Seventh Grade - Rural Virtual Academy

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Core Lesson Manual
Grammar/Composition/Spelling
Manual – Includes Activities and Tests
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
The Door in the Wall
Out of the Dust
Across America on an Emigrant Train
A Single Shard
Classic Poems to Read Aloud
Everyday Spelling
Elements of Language
Calvert Math Lesson Manual
Calvert Math
Calvert Math Practice
and Enrichment Workbook
From Bacteria to Plants
Animals
Human Biology and Health
Motion, Forces, and Energy
Sound and Light
Across the Centuries
Geography - The World
and Its People, Western Hemisphere
A Child’s History of Art: Architecture
Architecture Art Cards
Core Tests
Core Activity Pages
Science Kit
Supplies
ONLINE RESOURCES
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Online Lesson Manual
Interactive Computer Lessons
Curriculum Checkpoints
Calvert i-Library
Learning Guide Portal
Calvert Parent Community
BrainPOP Online Interactive Activities
Discovery Education STREAMING
Calvert Instructional Videos
Calvert Mastery Series:
Online Spelling Program
Answer Keys for Daily Work
e-Textbooks
Learning Strategies
How to Diagram a Sentence
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Verticy Learning program for
struggling readers
OPTIONAL RESOURCES
Course content subject to change based on
state standards and curriculum updates.
Seventh Grade
Math
Geography
Students are introduced to
advanced topics such as exponents,
scientific notation, inequalities,
constructions, volume, and surface
area, as well as prerequisite algebra
concepts.
A study of thematic maps and the
Western Hemisphere expands world
knowledge.
Calvert Language Arts
Students continue to build strong
grammar and composition skills
through descriptive narrative,
expository writing, and poetry.
Understanding and analysis of
literature continue as students
enjoy novels, poems, and works of
nonfiction.
Technology
More sophisticated topics such
as networks, web research and
validation, desktop publishing, and
databases are introduced.
Art
Students apply concepts from Art
History, including creating trilithons
and step pyramids and designing
various buildings.
Art History
Science
Life and physical sciences,
characteristics of living things, and
sound, light, motion, forces, and
energy provide understanding of
how things work.
A Child’s History of Art: Architecture
is explored with applied lessons
designing structures.
History
Students are captivated by the
past as they study the fall of Rome
through the Enlightenment.
Calvert’s curriculum is rooted in
the classics. Students are immersed
in a world of art and architecture
as history and art converge. A rich
palette of resources including picture
cards, online resources, and hands-on
art activities combine for a whirlwind
virtual tour of the world’s most
impressive structures.
Calvert Partners • World-class Virtual Education
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