New York State Curriculum for 6-8 Grade Students (Virtual programs available)
English Language Arts (ELA)
- Grade 6:
- Reading:
- Cite textual evidence to support analysis
- Determine theme and summarize text
- Analyze how authors develop and contrast characters
- Writing:
- Write arguments with claims and evidence
- Write informative texts with facts and details
- Write narratives with descriptive language
- Speaking and Listening:
- Engage in collaborative discussions
- Present claims and findings
- Use visual displays to support presentations
- Grade 7:
- Reading:
- Analyze how authors develop and contrast themes
- Determine central idea and supporting details
- Analyze how authors use structure and language
- Writing:
- Write arguments with claims and counterclaims
- Write informative texts with transitions and cohesion
- Write narratives with pacing and dialogue
- Speaking and Listening:
- Engage in collaborative discussions with partners
- Present claims and findings with evidence
- Use rhetorical devices to support presentations
- Grade 8:
- Reading:
- Analyze how authors develop and contrast themes
- Determine central idea and supporting details
- Analyze how authors use structure and language
- Writing:
- Write arguments with claims and counterclaims
- Write informative texts with transitions and cohesion
- Write narratives with pacing and dialogue
- Speaking and Listening:
- Engage in collaborative discussions with partners
- Present claims and findings with evidence
- Use rhetorical devices to support presentations
Mathematics
- Grade 6:
- Ratios and Proportional Relationships:
- Understand ratio concepts and solve problems
- Analyze proportional relationships
- The Number System:
- Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division
- Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers
- Expressions and Equations:
- Apply and extend previous understandings of arithmetic to algebraic expressions
- Reason about and solve one-variable equations
- Grade 7:
- Ratios and Proportional Relationships:
- Analyze proportional relationships and solve problems
- Solve percent problems
- The Number System:
- Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions
- Solve problems involving rational numbers
- Expressions and Equations:
- Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions
- Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions
- Grade 8:
- The Number System:
- Know that there are numbers that are not rational
- Work with radicals and integer exponents
- Expressions and Equations:
- Work with radicals and integer exponents
- Analyze and solve linear equations
- Functions:
- Define, evaluate, and compare functions
- Use functions to model relationships between quantities
Science
- Grade 6:
- Matter and Energy:
- Understand the structure of atoms
- Understand the properties of elements
- Earth and Space Science:
- Understand the Earth's place in the universe
- Understand the Earth's systems
- Grade 7:
- Life Science:
- Understand the structure and function of cells
- Understand the diversity of life
- Physical Science:
- Understand the structure of atoms
- Understand the properties of elements
- Grade 8:
- Physical Science:
- Understand the laws of motion
- Understand the types of energy
- Earth and Space Science:
- Understand the Earth's place in the universe
- Understand the Earth's systems
Social Studies
- Grade 6:
- World History:
- Understand the early civilizations of the ancient world
- Understand the development of early empires
- Geography:
- Understand the physical and human characteristics of places
- Understand the movement of people, goods, and ideas
- Grade 7:
- World History:
- Understand the Middle Ages
- Understand the Renaissance and Reformation
- Geography:
- Understand the physical and human characteristics of places
- Understand the movement of people, goods, and ideas
- Grade 8:
- United States History:
- Understand the American Revolution
- Understand the early national period
- Geography:
- Understand the physical and human characteristics of places
- Understand the movement of people, goods, and ideas
This curriculum is aligned with the New York State Learning Standards and is designed to prepare students for success in high school and beyond.
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