-142 

SP: Lesson 31 pgs 229-230


Reporting Period 9 April 7 April 14 April 21 April 28 

Subject Week 32 Week 33 Week 34 End of RP 9 (5/2) 

Math 

Prentice Hall 

California 

Pre-Algebra 

Textbook 

GLD- 


Ask Resource 

Teacher 

Science 


HOLT 







(MMT) 


(QT) 

Kids Discover 

(KDM) 


(MCG) 

Ch. 11 Irrational Numbers 

& Nonlinear Functions 

Ch. review and test pgs. 

597-600 

Ch. 12 Data Analysis 


Sections 12.1-12.2 pgs. 606- 

615 (mean, median, mode, 

frequency tables, line plots, 

histograms) Ckpt Quiz 1 pg. 

615 

Chapter 17- 

Communication and 

Control, L1 pgs. 522-533. 


questions, quick lab, section 

quiz, and (SG) pgs. 250-252 


Exploration Section 2, pgs. 

493-499 QT: Quiz 10-2, pg. 

112 

KDM: Columbus 


a Bar Graph 

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from resource teacher and 

return to be corrected) 

Chapter 17- 

Communication and 

Control, L2, pgs. 534-550. 



quiz, and Ch. Test. (SG) 

pgs. 253-259. 


Exploration Sec. 3, 

pgs.502-505 

QT: Quiz 10-3, pg. 113, and 

Ch. 10 Test Form A, pg. 

115-118 


Comparing Bar Graphs



Reporting Period 10 May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 




Literature 


Packet 

Unit 9: Research Strategies pages 958-975 - Read through 

the Research Strategies to guide you through writing a 

research paper. Research topic and gather information. 

Unit 9: Research Report page 976-990- Read material, 

make note cards, write and outline, do works cited page and 

write a rough draft, proof it, and make needed corrections. 

Write a final draft. 

Writing 


Literature 

See above 

See above 



Textbook (MH) 


340-347 





HM: Unit 8 Cumulative 

Review pages 376-379 


Handouts (WB) 


GWA (Grammar 


packet 

WB: pgs. 143-149 


232 

GWA Prepositional 

Phrases pg. 33. 

GWA Prepositional Phrases 

pg. 33. 

WB: pg. 154 

GWA Complex Sentences 

pg. 37 


True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle- Avi


Reporting Period 10 May 5 May 12 May 19 May 26 


Math 

Prentice Hall 

California 

Pre-Algebra 

Textbook 

GLD- 


Ask Resource 

Teacher 


Sections 12.3-12.4 pgs. 617- 

626 

(box and whisker plots, stem 

and leaf plots) 

Benchmark test 4 (get test 

from resource teacher & 

return to be graded 




Sections 12.5-12.6 pgs. 

628-638 

(scatter plots, reasoning 

strategy: solve by graphing) 

Ch. review and test pgs. 

641-644 

Complete Guided problem 

solving pg. 634 in textbook 


Ch. 12 Standards Mastery 

pgs. 645-649. 

Extra practice pgs. 668-669 

# 1-56 

Final Test – Chapters 1-12 

(get from resource teacher 

and return to be graded) 

Science 


HOLT 


Chapter 18 –Reproduction and Development, L1-2, pgs. 552-576. Complete section review questions, quick labs, section 

quizzes, and Chapter test. Complete (SG) pgs. 260-269. 






(MMT) 


(QT) 

Kids Discover 

(KDM) 


(MCG) 


Enlightenment Section 1, 

pgs. 512-523 

QT: Quiz 11-1, pg. 123 



a Double Bar Graph 



pgs. 524-530 

QT: Quiz 11-2, pg. 124 

KDM: Leonardo da Vinci 


a Line Graph 



pgs. 531-541 

QT: Quiz 11-3, pg. 125, and 

Ch. 11 Test 

Form A, pgs. 127-130 


Double Line Graph 

KDM: The Industrial 

Revolution 

MCG: Lesson 38-42 Using a 

Map and a Graph Together, 

Using a Time Line, Reading 

Diagrams, Reading Editorial 

Cartoons, Interpreting 

Editorial Cartoons,

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