GRADE 7

RELIGION

By the end of grade 7, students will be able to

1. Describe God's creation and preservation of the universe.

2. Demonstrate reliance on the power of the Holy Spirit to move

them to lives filled with loving actions toward God and others.

3. Identify righteousness as God's gift, credited to them through

the merits of Christ.

4. Demonstrate an understanding that God remains with His people

in times of trial, providing strength and encouragement for even

life's lowest moments.

5. Express an understanding of how God uses Law and Gospel to

bring us to love and trust in Him.

6. Demonstrate reliance on the power of the Spirit to guide them

as they enjoy and rightfully use their freedom.

7. Give thanks to God for His unfailing mercy, forgiveness, and

power to live for Him.

8. Demonstrate a desire to offer God their time, talents, and

treasures in lives of grateful service to Him.

9. Demonstrate an appreciation for the means of grace as the

media through which God works in the lives of His people.

10. Acknowledge that their faithful God will give them strength

to overcome sin, Satan, and death.

11. Recognize the cycle of sin desperation under the consequences

of sin, repentance, and deliverance in the history of Israel

during the time of the judges as well as in their own lives.

12. Demonstrate an appreciation for the victories Jesus has won

for us and an understanding of the meaning of these victories for

the Christian life.

13. Acknowledge God's desire to forgive, restore, and equip them

for lives of service by the power of the Holy Spirit.

14. Demonstrate dependence on God for the power to abide in His

grace and to honor Him in our lives as citizens of an earthly

nation.

15. Apply what they have learned about God's mercy to their own

lives, remembering God's unfailing love for them in Christ Jesus.

16. Express gratitude and appreciation to God for the forgiveness

and strength for daily living available to them in Christ through

the working of the Holy Spirit.

17. Rejoice in God's guidance and protection as they study Old

Testament people and events.

18. Give thanks to God for continuing to preserve His means of

grace, Word and Sacraments, despite threats from within and

outside the church.

19. Praise God for bringing people to faith in Christ Jesus, and

providing the means of grace through which the Holy Spirit

creates and sustains saving faith.

20. Express confidence in God's Word as the holy and inerrant

Word of God which is used to interpret itself.

21. Express faith in Jesus, the Savior revealed in God's Word.

22. Compare Luther's opportunity to defend the Gospel with

opportunities that arise today to defend the Gospel.

23. Express the intent to test the spirits to see if they are

faithful to the true teachings of God's Word.

24. Demonstrate a desire to continue the effective use of

creative means to spread the Gospel.

25. Explore ways they might participate in the work of their

congregations and synod.

26. Demonstrate a desire to honor God in whatever vocation He has

chosen for them.

LANGUAGE ARTS

By the end of grade 7, students will be able to

1. Research and share the history of a favorite hymn or worship

song.

2. Identify and describe literary elements such as character,

setting, plot, point of view, and dialog in a narrative and use

them as models for their own narratives.

3. Write an abbreviated autobiography and a biography.

4. Identify the major and minor characters in a story, book, or

play.

5. Describe the mood or the setting of a story and discuss its

impact on the story.

6. Apply what they read to their own lives.

7. Identify the literary concepts of characterization, plot

development, setting, theme, mood, and style.

8. Evaluate an author's style on the basis of established

criteria.

9. Analyze the various purposes of speeches and other

communications.

10. Conduct a meeting, using appropriate parliamentary procedure.

11. Rewrite stories as drama, providing dialog and stage

directions.

12. Write a story in rhymed couplets.

13. Write new words for a familiar melody.

14. Proofread their own writing to check mechanics and revise it.

15. Evaluate their writing in terms of sequential development,

supporting detail, and cause and effect.

16. Discuss the role of dashes, hyphens, quotations marks,

apostrophes, and commas in writing and use them appropriately.

17. Use sentences of varying lengths and complexity in written

work.

18. Create a list of important words from subject matter and

spell them correctly.

19. Research the language of their ancestors and report on it.

20. Read, discuss, and write varied forms of poetry.

21. Choose to read books or write stories in leisure time.

22. Use accurate facts and valid sources of information to

support ideas.

23. Demonstrate appropriate balance between listening and

speaking behavior without being overly dominant or reticent.

24. Use the Oxford English Dictionary to discover the origin of a

word.

25. Read a children's book to an audience of young children.

26. Take notes from an oral presentation and use them for a

report on the presentation.

