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• Express an opinion in writing and back it up with evidence from researched sources.

• Write an informational essay with an introduction and a conclusion that explains a topic using information gleaned from research.

• Type three or more pages in one sitting.

• Paraphrase what they’ve read in writing and use quotation marks and attribution correctly to share information without plagiarizing.

• Calculate percentages.

• Understand the concept of and do calculations involving ratios (see examples of understanding ratios and working with ratios).

Divide fractions by fractions.

• Solve real-world math problems involving area, surface area, and volume.

• Add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals.

• Solve equations in which X stands in for an unknown number, as a prelude to algebra.

• Use grade-level academic vocabulary words in their writing and speech (see 6th grade and 7th grade word lists).

• Discuss what they’ve read and reference evidence when they speak.

• Participate in group discussions and disagree respectfully.

• Understand that writing involves several steps: planning, revising, editing, rewriting and, sometimes, giving and receiving feedback and trying a new approach.

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• Evaluate a piece of nonfiction writing and determine whether there is sufficient evidence and logic to support the main idea.

• Identify themes and central ideas in a work of fiction.

• Understand and use academic vocabulary words (see word lists for 6th grade, 7th grade, and 8th grade).

• Proficiently read and understand grade-level novels, short stories, poetry, drama, and nonfiction.

• Understand that writing involves several steps: planning, revising, giving and receiving feedback respectfully, editing, rewriting and, sometimes, trying a new approach.

• Be able to identify evidence and make inferences from the evidence presented. (Read more about finding evidence and drawing inferences.)

• Understand the difference between phrases, dependent clauses, and independent clauses and use them correctly in writing.

• Write informative and explanatory papers on science and social studies topics that include academic vocabulary words, concrete details gleaned from research, and reference to cause-and-effect relationships.

• Express their researched, fact-based opinions in argument papers, in which they also acknowledge — and use facts to argue against — opposing viewpoints.

• Give oral presentations of their research and writing in which they present their main ideas to their classmates aloud, using formal language, clear pronunciation, and at a volume loud enough for everyone in the class to hear.

• Solve multi-step math problems that involve negative numbers, fractions, decimals, percents, and rate.

• Use the four operations (+, -, x, ÷) on decimals, fractions, and percentages in a variety of different types of problems.

• Solve algebraic equations and inequalities with at least one variable (unknown number) as a prelude to algebra.

• Fluidly convert decimals to fractions (and vice versa) and place both on a number line.

• Know the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle.

• Understand the basics of probability, including the idea of random sampling and how to use that data to produce a “representative sample.”

Read more about your seventh grader and reading, writing, and math under the Common Core Standards.

• Be comfortable discussing plot, theme, and characters in fiction.

• Analyze arguments in nonfiction texts to determine if they are logical, relevant, and supported with sufficient evidence.

• Be able to identify evidence and make inferences from the evidence presented. (Read more about making inferences.)

• Understand and use academic vocabulary words (see word lists for 7th grade, 8th grade, and 9th grade).

• Understand that writing involves several steps: planning, revising, giving and receiving feedback respectfully, editing, rewriting and, sometimes, trying a new approach.

• Show increasing sophistication in their narrative, informative, and opinion writing (read more about 8th grade writing).

• Understand how to paraphrase and quote information — and cite the source — to avoid plagiarism.

• Type accurately at about 40 words per minute or faster.

• Give oral presentations of their research and writing in which they present their main ideas to their classmates aloud, using formal language, clear pronunciation, and at a volume loud enough for everyone in the class to hear.

• Be comfortable collaborating and working in online platforms such as Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides.

• Understand irrational numbers and be able to compare them to rational numbers.

• Find the volume of three-dimensional shapes, including cones, spheres, and cylinders.

• Find square roots and their opposite, exponents.

• Use linear equations to explain relationships between two variables, and create graphs or diagrams to illustrate those relationships.

• Analyze data using charts and graphs and be able to explain the patterns in the data.

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