In Grade 7, instructional time focuses on three areas:
developing understanding of and applying proportional relationships;
developing understanding of operations with rational numbers and working with expressions and linear equations; and
drawing inferences about populations based on samples.
Quarter 1
I can apply and extend previous understanding of addition and subtraction to add and subtract rational numbers. (7.NS.1)
I can apply and extend previous understanding of multiplication and division and of fractions to multiply and divide rational numbers. (7.NS.2)
I can solve real-world problems that involve the four operations with rational numbers. (This includes all rational numbers, both positive and negative.) (7.NS.3)
I can add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with rational coefficients by applying the properties of operations. (7.EE.1)
I can solve multi-step real-world and mathematical problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals), using tools strategically. (7.EE.3)
Quarter 2
I can add, subtract, factor, and expand linear expressions with rational coefficients by applying the properties of operations. (7.EE.1)
I can understand that rewriting an expression in different forms in real-world and mathematical problems can reveal and explain how the quantities are related. (7.EE.2)
I can solve multi-step real-world and mathematical problems posed with positive and negative rational numbers in any form (whole numbers, fractions, and decimals), using tools strategically. (7.EE.3)
I can use variables to represent quantities in a real-world or mathematical problem, and construct simple equations and inequalities to solve problems by reasoning about the quantities. (7.EE.4)
Quarter 3
I can compute unit rates associated with ratios of fractions. (7.RP.1)
I can determine when two quantities are proportional and represent them in various ways (tables, graphs, equations, diagrams, and verbal descriptions). (7.RP.2)
I can analyze ratio and percent problems to calculate tax, tip, discount, markup, markdown, and commission. (7.RP.3)
I can solve problems involving scale drawings of geometric figures, including computing actual lengths and areas from a scale drawing and reproducing a scale drawing at a different scale. (7.G.1)
I can construct and interpret box-plots, find the interquartile range, and determine if a data point is an outlier. (7.SP.1)
I can use measures of central tendencies and variability on populations to analyze data and make inferences. (7.SP.4)
I can determine probabilities of compound events using organized lists, sample space tables, tree diagrams, and simulation. (7.SP.8)
Quarter 4
I can use facts about supplementary, complementary, vertical, and adjacent angles in a multi-step problem to write and solve simple equations for an unknown angle in a figure. (7.G.5)
I can solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area of two-dimensional objects composed of triangles and trapezoids. (7.G.6)
I can apply the formulas for the area and circumference of a circle to solve problems. (7.G.4)
I can describe the two-dimensional shapes that result from slicing three-dimensional solids parallel or perpendicular to the base. (7.G.3)
I can construct triangles when given measures of angles and/or sides, noticing when the conditions determine a unique triangle, more than one triangle, or no triangle. (7.G.2)