MATHEMATICS

By the end of grade 7, students will be able to

1. Read, write, round, compare and order, and use whole numbers,

decimals, fractions, and mixed numbers.

2. Estimate and find the sum, difference, or product of any two

whole numbers and decimals on paper and with a calculator.

3. Estimate and find the quotient of any two whole numbers or of

a decimal divided by a whole number or a decimal with two digits

on paper and with a calculator.

4. Convert between whole numbers, fractions, decimals, and

percents mentally, on paper, and with a calculator.

5. Estimate and find sums, differences, products, and quotients

of fractions and mixed numbers on paper, and with a calculator.

6. Use the concepts of ratio, proportion, and percent to solve

application problems.

7. Evaluate expressions written in exponential form which have

integral exponents and find the product of two powers which have

the same base.

8. Multiply large numbers and small numbers, using scientific

notation.

9. Use a calculator to find the square root and the square of a

given number.

10. Find the missing terms and the sum of a sequence of numbers.

11. Find the area of a trapezoid and the surface area of

three-dimensional figures.

12. Find and use formulas for finding volume of prisms,

cylinders, cones, and pyramids.

13. Determine and describe the effect changing the linear

dimensions of a figure has on its volume.

14. Convert from one unit of measure to another unit of measure

within the same measurement system and interpret and use scale

drawings.

15. Represent situations and number patterns with tables, graphs,

verbal rules, and equations.

16. Analyze tables and graphs to identify properties and

relationships.

17. Graph ordered pairs on a four-quadrant grid.

18. Find the sum, difference, product, or quotient of any two

integers and the absolute value of any integer.

19. Solve simple linear equations and solve simple linear

inequalities. (Students should also be able to graph the solution

on a number line.)

20. Translate word phrases and sentences into algebraic

expressions and evaluate algebraic express-ions.

21. Systematically collect, organize, and summarize data

(students should be able to use box and whisker graphs, stem and

leaf plots, and histograms to display information); construct,

read, and interpret tables, charts, and graphs; and compute

measures of central tendency (mean, median, and mode) and the

range.

22. Determine the empirical probability of simple events by

conducting experiments and the theoretical probability of simple

events by constructing a sample space for the set of all possible

outcomes and the set of all favorable outcomes.

23. Make and refine predictions by determining probabilities for

different sample sizes.

24. Identify and classify angles, pairs of lines, triangles,

quadrilaterals, and polygons.

25. Identify congruent, similar, or symmetric figures and

identify transformations of given figures.

26. Use compass and straightedge to construct the perpendicular

bisector of a line segment, perpendicular lines, parallel lines,

congruent angles, angle bisectors, and triangles.

27. Construct a model of a three-dimensional figure when shown

the top, side, and front views.

28. Discover geometric relationships such as the sum of the

interior angles of a polygon, the number of diagonals of a

polygon, etc.

SCIENCE

By the end of grade 7, students will be able to

1. Organize their learning of plants and animals with

classifications charts.

2. Compare the life cycles of viruses and bacteria with those of

molds and yeasts.

3. Examine the life cycles of green algae, liverworts, and

mosses.

4. Explain photosynthesis.

5. Name the structure and functions of the parts of a flowering

plant stems, roots, leaves, flowers, etc.

6. Explain why we call plants producers and animals consumers.

7. Investigate the diversity among the animals from amoeba to

mammals.

8. Compare transpiration and respiration in animals of varying

complexity.

9. Compare coordination, support, and locomotion in animals of

varying complexity.

10. Compare reproduction across the animal kingdom.

11. Explain how development is controlled in animals.

12. Construct an experiment to study various responses that

living things make to stimuli.

13. Explain the life cycles of some common plants and animals.

14. Explain the atomic theory and list some differences between

atoms and molecules.

15. Use the periodic chart to determine the number of bonds

available to an atom.

16. Build molecules for the first 20 atoms, using the periodic

chart.

17. Write chemical sentences for simple interactions observed in

everyday life.

18. Find the law of definite and multiple proportions from

experiment.

19. Measure forces and use them to accelerate carts and lift

objects.

20. Measure the energy of work (F x d), kinetic energy of carts

(´ mv2), potential of gravity.

21. Identify and measure the impulse (F x t) and the momentum

(mv) of carts and show them equal.

