TriadCommunity Unit #2

• Identify the unit rate of change and calculate unit rates associated with ratios of fractions
• Use proportional relationships to solve multistep ratio and percent problems (e.g., tax, gratuities, commissions, percent of increase and decrease)
• Solve multistep word problems by adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing positive and negative whole numbers, fractions and decimals
• Construct simple equations and inequalities to solve real-world problems
• Solve problems involving scale drawings
• Solve real-world and mathematical problems that include angle measure, area, surface area and volume
• Use statistics to draw inferences and make comparisons about two populations
• Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
• Reason abstractly and quantitatively
• Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others
• Model with mathematics
• Use appropriate tools strategically
• Attend to precision
• Look for and make use of structure
• Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning

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• Students will build reading, writing, speaking and listening skills, using grade 7 complex texts and other media formats
• Analyze text explicitly citing several pieces of textual evidence and inferential observations
• Determine the development of theme and provide an objective summary
• Identify impacts of story and drama elements on development of characters or plot
• Determine the connotative and figurative meanings of words/phrases and analyze the impact of rhyme, contrasts in point of view, and repetition of sound in stories and poems
• Compare and contrast a text to its audio or multimedia version analyzing the techniques of each media format and discovering how authors portray fictional events in relationship to historical accounts of the same event
• Plan, write, revise and share argumentative, informative and narrative pieces in a clear, organized manner using relevant evidences, dialogue/quotations, domain-specific vocabulary, cohesion and a supportive or reflective conclusion
• Use conventions of standard English grammar with particular attention to the function of phrases/clauses and expression of concise ideas to eliminate redundancy
• Clarify meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words/phrases with a range of strategies, including the use of Greek/Latin roots or affixes, figurative language, word relationships and nuances
• Engage in collaborative discussions on various issues, topics and texts with diverse partners who are prepared to pose questions, elicit elaboration, comment on relevant observations, and modify their own views
• Present ideas and claims to an audience emphasizing significant facts, valid reasoning, adaptive speaking skills, and multimedia components

• 10 Minute Grammar
• Writing Rubrics
• Novel Studies: The Outsiders, Roll of Thunder, Call of the Wild, Phineas Gage

• Big Ideas
• IXL for math