What your child will learn

The following is a list of units your student will work through the year in reading and writing. In seventh grade, students will alternate a unit of study in reading then connect the learning to a unit of study in writing. Click on each title to read a document with main concepts of each reading unit and strategies you can use to support them at home. For identification of which unit your child is working in, contact your child's school or teacher.

• Launching the Reading/Writing Workshop
• Deep Study of Character
• Dystopian Book Clubs
• The Power of Nonfiction
• Analyzing Craft and Structure in Poetry

Supporting your chilD

In addition to activities suggested in the documents above here are additional resources as well interactive games on the internet that can support further development.

Enhancing Comprehension: Reading Skills in Middle School is an article with several tips and strategies to support your 7th grade reader. Click here to read the article.

For interactive games and resources, click on an image below to access an interactive game to support specific to skills essential to mastery of concepts in sixth grade.

Additional Resources