SOCIAL STUDIES

By the end of grade 7, students will be able to

1. Describe cultural values in different societies.

2. Apply historical inquiry to analyze past current issues.

3. Describe how economic concerns affect social issues.

4. Identify significant historical eras.

5. Analyze multiple viewpoints to understand events.

6. Calculate distance and scale on a map.

7. Explain physical phenomena regarding climate and weather.

8. Describe how human actions contribute to environments.

9. Understand how stereotyping and conformity affect behaviors of

individuals and groups.

10. Describe how institutions affect their lives.

11. Evaluate how well institutions fulfill their purposes.

12. Express their roles as world citizens.

13. Explain how economic forces affect culture.

14. Appreciate a diversity of cultural activities.

15. Participate in efforts to promote public welfare.

16. Appreciate benefits of literature to understand history and

cultural values.

17. Interpret editorial cartoons.

18. Identify major nations of the world on an outline map.

19. Identify the impact of demographics on a society, (i.e.,

migration, economic growth).

20. Recognize the existence of different economic systems.

21. Use biographical information to contrast and compare

historical figures.

22. Explain the historical significance of places (e.g., Panama

Canal).

23. Explain rationale for the development of banking systems.

24. Understand importance of growth of international trade.

25. Describe causes of conflict between nations.

26. Appreciate the impact of the Enlightenment on western

thought.

27. Interpret topographical maps.

28. Make hypotheses based on past events.

29. Recognize bias in literature and media.

ART

By the end of grade 7, students will be able to

Art History

1. Compare works of art that utilize the same subject but are

from different cultures.

2. Ascribe a given set of artwork to artists and historical

periods.

3. Identify and describe a given set of architectural styles.

The Creation of Art

4. Demonstrate an increased ability to use drawing and painting

techniques to depict ideas and feelings.

5. Explore the strong contrasts of light and shadow in a drawing

or painting.

6. Develop fluency for drawing the human figure with contour and

gestural lines.

7. Draw a realistic self-portrait.

8. Show increased skill in using printmaking techniques;

including the ability to create compositions, depict space, and

communicate feelings.

9. Construct a model for an architectural facade. Students should

do research and preliminary drawings in preparation for this

studio project.

10. Use expressive and imaginative qualities to paint a

landscape. Use the artwork of Charles Burchfield as an exemplar.

11. Create a painting that utilizes the conventions of aerial

perspective to show space.

12. Demonstrate increased skills for constructing and assembling

a sculpture from found objects.

13. Demonstrate increased skills and knowledge for working with

clay.

14. Utilize the technique of sand-casting to produce a plaster

relief sculpture which explores line, shape, form, and texture.

15. Design a tool for human use.

16. Experiment with methods of creating "joiners," using images

from periodicals or photographs.

17. Develop social skills and Christian character as he/she works

with others.

Art Criticism and Analysis

18. Demonstrate increased ability to describe how the elements of

art and the principles of design are used in a given work of art

to represent ideas, feelings, and moods.

19. Demonstrate an increased ability to compare and contrast two

or more artworks and identify what makes them similar or

different.

20. Employ an art vocabulary when discussing works of art.

21. Discuss how art is used in television, film, advertising, and

industry.

Aesthetics

22. Improve his/her ability to consider the meaning and

definition of art from a Christian perspective.

23. Compare and discuss values portrayed by various works of art

and make connections with biblical truths.

24. Compare general and aesthetic considerations for viewing the

urban and rural environment.

25. Discuss the impact of technology and modern life on the

visual arts.

MUSIC

By the end of grade 7, students will be able to

Singing

1. Sing quality songs from a variety of cultures, styles, and

genres in three-part harmony with a healthy tone, good posture

and breath, accurate pitch, and appropriate style.

2. Continue singing as their voices change. Changing voice boys

may need to sing rewritten parts of a few notes around middle C,

while changed voices will need to sing songs in a range roughly

covering the octave below middle C; throughout the change, boys

should be encouraged and helped to keep using their high voices,

which are becoming the light voice of an adult male. Girls need

to be helped to sing clearly by using good breath, strong

posture, and clear diction.

3. Sing intervals of thirds, fourths, and fifths in tune. (Use

sol-fa syllables to distinguish major, minor, augmented, and

diminished intervals).

4. Sing Native American songs and quality popular songs.

Playing (Instruments)

5. (Those in band or orchestra) continue instruction with

band/orchestra instruments, being able to play simple melodies at

sight and participating in occasional concerts with the ensemble.

