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Grade 7

• Language

  • 7.L.1.b
  • 7.L.1
  • 7.L.2.a
  • 7.L.2.b
  • 7.L.2
  • 7.L.3.a
  • 7.L.3
  • 7.L.4.b
  • 7.L.4.c
  • 7.L.4
  • 7.L.5.b
  • 7.L.5.c
  • 7.L.5
  • 7.L.6

• Reading: Informational

  • 7.RI.1
  • 7.RI.2
  • 7.RI.3
  • 7.RI.4
  • 7.RI.6
  • 7.RI.7
  • 7.RI.8
  • 7.RI.9
  • 7.RI.10

• Reading: Literature

  • 7.RL.1
  • 7.RL.2
  • 7.RL.3
  • 7.RL.4
  • 7.RL.5
  • 7.RL.6
  • 7.RL.9
  • 7.RL.10

• Speaking & Listening

  • 7.SL.1.c
  • 7.SL.1
  • 7.SL.2
  • 7.SL.3
  • 7.SL.4
  • 7.SL.5
  • 7.SL.6

• Writing

  • 7.W.1.a
  • 7.W.1.b
  • 7.W.1.c
  • 7.W.1
  • 7.W.2.a
  • 7.W.2.c
  • 7.W.2
  • 7.W.3.a
  • 7.W.3.b
  • 7.W.3
  • 7.W.3.c
  • 7.W.3.d
  • 7.W.3.e
  • 7.W.4
  • 7.W.5
  • 7.W.7
  • 7.W.8
  • 7.W.9.a
  • 7.W.9
  • 7.W.10

CCSS ELA Standard: 7.RI.7

Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video, or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the delivery of a speech affects the impact of the words).

What’s In My Brain: Ramp vs Bike

Students will deduce the topic of simple vs compound machines.

What’s In My Brain: Grass vs Mold

Students will be working with examples and non-examples to deduce the topic of Plants.

Power Can Be Fast, Slow, Loud, or Quiet

Power may seem loud and fast, but it can also be slow and quiet.

What’s In My Brain: Inventions vs Discovery

We’re looking at inventions vs discoveries.

What’s In My Brain: Paperclip vs Straw

We’re looking at magnetic vs. non-magnetic materials.

What’s In My Brain: Lion vs Bear

We’re looking at carnivores vs omnivores.

What’s In My Brain: Guinea Pig vs Potbelly

What do guinea pigs, shooting stars, and seahorses have in common? They’re all misnomers!

What’s In My Brain: Spain vs Germany

We’re looking at monarchies vs democracies.

What’s In My Brain: Pentagon vs Pentagon

We’re looking at regular vs irregular polygons.

What’s In My Brain: Austin vs Los Angeles

We’re looking at capital cities.

What’s In My Brain: Italy vs Normandy

We’re looking at countries vs states (and other smaller regions).

What’s In My Brain: Coral vs Water Lilies

Let’s look at saltwater vs freshwater organisms.

What’s In My Brain: Tree vs Tree

Let’s look at deciduous vs coniferous trees.

What’s In My Brain: Ball vs Book

Let’s look at Kinetic vs Potential Energy!

What’s In My Brain: Crocodile vs Tree Frog

Is it a reptile or an amphibian?

What’s In My Brain: Narwhal vs Penguin

We’re looking at the arctic vs the antarctic.

What Happens In Your Brain When You’re Worried or Afraid

Allison Edwards explains how blood flow in your brain affects your decision-making

Compare and Create New Year’s Traditions

Hey! Our New Year traditions have a lot in common.

Concept Attainment: Japan vs Jamaica

Is it an island or an archipelago?

Famous Structures

Students explore famous structures from around the world, put them into related categories, pick some winners, and then design their own.

Concept Attainment: Conductors

Some of these examples are conductors and some are insulators!

Concept Attainment: Walnut vs Clouds

Let’s look at living vs non-living things.

Concept Attainment: Hornet vs Tiger

Can your class spot the vertebrates vs invertebrates?

What’s In My Brain: Owl vs Eagle

Some of these animals are nocturnal and some are diurnal.

Concept Attainment: Art

Can your students tell the difference between cubism and abstract art?

What’s In My Brain: May vs May

The word “may” can be used for possibility or permission. It’s a modal auxiliary verb!

How Renewable Is That Resource?

Which resource is more renewable? And which is easier to find?

What’s In My Brain: Trapezoids or Not?

Which are trapezoids and which are not?

What’s In My Brain: Painting vs Painting

Students infer the difference between transitive and intransitive verbs.

What’s In My Brain: Cute Baby vs Fast Cheetah

Can students spot similes vs metaphors?

What’s In My Brain – Independent vs Dependent

Some of these clauses are dependent and some are independent.

Simple or Compound Sentences – What’s In My Brain?

Can your students spot simple sentences vs compound sentences?

Run On or Not? – What’s In My Brain

Can your students spot the run-on sentences?

Complex or Compound – What’s In My Brain

Can your class spot the complex sentences vs compound sentences?

What’s In My Brain: Progressive vs Simple Tenses

Will your students notice progressive tense vs simple tense?

What’s In My Brain – The Park vs The Museum

We’re looking at the past progressive tense and the simple past tense.

Create A Civilization: Calendars

Why 12 months? Why 30ish days? Why 7 days in a week? Your civilization could organize a year in any way you want!

Create A Civilization: The River

The Nile, the Tigris, the Euphrates, the Seine, the Thames, and now… your river!

Create A Civilization Introduction

Combine social studies, science, and language arts in this year-long creative project!