Bellingham Public Schools

Curriculum Department

September 2005

SEVENTH GRADE

Curriculum Resources

Reading and Writing – teach as per literacy guide and curriculum guide

• spelling – Sourcebooks 1 and 4
• handwriting – focus on legibility, uniformity, personality (manuscript or cursive)
• writing process and six trait writing

Math – teach as per curriculum guide using

        Connected Mathematics , Prentice Hall 2004

• Variables and Patterns
• Stretching and Shrinking
• Comparing and Scaling
• What Do You Expect?
• Filling and Wrapping
• Accentuate the Negative
• Optional Unit: Clever Counting
• Additional Teacher Resources: Moving Straight Ahead; Data Around Us

Science – teach as per curriculum guide using required topics/sequence

        Catastrophic Events

• STC Kit – Catastrophic Events

           Earth in Space

• STC Kit – Earth in Space

Social Studies – teach as per curriculum guide using

• Medieval Times to Today , Prentice Hall 2001 – purchased one student text per student and received one teacher edition/teacher resources per teacher
• Washington in the Pacific Northwest , Gibbs Smith Publisher 2002 – purchased one student text per student and received one teacher resource package per teacher
• Washington State Wall Map
• World Wall Map

Health – teach as per curriculum guide using

• Teen Health Course 2 , Glencoe McGraw-Hill 1999

Other

• Second Step, A Violence Prevention Curriculum
• KNOW HIV/STD Prevention Curriculum