6. On a keyboard, practice playing simple melodies by ear and

from written music.

7. Find intervals of thirds, fourths, and fifths on a keyboard.

8. Continue playing recorders (add the keys of E major and A-flat

major, E minor, G minor, C minor), Orff instruments, and rhythm

instruments (using all rhythmic notes learned thus far). Add

Native American percussion to the ensemble.

9. Begin class guitar instruction (be able to play melody notes

of the treble clef, C, G and G7 chords.)

Moving

10. Conduct with variations in loudness, softness (be able to

change size of conducting gesture to show dynamics).

11. Perform Native American dances.

12. Do line dancing, aerobic dancing, and free dancing rhythm to

popular music (in conjunction with physical education classes).

Listening

13. Hear and analyze contemporary art music (e.g., impressionism,

extended harmonies, neoclassicism, aleatoric or chance music,

12-tone or serial music, atonal music, electronic music).

14. Hear and analyze contemporary popular music (e.g., ragtime,

swing, jazz, blues, rock, Christian contemporary).

15. Hear and analyze Native American music.

Improvising

16. Improvise melodies on words and scat syllables over a 12-bar

blues accompaniment.

17. Vocally improvise embellishments (alterations) and descants

above a newly learned melody line.

Reading

18. Know and understand triplet sixteenth notes, triplet quarter

note/eighth note groups, sixteenth/dotted eighth groups

(Lombardic rhythm). Be able to interpret all time signatures (top

number is always the amount of the bottom number notes in each

measure).

19. Identify thirds, fourths, and fifths on a music staff. Know

and understand ledger lines of the bass clef.

20. Identify minor keys from a signature (scale step number 6 or

"la" or a major key). Students will be able to look in a key

signature at the line or space of the farthest sharp to the right

(which is scale step number 7 or "ti") or the farthest flat to

the right (which is scale step number 4 or "fa") to determine

where 6 or "la" is to name the minor key.

Composing

21. Write a 16-measure melody of 4 phrases for a given text and

accompaniment.

22. Explore and create accompaniments and sounds on a

synthesizer.

Comparing

23. Relate American music to American history, art, and popular

culture.

24. Experience the music and learn about the lives of several

important American composers (John Philip Sousa, Scott Joplin,

Duke Ellington, Pete Seeger), comparing their music.

25. Compare sacred and secular music and their associations, then

discuss the use of various musical styles in worship.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

By the end of grade 7, students will be able to

A. Combine skills, concepts, strategies, and knowledge of rules

and procedures for competent participation in the following:

1. Modified team and individual sport activities.

2. Beginning square and country line dance.

3. Individual and partner strength and self-testing challenges.

4. Recreational relays, games, and group activities.

B. Explore basic outdoor recreation activities such as the

following:

5. Bicycling, hiking, camping, skating (adapt to local options).

C. Acquire fitness skills and behaviors.

6. Create and perform appropriate fitness routines to music.

7. Participate in lifetime physical activities on a regular

basis.

8. Participate in activities designed to improve and/or maintain

muscular strength and endurance, flexibility, and

cardiorespiratory function at least three times per week.

9. Regularly monitor resting, activity, and recovery heart rates.

10. Assess own physical fitness and skills based on individual

activity interests.

11. Participate in some form of physical activity in and/or out

of school on a daily basis.

D. Acquire cognitive elements related to movement experiences.

12. Identify various factors that negatively affect physical

performance (tiredness, alcohol, lack of communication).

13. Understand the effect of physical conditioning on skill

development and physical performance.

14. Understand the importance of rules and fair play in group and

in game play.

15. Relate specific fitness components needed for enjoyable

physical activity.

16. Know the importance of a variety of "play" activities on a

daily basis.

E. Demonstrate responsible personal and social attitudes and

behaviors for movement experiences.

17. Look forward to daily physical activity in and/or out of

school.

18. Feel the effects of physical activity on physical well-being

and vice versa.

19. Respect others who are not participants but who affiliate

with the game or activity.

20. Appreciate relationships with others that result from

participation in physical activity.

21. Design games and gymnastic, fitness, and dance routines that

are personally interesting and achievable.

22. Identify appropriate options for responding to

play/game/sport-related confrontational incidents.

23. Accept and respect individual differences in performance

potential and abilities as part of God's overall plan.